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- ISBN
- 9780307474414
- Book Title
- Home Cooking : a Writer in the Kitchen: a Memoir and Cookbook
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Cooking, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Culinary, Personal Memoirs, General, Essays & Narratives
- Item Weight
- 8.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307474410
ISBN-13
9780307474414
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73337736
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Book Title
Home Cooking : a Writer in the Kitchen: a Memoir and Cookbook
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Culinary, Personal Memoirs, General, Essays & Narratives
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Cooking, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
8.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Celebrates a life devoted to food, with chapters on how to cook a meal for several hundred people, how to prepare a gourmet dinner with eggplant in your bathtub, and how to make the best fried chicken in the world." -- Santa Fe New Mexican "The joy of reading Colwin's food writing is that she is doing much more than teaching you how to function in front of a stove.... Her brusque kitchen style is really a sly way of urging you to trust the strength of your convictions." -- The New Yorker "As much memoir as cookbook and as much about eating as cooking." -- The New York Times Book Review "Everything food writing should be: funny, profound, inspiring and unaffected." --Nigella Lawson "The one true kitchen friend." -- The Washington Post "Laurie Colwin's food thoughts are like phone calls from a dear friend." --The New York Times "A delightful tribute to food, friends and kitchen memories.... This charmer is as irresistible as homemade shortbread." -- San Diego Union-Tribune "A very funny book. Funny enough to make you giggle out loud." -- Newsday "[Laurie Colwin] is a home cook, like you and me, whose charm and lack of pretension make her wonderfully human and a welcome companion." -- Chicago Tribune "I decided to lean back and trust Ms. Colwin when she revealed that 'I am never on a diet regime I cannot be talked out of.'" --Ann Banks, The New York Times Book Review "Delightful. . . . [Colwin] is funny, and for some reason funny stories about food are as funny as things can get." -- St. Petersburg Times "Cozy, unpretentious good sense ... characterizes all her food writing." -- The New York Times "I have in my kitchen a book called Home Cooking. And, in between following the recipes for Extremely Easy Beef Stew, or Estelle Colwin Snellenberg's Potato Pancakes, I would frequently sit down on a little stool in my kitchen and read through one of the essays in that book. I never read through The Joy of Cooking, and I can read the Silver Palate Cookbook standing up, but I always sat down to read these." --Anna Quindlen "Laurie Colwin is both sensible and sensitive when writing about food, and [her] prose makes me laugh, cry and feel hungry all at the same time." -- The Baltimore Sun "Reading the essays of Laurie Colwin is a bit like eating comfort food: warm, familiar and good for the soul." -- Hartford Courant "A warm, personal remembrance of the foods Colwin ate as a child and later served to friends and family." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer "[Colwin] is a beacon of hope. For beginning cooks, Home Cooking is a grand consciousness and/or confidence-raiser." -- The Oregonian "Like a classic dish, [Colwin's] writing is magic in its simplicity." -- Charlotte Observer "Wry and funny." -- Dallas Morning News "Charming and humorous." -- USA Today "Enthralling, but all too short. The only thing to do [is] reread it. And then turn to her novels." -- Buffalo News, "As much memoir as cookbook and as much about eating as cooking." -- The New York Times Book Review "The one true kitchen friend." -- The Washington Post "Celebrates a life devoted to food, with chapters on how to cook a meal for several hundred people, how to prepare a gourmet dinner with eggplant in your bathtub, and how to make the best fried chicken in the world." -- Santa Fe New Mexican "Laurie Colwin's food thoughts are like phone calls from a dear friend." --The New York Times "A delightful tribute to food, friends and kitchen memories.... This charmer is as irresistible as homemade shortbread." -- San Diego Union-Tribune "A very funny book. Funny enough to make you giggle out loud." -- Newsday "[Laurie Colwin] is a home cook, like you and me, whose charm and lack of pretension make her wonderfully human and a welcome companion." -- Chicago Tribune "I decided to lean back and trust Ms. Colwin when she revealed that 'I am never on a diet regime I cannot be talked out of.'" --Ann Banks, The New York Times Book Review "Delightful. . . . [Colwin] is funny, and for some reason funny stories about food