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Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen

Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen

by Laurie Colwin

Published for the first time: 1/1/1988

184 pages, Paperback

Genres: Food Writing, Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Memoir, Nonfiction, Essays

Share the unsurpassed pleasures of discovering, cooking, and eating good, simple food with this beloved book. Equal parts cookbook and memoir, Laurie Colwin's "Home Cooking" combines her insightful, good-humored writing style with her lifelong passion for wonderful cuisine in essays such as "Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant," "Repulsive Dinners: A Memoir," and "Stuffed Breast of Veal: A Bad Idea." "Home Cooking" is truly a feast for body and soul.

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