Eccentric Quote by Laurie Colwin

“There is nothing like soup. It is by nature eccentric: no two are ever alike, unless of course you get your soup in a can.”

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Certainly, cooking for oneself reveals man at his weirdest.

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Both happy and sad people can be cheered up by a nice meal,

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The sharing of food is the basis of social life.

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The best way to feel at ease in the kitchen is to learn at someone's knee.

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No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the…

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I do not believe that you have to spend a lot of money to eat well: it is hard to beat a plain old…

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Somehow or other, I always end up in a kitchen feeding a crowd.

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We know that without food we would die. Without fellowship, life is not worth living.

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It is a fact of life that people give dinner parties, and when they invite you, you have to turn around and invite them…

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Friendship is not possible between two women one of whom is very well dressed.

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Fulfillment leaves an empty space where longing used to be.

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“Weirdism is definitely the cornerstone of many an artist's career.”

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