Home Cooking: A Writer in the KitchenShare 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. |
Contents
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How to Fry Chicken | 29 |
Bread Baking Without Agony | 44 |
How to Disguise Vegetables | 59 |
The Same Old Thing | 83 |
How to Avoid Grilling ΙΟΙ | 101 |
Soup | 116 |
A Confession | 132 |
About Salad | 146 |
Easy Cooking for Exhausted People | 160 |
A Bad Idea | 176 |
83 | 189 |
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