{"product_id":"home-cooking-9780241145715","title":"Home Cooking","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Everything food writing should be: funny, profound, inspiring and unaffected'' Nigella Lawson\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving together memories, recipes, and wild tales of years spent in the kitchen, \u003ci\u003eHome Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e is Laurie Colwin''s manifesto on the joys of sharing food and entertaining. From the humble hot-plate of her one-room apartment to the crowded kitchens of bustling parties, Colwin regales us with tales of meals gone both magnificently well and disastrously wrong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNever before published in the UK, this is hilarious, personal and full of Colwin''s hard-won expertise. \u003ci\u003eHome Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e will speak to the heart (and stomach) of any amateur cook, professional chef, or food lover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A feast \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e. . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewitty, no-nonsense\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea culinary companion as comfortable beside your bed as your cooker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e. It has an essay for everyone who loves to eat and demonstrates that home is where the heart is - and the stomac\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurie Colwin writes about food with love, lightness and an elegant intimacy reminding us that cooking is about life not recipes.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eHer books are more than cookery books. They are the diaries of someone\u003c\/b\u003e - who died young -\u003cb\u003e with a huge appetite for life and the rare ability to convey it.\u003c\/b\u003e She writes so movingly, too, about her daughter and I can't help thinking what a testimony of love she left her -- Nigella Lawson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA feast \u003c\/b\u003e. . . \u003cb\u003ewitty, no-nonsense\u003c\/b\u003e . . . there are \u003cb\u003eechoes of Nigella Lawson\u003c\/b\u003e, one of Colwin's fans . . . \u003ci\u003eHome Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea culinary companion as comfortable beside your bed as your cooker\u003c\/b\u003e. It has an essay for everyone who loves to eat and demonstrates that home is where the heart is - and the stomach happiest * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShrewd and witty\u003c\/b\u003e essays on food . . . a\u003cb\u003e consistently enjoyable \u003c\/b\u003ebedtime read * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI have in my kitchen a book called \u003ci\u003eHome Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003eAnd, in between following the recipes for Extremely Easy Old-Fashioned Beef Stew or Estelle Colwin Snellenberg's Potato Pancakes, I would frequently sit down on a little stool in my kitchen and read through one of the essays in that book. I never read through \u003ci\u003eJoy of Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e, and I can read \u003ci\u003eThe Silver Palate Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e standing up, but\u003cb\u003e I always sat down to read these\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Anna Quindlen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMemories, recipes and tantalising tales of the kitchen\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times Style *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShrewd and witty\u003c\/b\u003e * You Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurie Colwin's food thoughts are like phone calls from a dear friend\u003c\/b\u003e * The New York Times *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732964979031,"sku":"9780241145715","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241145715.jpg?v=1719999091","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/home-cooking-9780241145715","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}