are as funny as things can get." -- St. Petersburg Times "Cozy, unpretentious good sense . . . characterizes all her food writing." -- The New York Times "I have in my kitchen a book called Home Cooking. And, in between following the recipes for Extremely Easy Beef Stew, or Estelle Colwin Snellenberg's Potato Pancakes, I would frequently sit down on a little stool in my kitchen and read through one of the essays in that book. I never read through The Joy of Cooking, and I can read the Silver Palate Cookbook standing up, but I always sat down to read these." --Anna Quindlen "Laurie Colwin is both sensible and sensitive when writing about food, and [her] prose makes me laugh, cry and feel hungry all at the same time." -- The Baltimore Sun "Reading the essays of Laurie Colwin is a bit like eating comfort food: warm, familiar and good for the soul." -- Hartford Courant "A warm, personal remembrance of the foods Colwin ate as a child and later served to friends and family." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer "[Colwin] is a beacon of hope. For beginning cooks, Home Cooking is a grand consciousness and/or confidence-raiser." -- The Oregonian "Like a classic dish, [Colwin's] writing is magic in its simplicity." -- Charlotte Observer "Wry and funny." -- Dallas Morning News "Charming and humorous." -- USA Today "Enthralling, but all too short. The only thing to do [is] reread it. And then turn to her novels." -- Buffalo News, "As much memoir as cookbook and as much about eating as cooking." - The New York Times Book Review "The one true kitchen friend." - The Washington Post "Celebrates a life devoted to food, with chapters on how to cook a meal for several hundred people, how to prepare a gourmet dinner with eggplant in your bathtub, and how to make the best fried chicken in the world." - Santa Fe New Mexican "Laurie Colwin's food thoughts are like phone calls from a dear friend." -The New York Times "A delightful tribute to food, friends and kitchen memories.... This charmer is as irresistible as homemade shortbread." - San Diego Union-Tribune "A very funny book. Funny enough to make you giggle out loud." - Newsday "[Laurie Colwin] is a home cook, like you and me, whose charm and lack of pretension make her wonderfully human and a welcome companion." - Chicago Tribune "I decided to lean back and trust Ms. Colwin when she revealed that 'I am never on a diet regime I cannot be talked out of.'" -Ann Banks, The New York Times Book Review "Delightful. . . . [Colwin] is funny, and for some reason funny stories about food are as funny as things can get." - St. Petersburg Times "Cozy, unpretentious good sense . . . characterizes all her food writing." - The New York Times "I have in my kitchen a book called Home Cooking. And, in between following the recipes for Extremely Easy Beef Stew, or Estelle Colwin Snellenberg's Potato Pancakes, I would frequently sit down on a little stool in my kitchen and read through one of the essays in that book. I never read through The Joy of Cooking, and I can read the Silver Palate Cookbook standing up, but I always sat down to read these." -Anna Quindlen "Laurie Colwin is both sensible and sensitive when writing about food, and [her] prose makes me laugh, cry and feel hungry all at the same time." - The Baltimore Sun "Reading the essays of Laurie Colwin is a bit like eating comfort food: warm, familiar and good for the soul." - Hartford Courant "A warm, personal remembrance of the foods Colwin ate as a child and later served to friends and family." - Seattle Post-Intelligencer "[Colwin] is a beacon of hope. For beginning cooks, Home Cooking is a grand consciousness and/or confidence-raiser." - The Oregonian "Like a classic dish, [Colwin's] writing is magic in its simplicity." - Charlotte Observer "Wry and funny." - Dallas Morning News "Charming and humorous." - USA Today "Enthralling, but all too short. The only thing to do [is] reread it. And then turn to her novels." - Buffalo News, "As much memoir as cookbook and as much about eating as cooking." -The New York Times Book Review "The one true kitchen friend." -The Washington Post "Celebrates a life devoted to food, with chapters on how to cook a meal for several hundred people, how to prepare a gourmet dinner with eggplant in your bathtub, and how to make the best fried chicken in the world." -Santa Fe New Mexican "Laurie Colwin's food thoughts are like phone calls from a dear friend." The New York Times "A delightful tribute to food, friends and kitchen memories.... This charmer is as irresistible as homemade shortbread." -San Diego Union-Tribune "A very funny book. Funny enough to make you giggle out loud." -Newsday "[Laurie Colwin] is a home cook, like you and me, whose charm and lack of pretension make her wonderfully human and a welcome companion." -Chicago Tribune "I decided to lean back and trust Ms. Colwin when she revealed that 'I am never on a diet