All Laurie Colwin Quotes
- People who like to cook like to talk about food....without one cook giving another cook a tip or two, human life might have died out… Ago
- In this world of uncertainty and woe, one thing remains unchanged: Fresh, canned, pureed, dried, salted, sliced, and served with sugar and cream, or pressed… Canned
- When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally. I fried it and stewed it, and ate it crisp and… All
- Cookbooks hit you where you live. You want comfort; you want security; you want food; you want to not be hungry and not only do… Able
- No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice… Advice
- It is often to the wary that the events in life are unexpected. Looser types-people who are not busy weighing and measuring every little thing-are… Accidents
- One of the delights of life is eating with friends; second to that is talking about eating. And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is… Delights
- We know that without food we would die. Without fellowship, life is not worth living. Die
- We need time to defuse, to contemplate. Just as in sleep our brains relax and give us dreams, so at some time in the day… Brains
- It is not just the Great Works of mankind that make a culture. It is the daily things, like what people eat and how they… Culture
- Cooking is like anything else: some people have an inborn talent for it. Some become expert by practicing, and some learn from books. Anything Else
- Not everyone can write a book or paint a picture or write a symphony, but almost anyone can fall in love. There is something almost… Almost Anyone
- I love to eat out, but even more, I love to eat in. Eat
- Certainly, cooking for oneself reveals man at his weirdest. Certainly Cooking
- When it comes to cakes and puddings, savouries, bread and tea cakes, the English cannot be surpassed. Bread
- Provision as much pure and organic food as you can, and let the rest go by. Food
- Somehow or other, I always end up in a kitchen feeding a crowd. Always End
- Unlike some people who love to go out, I love to stay home. Go
- As everyone knows, there is only one way to fry chicken correctly. Unfortunately, most people think their method is best, but most people are wrong.… Best
- I am not a fancy cook or an ambitious cook. I am a plain old cook. Ambitious