Home Cooking (and) More Home Cooking [2 volume set; First Editions]

Laurie Colwin

ISBN 10: 039455969X / ISBN 13: 9780394559698

Published by Knopf / Harper, 1988

About this Item

This is a two volume set of author Laurie Colwin's books Home Cooking and More Home Cooking. Both volumes are in fine condition and both books are First Editions. Neither dust jacket is price-clipped, and both are now covered with removable mylar sleeves. Home Cooking, ISBN 039455969X (Alfred A. Knopf,1988); More Home Cooking, ISBN 0060168498 (Harper Collins, 1993). We are pleased to offer, together, both of Laurie Colwin's books on cooking. Although Colwin passed away in 1992, there is much current interest in her work, particularly her food writing. Recent articles include "The Sneaky Subversiveness of Laurie Colwin," (NY Times, July 15, 2021), and "Laurie Colwin's Recipe For Being Yourself in the Kitchen" (The New Yorker, October 11, 2021). Quoting in part from "Laurie Colwin: A Confidante in the Kitchen" (NY Times, April 1, 2014): "During her life she gained a reputation first and foremost as a novelist and a composer of delicately calibrated short stories. But in the years since her death, at the age of 48, her following has only grown, and her highly personal food writing, collected in the books 'Home Cooking' and 'More Home Cooking,' has attracted a new, cultishly devoted generation of readers. Her musings, anecdotes and quirkily imprecise, not -altogether-reliable recipes show up with regularity on food blogs.'She's like the anti-Martha Stewart,' Ms. [Ruth] Reichl said. 'It's not about perfection.' Opinionated, yet down-to-earth, she was one of America's great food writers. SHIPS from Eugene, Oregon, USA. Due to weight of these two volumes, INTERNATIONAL orders will require additional postage and surcharges, please inquire.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Home Cooking (and) More Home Cooking [2 volume set; First Editions]
• Publisher: Knopf / Harper
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039455969X
• ISBN 13: 9780394559698
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Offers thirty-four anecdotal chapters of reminiscences, experiences, and opinions on food, cooking, and eating, as well as thirty-five recipes ranging from traditional to inventive

About the Author

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