regime I cannot be talked out of.'" -Ann Banks,The New York Times Book Review "Delightful. . . . [Colwin] is funny, and for some reason funny stories about food are as funny as things can get." -St. Petersburg Times "Cozy, unpretentious good sense . . . characterizes all her food writing." -The New York Times "I have in my kitchen a book calledHome Cooking.And, in between following the recipes for Extremely Easy Beef Stew, or Estelle Colwin Snellenberg's Potato Pancakes, I would frequently sit down on a little stool in my kitchen and read through one of the essays in that book. I never read throughThe Joy of Cooking,and I can read theSilver Palate Cookbookstanding up, but I always sat down to read these." -Anna Quindlen "Laurie Colwin is both sensible and sensitive when writing about food, and [her] prose makes me laugh, cry and feel hungry all at the same time." -The Baltimore Sun "Reading the essays of Laurie Colwin is a bit like eating comfort food: warm, familiar and good for the soul." -Hartford Courant "A warm, personal remembrance of the foods Colwin ate as a child and later served to friends and family." -Seattle Post-Intelligencer "[Colwin] is a beacon of hope. For beginning cooks,Home Cookingis a grand consciousness and/or confidence-raiser." -The Oregonian "Like a classic dish, [Colwin's] writing is magic in its simplicity." -Charlotte Observer "Wry and funny." -Dallas Morning News "Charming and humorous." -USA Today "Enthralling, but all too short. The only thing to do [is] reread it. And then turn to her novels." -Buffalo News, "Celebrates a life devoted to food, with chapters on how to cook a meal for several hundred people, how to prepare a gourmet dinner with eggplant in your bathtub, and how to make the best fried chicken in the world." -- Santa Fe New Mexican "As much memoir as cookbook and as much about eating as cooking." -- The New York Times Book Review "The one true kitchen friend." -- The Washington Post "Laurie Colwin's food thoughts are like phone calls from a dear friend." --The New York Times "A delightful tribute to food, friends and kitchen memories.... This charmer is as irresistible as homemade shortbread." -- San Diego Union-Tribune "A very funny book. Funny enough to make you giggle out loud." -- Newsday "[Laurie Colwin] is a home cook, like you and me, whose charm and lack of pretension make her wonderfully human and a welcome companion." -- Chicago Tribune "I decided to lean back and trust Ms. Colwin when she revealed that 'I am never on a diet regime I cannot be talked out of.'" --Ann Banks, The New York Times Book Review "Delightful. . . . [Colwin] is funny, and for some reason funny stories about food are as funny as things can get." -- St. Petersburg Times "Cozy, unpretentious good sense . . . characterizes all her food writing." -- The New York Times "I have in my kitchen a book called Home Cooking. And, in between following the recipes for Extremely Easy Beef Stew, or Estelle Colwin Snellenberg's Potato Pancakes, I would frequently sit down on a little stool in my kitchen and read through one of the essays in that book. I never read through The Joy of Cooking, and I can read the Silver Palate Cookbook standing up, but I always sat down to read these." --Anna Quindlen "Laurie Colwin is both sensible and sensitive when writing about food, and [her] prose makes me laugh, cry and feel hungry all at the same time." -- The Baltimore Sun "Reading the essays of Laurie Colwin is a bit like eating comfort food: warm, familiar and good for the soul." -- Hartford Courant "A warm, personal remembrance of the foods Colwin ate as a child and later served to friends and family." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer "[Colwin] is a beacon of hope. For beginning cooks, Home Cooking is a grand consciousness and/or confidence-raiser." -- The Oregonian "Like a classic dish, [Colwin's] writing is magic in its simplicity." -- Charlotte Observer "Wry and funny." -- Dallas Morning News "Charming and humorous." -- USA Today "Enthralling, but all too short. The only thing to do [is] reread it. And then turn to her novels." -- Buffalo News, "Celebrates a life devoted to food, with chapters on how to cook a meal for several hundred people, how to prepare a gourmet dinner with eggplant in your bathtub, and how to make the best fried chicken in the world." -- Santa Fe New Mexican "The joy of reading Colwin's food writing is that she is doing much more than teaching you how to function in front of a stove. . . . Her brusque kitchen style is really a sly way of urging you to trust the strength of your convictions." --Rachel Syme, The New Yorker "As much memoir as cookbook and as much about eating as cooking." -- The New York Times Book Review "Everything food writing should be: funny, profound, inspiring and unaffected." --Nigella Lawson "The one true kitchen friend." -- The Washington Post "Laurie Colwin's food thoughts