The sharing of food is the basis of social life. Laurie Colwin More Quotes by Laurie Colwin More Quotes From Laurie Colwin Dinner alone is one of life's pleasures. Laurie Colwin dinner pleasure 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 talking about eating while you are eating with friends. Laurie Colwin you friends eating life There is nothing like roast chicken. It is helpful and agreeable, the perfect dish no matter what the circumstances. Elegant or homey, a dish for a dinner party or a family supper, it will not let you down. Laurie Colwin down you dinner family Provision as much pure and organic food as you can, and let the rest go by. Laurie Colwin rest go you food Cooking is like love. You don't have to be particularly beautiful or very glamorous, or even very exciting to fall in love. You just have to be interested in it. It's the same thing with food. Laurie Colwin cooking food beautiful love The fact is that modern life has deprived us of life's one great luxury: time. Laurie Colwin great luxury time life 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 and menus of cooks present, and the wisdom of cookbook writers. Laurie Colwin alone kitchen wisdom past Cooking is like anything else: some people have an inborn talent for it. Some become expert by practicing, and some learn from books. Laurie Colwin some-people talent cooking people My idea of a good time abroad is to visit someone's house and hang out, poking into their cupboards if they will let me. Laurie Colwin someone good me time The best way to feel at ease in the kitchen is to learn at someone's knee. Laurie Colwin feel best kitchen way 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. Mine is the only right way, and on this subject I feel almost evangelical. Laurie Colwin feel best think people I myself am not particularly interested in restaurant cooking. I don't really want to learn how to make a napoleon. I'd much rather learn how to make a very good lemon cake, which you can make in your own home. I like plain, old-fashioned home food. Laurie Colwin good myself home food 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 serve it. Laurie Colwin daily great culture people 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 miraculous in that. Laurie Colwin picture love book fall I love to eat out, but even more, I love to eat in. Laurie Colwin eat out more love When it comes to cakes and puddings, savouries, bread and tea cakes, the English cannot be surpassed. Laurie Colwin english cannot bread tea Somehow or other, I always end up in a kitchen feeding a crowd. Laurie Colwin end always kitchen feeding I am not a fancy cook or an ambitious cook. I am a plain old cook. Laurie Colwin cook old i-am fancy The thing about homebodies is that they can usually be found at home. I usually am, and I like to feed people. Laurie Colwin about like home people
