Laurie Colwin Quotes

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Laurie Colwin

Profession : Author

Birth : June 14, 1944

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

Laurie Colwin

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

Laurie Colwin

As everyone knows, there is only one way to fry chicken correctly. Unfortunately, most people think their method is best, but most people are wrong. Mine is the only right way, and on this subject I feel almost evangelical.

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

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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.

Laurie Colwin

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

Laurie Colwin

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