are like phone calls from a dear friend." --The New York Times "A delightful tribute to food, friends and kitchen memories.... This charmer is as irresistible as homemade shortbread." -- San Diego Union-Tribune "A very funny book. Funny enough to make you giggle out loud." -- Newsday "[Laurie Colwin] is a home cook, like you and me, whose charm and lack of pretension make her wonderfully human and a welcome companion." -- Chicago Tribune "I decided to lean back and trust Ms. Colwin when she revealed that 'I am never on a diet regime I cannot be talked out of.'" --Ann Banks, The New York Times Book Review "Delightful. . . . [Colwin] is funny, and for some reason funny stories about food are as funny as things can get." -- St. Petersburg Times "Cozy, unpretentious good sense . . . characterizes all her food writing." -- The New York Times "I have in my kitchen a book called Home Cooking. And, in between following the recipes for Extremely Easy Beef Stew, or Estelle Colwin Snellenberg's Potato Pancakes, I would frequently sit down on a little stool in my kitchen and read through one of the essays in that book. I never read through The Joy of Cooking, and I can read the Silver Palate Cookbook standing up, but I always sat down to read these." --Anna Quindlen "Laurie Colwin is both sensible and sensitive when writing about food, and [her] prose makes me laugh, cry and feel hungry all at the same time." -- The Baltimore Sun "Reading the essays of Laurie Colwin is a bit like eating comfort food: warm, familiar and good for the soul." -- Hartford Courant "A warm, personal remembrance of the foods Colwin ate as a child and later served to friends and family." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer "[Colwin] is a beacon of hope. For beginning cooks, Home Cooking is a grand consciousness and/or confidence-raiser." -- The Oregonian "Like a classic dish, [Colwin's] writing is magic in its simplicity." -- Charlotte Observer "Wry and funny." -- Dallas Morning News "Charming and humorous." -- USA Today "Enthralling, but all too short. The only thing to do [is] reread it. And then turn to her novels." -- Buffalo News
Dewey Decimal
641.5092
Table Of Content
Foreword Home Cooking: An Introduction Starting Out in the Kitchen The Low-Tech Person's Batterie de Cuisine Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant How to Fry Chicken Potato Salad Feeding the Fussy Bread Baking Without Agony Friday Night Supper How to Disguise Vegetables Fish Feeding the Multitudes Chocolate The Same Old Thing Red Peppers Dinner Parties How to Avoid Grilling Nursery Food Bitter Greens Soup English Food Without Salt Stuffing: A Confession Flank Steak: The Neglected Cut Kitchen Horrors About Salad Repulsive Dinners: A Memoir Chicken Salad Easy Cooking for Exhausted People How to Give a Party How to Make Gingerbread Stuffed Breast of Veal: A Bad Idea Black Cake Index
Synopsis
Weaving together memories, recipes, and wild tales of years spent in the kitchen, the acclaimed author of Happy All the Time delivers a beloved cookbook manifesto on the joys of sharing food and entertaining. - With a foreword by Ruth Reichl. "As much memoir as cookbook and as much about eating as cooking." -- The New York Times Book Review From the humble hotplate of her one-room apartment to the crowded kitchens of bustling parties, Colwin regales us with tales of meals gone both magnificently well and disastrously wrong. Hilarious, personal, and full of Colwin's hard-won expertise, Home Cooking will speak to the heart of any amateur cook, professional chef, or food lover., Weaving together memories, recipes, and wild tales of years spent in the kitchen, the acclaimed author of Happy All the Time delivers a beloved cookbook manifesto on the joys of sharing food and entertaining. * With a foreword by Ruth Reichl. "As much memoir as cookbook and as much about eating as cooking." -- The New York Times Book Review From the humble hotplate of her one-room apartment to the crowded kitchens of bustling parties, Colwin regales us with tales of meals gone both magnificently well and disastrously wrong. Hilarious, personal, and full of Colwin's hard-won expertise, Home Cooking will speak to the heart of any amateur cook, professional chef, or food lover., "As much memoir as cookbook and as much about eating as cooking." -- The New York Times Book Review Weaving together memories, recipes, and wild tales of years spent in the kitchen, Home Cooking is Laurie Colwin's manifesto on the joys of sharing food and entertaining. From the humble hotplate of her one-room apartment to the crowded kitchens of bustling parties, Colwin regales us with tales of meals gone both magnificently well and disastrously wrong. Hilarious, personal, and full of Colwin's hard-won expertise, Home Cooking will speak to the heart of any amateur cook, professional chef, or food lover.
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