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A review by summeryoder
Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen by Laurie Colwin
funny
informative
relaxing
slow-paced
5.0
A delightful collection of foodie essays. In fiction we have curmudgeon literature. If there's such a thing as a curmudgeon cook in food memoirs then Laurie Colwin is it! Her firm opinions and blunt observations made me laugh out loud.
Some things she talks about- popular nutrition guidelines, fear of microwaves, etc.- are rather dated, but I found that to be more amusing than anything.
"Three meals a day seven days a week, even if you love to cook, is enough to get a person down, especially if the person has anything else to do such as pick a child up from school, write a novel, have time for such necessities as shopping, to say nothing of keeping up with friends and an occasional conversation with one's mate."
-Laurie Colwin, Home Cooking
Some things she talks about- popular nutrition guidelines, fear of microwaves, etc.- are rather dated, but I found that to be more amusing than anything.
"Three meals a day seven days a week, even if you love to cook, is enough to get a person down, especially if the person has anything else to do such as pick a child up from school, write a novel, have time for such necessities as shopping, to say nothing of keeping up with friends and an occasional conversation with one's mate."
-Laurie Colwin, Home Cooking