Laurie Colwin
Author
1944-06-14
Books by Laurie Colwin
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Quotes by Laurie Colwin
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The sharing of food is the basis of social life.
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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.
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There is nothing like roast chicken. It is helpful and agreeable, the perfect dish no matter what the circumstances. Elegant or homey, a dish for a dinner party or a family supper, it will not let you down.
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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, and the wisdom of cookbook writers.
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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.
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Certainly, cooking for oneself reveals man at his weirdest.
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We know that without food we would die. Without fellowship, life is not worth living.
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I don't call it gossip, I call it 'emotional speculation'.
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