85 Quotes by Laurie Colwin

When it comes to cakes and puddings, savouries, bread and tea cakes, the English cannot be surpassed.

One of the delights of life is eating with friends; second to that is talking about eating. And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends.

Certainly, cooking for oneself reveals man at his weirdest.

Cooking is like anything else: some people have an inborn talent for it. Some become expert by practicing, and some learn from books.

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.

I myself am not particularly interested in restaurant cooking. I don't really want to learn how to make a napoleon. I'd much rather learn how to make a very good lemon cake, which you can make in your own home. I like plain, old-fashioned home food.

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.

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

It is my opinion that Norman Rockwell and his ilk have done more to make already anxious people feel guilty than anyone else.