Laurie ColwinDinner alone is one of life's pleasures. Certainly cooking for oneself reveals man at his weirdest. People lie when you ask them what they eat when they are alone. A salad, they t… ▶372HumanityLife
Laurie ColwinCookbooks hit you where you live. You want comfort; you want security; you want food; you want to not be hungry and not only do you want those basic things fixed, you want it done… ▶373LoveReading
Laurie ColwinFulfillment leaves an empty space where longing used to be.374Humanity
Laurie ColwinMany people eat salad dutifully because they feel it is good for them, but more enlightened types eat it happily because it is good.376Humanity
Laurie ColwinA person cooking is a person giving. Even the simplest food is a gift.366Humor
Laurie ColwinThe sharing of food is the basis of social life. ✨ Laurie Colwin (2012). Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen, p.14, Penguin UK323Life
Laurie ColwinWhen life is hard and the day has been long, the ideal dinner is not four perfect courses, each in a lovely pool of sauce whose ambrosial flavors are like nothing ever before tast… ▶378LifeLoveThought
Laurie ColwinPeople 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 a long time ago.336DeathHumanityLife
Laurie ColwinThe table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction. A person cooking is a person giving: even the simp… ▶325Truth
Laurie ColwinFriendship is not possible between two women one of whom is very well dressed.282Philosophy
Laurie ColwinIt 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 used to accidents, coincidences,… ▶359HumanityLife
Laurie ColwinBoth happy and sad people can be cheered up by a nice meal.3410HumanitySadness
Laurie ColwinThere is really a je ne sais quoi about turkey cooking - the air of festivity, the family squabbles, the constant basting - that does not apply to the turkey breast, which is, rea… ▶286Truth
Laurie ColwinThere is nothing like soup. It is by nature eccentric: no two are ever alike, unless of course you get your soup in a can.221Thought
Laurie ColwinWhen I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally.289Sadness
Laurie ColwinOnce my jars were labeled, I felt contentedly thrilled with myself, as if I had pulled off a wonderful trick. People feel this way when they bake bread or have babies, and althoug… ▶213HumanityReadingTruth
Laurie ColwinFor the socially timid, the kitchen is the place to be. At least, it is a place to start.225Death
Laurie ColwinTo feel safe and warm on a cold wet night, all you really need is soup.269Politics
Laurie ColwinThe old days were slower. People buttered their bread without guilt and sat down to dinner en famille.249HumanityReading
Laurie ColwinNo one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of co… ▶196PhilosophyReadingTime
Laurie ColwinI do not believe that you have to spend a lot of money to eat well: it is hard to beat a plain old baked potato.198Reading
Laurie ColwinA world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.187Truth
Laurie ColwinAnd, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends.145Thought
Laurie ColwinOn Saturday mornings I would walk to the Flavor Cup or Puerto Rico Importing coffee store to get my coffee. Often it was freshly roasted and the beans were still warm. Coffee was … ▶148Hope
