I was taught in my Introduction to Anthropology [course in college], it is not just the great works of [hu]mankind that make a culture. It is the daily things, like what people eat and how they serve it.
A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins. - Laurie Colwin
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
A person cooking is a person giving. Even the simplest food is a gift.
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
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.
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
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 …
The sharing of food is the basis of social life. - Laurie Colwin
The sharing of food is the basis of social life.
The old days were slower. People buttered their bread without guilt and sat down to dinner en famille. - Laurie Colwin
The old days were slower. People buttered their bread without guilt and sat down to dinner en famille.
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 table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction. A person cooking is …
And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends. - Laurie Colwin
And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends.
Both happy and sad people can be cheered up by a nice meal. - Laurie Colwin
Both happy and sad people can be cheered up by a nice meal.
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