A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.

- Laurie Colwin

A person cooking is a person giving. Even the simplest food is a gift.

- Laurie Colwin

People who like to cook like to talk about food....without one cook giving another cook a tip or two, human life might have died out a long time ago.

- Laurie Colwin

That family glaze of common references, jokes, events, calamities-that sense of a family being like a kitchen midden: layer upon layer of the things …

- Laurie Colwin

The table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction. A person cooking is …

- Laurie Colwin

The old days were slower. People buttered their bread without guilt and sat down to dinner en famille.

- Laurie Colwin

The sharing of food is the basis of social life.

- Laurie Colwin

Both happy and sad people can be cheered up by a nice meal.

- Laurie Colwin

And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends.

- Laurie Colwin