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

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

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.

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: The sharing of food is the basis of social life.

The sharing of food is the basis of social life.

Laurie Colwin quotes: My idea of a good time abroad is to visit someone's house and hang out, poking into their cupboards if they will let me.

My idea of a good time abroad is to visit someone's house and hang out, poking into their cupboards if they will let me.

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.

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: The thing about homebodies is that they can usually be found at home. I usually am, and I like to feed people.

The thing about homebodies is that they can usually be found at home. I usually am, and I like to feed people.

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.

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: No one who cooks cooks alone.

No one who cooks cooks alone.

Laurie Colwin quotes: Lentils are friendly - the Miss Congeniality of the bean world.

Lentils are friendly - the Miss Congeniality of the bean world.

Laurie Colwin quotes: Gertje was right. To be an American was to be blessed with a kind of idiotic but very useful innocence.

Gertje was right. To be an American was to be blessed with a kind of idiotic but very useful innocence.

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

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

Laurie Colwin quotes: At a certain point, memory begins to be a burden.

At a certain point, memory begins to be a burden.

Laurie Colwin quotes: Both happy and sad people can be cheered up by a nice meal,

Both happy and sad people can be cheered up by a nice meal,

Laurie Colwin quotes: Somehow or other, I always end up in a kitchen feeding a crowd.

Somehow or other, I always end up in a kitchen feeding a crowd.

Laurie Colwin quotes: The fact is that modern life has deprived us of life's one great luxury: time.

The fact is that modern life has deprived us of life's one great luxury: time.

Laurie Colwin quotes: The best way to feel at ease in the kitchen is to learn at someone's knee.

The best way to feel at ease in the kitchen is to learn at someone's knee.

Laurie Colwin quotes: 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.

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.

Laurie Colwin quotes: Friendship is not possible between two women one of whom is very well dressed.

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

Laurie Colwin quotes: Provision as much pure and organic food as you can, and let the rest go by.

Provision as much pure and organic food as you can, and let the rest go by.

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

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

Laurie Colwin quotes: I do not believe that you have to spend a lot of money to eat well: it is hard to beat a plain old baked potato.

I do not believe that you have to spend a lot of money to eat well: it is hard to beat a plain old baked potato.

Laurie Colwin quotes: Out on the street I felt lost wandering around without my child. I felt I ought to wear a pin that said: I have a child in school at the

Out on the street I felt lost wandering around without my child. I felt I ought to wear a pin that said: I have a child in school at the moment.

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.

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

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

Laurie Colwin quotes: To feel safe and warm on a cold wet night, all you really need is soup.

To feel safe and warm on a cold wet night, all you really need is soup.

Laurie Colwin quotes: The old days were slower. People buttered their bread without guilt and sat down to dinner en famille.

The old days were slower. People buttered their bread without guilt and sat down to dinner en famille.

Laurie Colwin quotes: Unlike some people who love to go out, I love to stay home.

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

Laurie Colwin quotes: Dinner alone is one of life's pleasures. Certainly cooking for oneself reveals man at his weirdest.

Dinner alone is one of life's pleasures. Certainly cooking for oneself reveals man at his weirdest.

Laurie Colwin quotes: A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.

A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.

Laurie Colwin quotes: For the socially timid, the kitchen is the place to be. At least, it is a place to start.

For the socially timid, the kitchen is the place to be. At least, it is a place to start.

Laurie Colwin quotes: Fulfillment leaves an empty space where longing used to be.

Fulfillment leaves an empty space where longing used to be.

Laurie Colwin quotes: I am not a fancy cook or an ambitious cook. I am a plain old cook.

I am not a fancy cook or an ambitious cook. I am a plain old cook.

Laurie Colwin quotes: I love to eat out, but even more, I love to eat in.

I love to eat out, but even more, I love to eat in.

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

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.