The old days were slower. People buttered their bread without guilt and sat down to dinner en famille.
Laurie ColwinMany people eat salad dutifully because they feel it is good for them, but more enlightened types eat it happily because it is good.
Laurie ColwinAnd, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends.
Laurie ColwinCookbooks hit you where you live. You want comfort; you want security; you want food; you want to not be hungry and not only do you want those basic things fixed, you want it done in a really nice, gentle way that makes you feel loved. That's a big desire, and cookbooks say to the person reading them, 'If you will read me, you will be able to do this for yourself and for others. You will make everybody feel better.'
Laurie ColwinI do not believe that you have to spend a lot of money to eat well: it is hard to beat a plain old baked potato.
Laurie ColwinOn Saturday mornings I would walk to the Flavor Cup or Puerto Rico Importing coffee store to get my coffee. Often it was freshly roasted and the beans were still warm. Coffee was my nectar and my ambrosia: I was very careful about it. I decanted my beans into glass...and I ground them in little batches in my grinder.
Laurie Colwin