Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen (Laurie Colwin) Bay Area A snapshot of American peach

A snapshot of American peach orchards and their management in 1913

nearly fifty-year long marriage that took the Childs across the globe—unfolds with the spirit so key to Julia’s success as a chef and a writer

In Mastering Pizza

so you too can enjoy time with your friends—Buen Provecho

liked her cocktails

Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen (Laurie Colwin) Bay Area A snapshot of American peachWeaving together memories, recipes, and wild tales of years spent in the kitchen, Home Cooking is Laurie Colwins manifesto on the joys of sharing food and entertaining. From the humble hotplate of her one room apartment to the crowded kitchens of bustling parties, Colwin regales us with tales of meals gone both magnificently well and disastrously wrong. Hilarious, personal, and full of Colwins hard won expertise, Home Cooking will speak to the heart