American - Author | June 14, 1944 - October 24, 1992
The fact is that modern life has deprived us of life's one great luxury: time.
Laurie Colwin
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I come from a coffee-loving family, and you can always tell when my sister and I have been around, because both of us collect all the dead coffee from everyone's morning cup, pour it over ice, and drink it. This is a disgusting habit.
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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.
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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.
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Cooking is like anything else: some people have an inborn talent for it. Some become expert by practicing, and some learn from books.
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The best way to feel at ease in the kitchen is to learn at someone's knee.
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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.
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I love to eat out, but even more, I love to eat in.
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Certainly, cooking for oneself reveals man at his weirdest.
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When it comes to cakes and puddings, savouries, bread and tea cakes, the English cannot be surpassed.
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Unlike some people who love to go out, I love to stay home.
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I am not a fancy cook or an ambitious cook. I am a plain old cook.
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