Laurie Colwin quotes

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, the wisdom of cookbook writers. (Laurie Colwin)

The table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction. A person cooking is a person giving: even the simplest food is a gift.

Laurie Colwin

We need time to defuse, to contemplate. Just as in sleep our brains relax and give us dreams, so at some time in the day we need to disconnect, reconnect, and look around us.

Laurie Colwin

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.

Laurie Colwin

We know that without food we would die. Without fellowship, life is not worth living.

Laurie Colwin

The sharing of food is the basis of social life.

Laurie Colwin

Friendship is not possible between two women one of whom is very well dressed.

Laurie Colwin

Unlike some people, who love to go out, I love to stay home.

Laurie Colwin

When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally. I fried it and stewed it, and ate it crisp and sludgy, hot and cold. It was cheap and filling and was delicious in all manner of strange combinations. If any was left over, I ate it cold the next day on bread.

Laurie Colwin

Laurie Colwin

Occupation: American Author
Born: June 14, 1944
Died: October 24, 1992
Quotes count: 9

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