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Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen
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bookshelves: food-and-drink, essay-collections
Jun 08, 2022
bookshelves: food-and-drink, essay-collections
Read 2 times. Last read December 11, 2021 to December 18, 2021.
Laurie Colwin’s Home Cooking and
More Home Cooking
are two funny, comforting volumes of food writing. Colwin intends to show that cooking is fun and easy to do at home, but sometimes the recipes themselves are a little vague or casual, so I might not recommend actually cooking from them unless you’re already a relatively experienced cook. The real reason to read these books is the writing itself. This new edition contains a lovely introduction by Ruth Reichl, herself a food writer extraordinaire. If you like food writing, these books are for you.
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Reading Progress
January 4, 2005
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Started Reading
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January 9, 2005
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Finished Reading
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January 27, 2011
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(Other Paperback Edition)
September 15, 2011
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food-and-drink
(Other Paperback Edition)
August 2, 2013
– Shelved as:
essay-collections
(Other Paperback Edition)
December 11, 2021
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Started Reading
December 11, 2021
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December 18, 2021
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food-and-drink
December 18, 2021
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Finished Reading
March 29, 2024
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essay-collections
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Jun 10, 2022 10:10AM
My only exposure to Laurie Colwin has been from an anthology I picked up at a library sale a few years ago, Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone, to which she contributed the title essay. Short but entertaining piece which described her culinary adventures in a postage-stamp-sized Greenwich Village apartment when she was 23. I thought this collection was great fun and very relatable. Other contributors include Jami Attenberg, Nora Ephron, M.F.K. Fisher (of course), Haruki Murakami, and Ann Patchett.
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Suzanne wrote: "My only exposure to Laurie Colwin has been from an anthology I picked up at a library sale a few years ago, Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone, t..."Hi Suzanne! I remember you recommended that to me years ago and I added it to my shelf. When I reread the Laurie Colwin books I realized that's where the title must have come from. I still plan to read it one of these days--it sounds like something I'd really like.
Argh! Sorry. My memory is not what it used to be! I didn't realize I'd already told you about this. No nagging intended, just having a "senior moment." With your interest in food and cooking, I do think you'll like Alone in the Kitchen, whenever you get around to it.
Suzanne wrote: "Argh! Sorry. My memory is not what it used to be! I didn't realize I'd already told you about this. No nagging intended, just having a "senior moment." With your interest in food and cooking, I do ..."No need to apologize! It was interesting to realize the Laurie Colwin essay supplied the title for the anthology.
