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Laurie Colwin Quotes

Once my jars were labeled, I felt contentedly thrilled with myself, as if I had pulled off a wonderful trick. People feel this way when they bake bread or have babies, and although they are perfectly entitled to feel that way, in fact, nature does most of the work Picture Quote #1

There is nothing like soup. It is by nature eccentric: no two are ever alike, unless of course you get your soup in a can Picture Quote #1

Many people eat salad dutifully because they feel it is good for them, but more enlightened types eat it happily because it is good Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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The best way to eat crabs, as everyone knows, is off newspaper at a large table with a large number of people Picture Quote #1

I will never eat fish eyeballs, and I do not want to taste anything commonly kept as a house pet, but otherwise I am a cinch to feed Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

In this world of uncertainty and woe, one thing remains unchanged: Fresh, canned, pureed, dried, salted, sliced, and served with sugar and cream, or pressed into juice, the tomato is reliable, friendly, and delicious. We would be nothing without it Picture Quote #1

People who like to cook like to talk about food... without one cook giving another cook a tip or two, human life might have died out a long time ago Picture Quote #1

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Once my jars were labeled, I felt contentedly thrilled with myself, as if I had pulled off a wonderful trick. People feel this way when they bake bread or have babies, and although they are perfectly entitled to feel that way, in fact, nature does most of the work (Laurie Colwin Quotes) There is nothing like soup. It is by nature eccentric: no two are ever alike, unless of course you get your soup in a can (Laurie Colwin Quotes) Many people eat salad dutifully because they feel it is good for them, but more enlightened types eat it happily because it is good (Laurie Colwin Quotes) 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 Quotes) And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends (Laurie Colwin Quotes) 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 Quotes) The best way to eat crabs, as everyone knows, is off newspaper at a large table with a large number of people (Laurie Colwin Quotes) I will never eat fish eyeballs, and I do not want to taste anything commonly kept as a house pet, but otherwise I am a cinch to feed (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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) In this world of uncertainty and woe, one thing remains unchanged: Fresh, canned, pureed, dried, salted, sliced, and served with sugar and cream, or pressed into juice, the tomato is reliable, friendly, and delicious. We would be nothing without it (Laurie Colwin Quotes) People who like to cook like to talk about food... without one cook giving another cook a tip or two, human life might have died out a long time ago (Laurie Colwin Quotes)

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