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Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen

by Laurie Colwin

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Share the unsurpassed pleasures of discovering, cooking, and eating good, simple food with this beloved book. Equal parts cookbook and memoir, Laurie Colwin's < I> Home Cooking< /I> combines her insightful, good-humored writing style with her lifelong passion for wonderful cuisine in essays such as & #34; Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant, & #34; & #34; Repulsive Dinners: A Memoir, & #34; and & #34; Stuffed Breast of Veal: A Bad Idea.& #34; < I> Home Cooking< /I> is trul a feast for body and soul.

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A unique feast for body and soul, "Home Cooking" shares the delightful pleasures of discovering cooking and eating good, simple food. Colwin combines her insightful, good-humored writing style with her lifelong passion for wonderful food in such essays as "Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant", "Repulsive Dinners: A Memoir" and "Stuffed Breast of Veal: A Bad Idea".

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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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About the Author

Laurie Colwin is the author of five novels: Happy All the Time, Family Happiness, Goodbye Without Leaving, Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object, and A Big Storm Knocked It Over; three collections of short stories: Passion and Affect, Another Marvelous Thing, and The Lone Pilgrim; and two collections of essays: Home Cooking and More Home Cooking.She died in 1992.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060955304
Subtitle:
A Writer in the Kitchen
Author:
Colwin, Laurie
Author:
by Laurie Colwin
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Location:
New York, NY
Subject:
General
Subject:
Cookery
Subject:
Essays
Copyright:
2000
Edition Description:
HarperPerennial ed. (reissue 2000)
Series Volume:
106-644
Publication Date:
June 2000
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
8.02x5.32x.53 in. .36 lbs.
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Product details 208 pages Harper Perennial - English 9780060955304 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , A unique feast for body and soul, "Home Cooking" shares the delightful pleasures of discovering cooking and eating good, simple food. Colwin combines her insightful, good-humored writing style with her lifelong passion for wonderful food in such essays as "Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant", "Repulsive Dinners: A Memoir" and "Stuffed Breast of Veal: A Bad Idea".

"Synopsis" by , 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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