Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen by Laurie Colwin

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  • Extremely easy old-fashioned beef stew

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    • Categories: Stews & one-pot meals; Main course
    • Ingredients: stewing beef; paprika; carrots; potatoes; red wine; tomato sauce; tomato paste
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  • Sautéed vegetables and poached eggs in one pot

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    • Categories: Stews & one-pot meals; Main course; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: zucchini; snow peas; eggs
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  • Fried chicken

    from Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin

    • Categories: Main course
    • Ingredients: whole chicken; paprika; sesame oil
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  • Karen Edwards's warm potato salad with string beans

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    • Categories: Salads; Side dish; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: potatoes; green beans; scallions; olive oil; Dijon mustard; lemons; garlic
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  • Rob Wynne's potato salad with crème fraîche

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    • Categories: Salads; Side dish; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: new potatoes; cucumbers; mayonnaise; crème fraîche
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  • Potato salad

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    • Categories: Salads; Side dish; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: new potatoes; mayonnaise; scallions; dill
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  • Chicken with chicken glaze

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    • Categories: Main course
    • Ingredients: chicken breasts; cucumbers
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  • Jeannette Kossuth's green sauce

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    • Categories: Sauces, general; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: watercress; scallions; olive oil; Dijon mustard
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  • Bread for one loaf

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    • Categories: Bread & rolls, savory
    • Ingredients: unbleached white flour; whole wheat flour; wheatgerm; yeast; liquid of your choice
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  • Pot roast

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    • Categories: Stews & one-pot meals; Main course
    • Ingredients: beef chuck; red peppers; carrots; tomato sauce; red wine
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  • Chicken fat

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    • Ingredients: chicken fat; onions
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  • Brussels sprouts

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    • Categories: Side dish
    • Ingredients: Brussels sprouts; chicken fat; onions
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  • Estelle Colwin Snellenberg's potato pancakes

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    • Categories: Pancakes, waffles & crêpes; Side dish
    • Ingredients: chicken fat; potatoes; eggs; onions
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  • Applesauce

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    • Categories: Sauces, general
    • Ingredients: apples; apple cider (alcohol-free)
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  • Orange ambrosia

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    • Categories: Dessert
    • Ingredients: navel oranges; bourbon; sweetened shredded coconut
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  • Zucchini fritters

    from Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin

    • Categories: Side dish; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: zucchini; eggs; milk; scallions
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  • Broccoli pasta sauce

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    • Categories: Pasta, doughs & sauces; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: broccoli; garlic; grated cheese
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  • Carrot pudding

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    • Categories: Baked & steamed desserts; Dessert
    • Ingredients: carrots; eggs; nutmeg; butter
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  • Delicata squash

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    • Categories: Side dish
    • Ingredients: delicata squash; butter
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  • Yam cakes with hot pepper and fermented black beans

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    • Categories: Appetizers / starters
    • Ingredients: yams; eggs; scallions; fermented black beans; dried red pepper flakes
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  • Baked codfish served with green almond sauce

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    • Categories: Main course
    • Ingredients: cod; scallions; watercress; almonds; green peppers; olive oil
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  • Tuna fish and cheese sandwiches

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    • Categories: Sandwiches & burgers; Cooking for a crowd
    • Ingredients: canned tuna; mayonnaise; bread; lettuce
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  • Baked spaghetti

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    • Categories: Main course; Cooking for a crowd; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: spaghetti pasta; cheddar cheese; tomato sauce
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  • Shepherd's pie

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    • Categories: Main course; Cooking for a crowd
    • Ingredients: onions; garlic; beef chuck; Worcestershire sauce; carrots; peas; potatoes; grated cheese
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  • Flourless chocolate cake

    from Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin

    • Categories: Cakes, large; Dessert
    • Ingredients: store-cupboard ingredients; ground almonds; confectioner's sugar; coffee; dark chocolate; seedless raspberry jam; whipping cream
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Notes about this book

  • nomadchowwoman on January 07, 2010

    Wonderful kitchen stories, wonderful recipes.

Notes about Recipes in this book

  • Black cake

    • robinorig on July 06, 2013

      Article and online recipe: http://www.boston.com/ae/food/articles/2006/12/13/black_cake_adds_intrigue_to_baking/

  • Braised fennel, celery, onion and red pepper

    • wester on November 02, 2012

      This was actually very simple and very tasty. The reason it didn't get more stars is that the timing was way off - it needed about twice as long as stated, and the onions wouldn't have minded staying in the oven for even longer. I added some fennel seeds as well, which was nice.

  • Creamed spinach with jalapeño peppers

  • Cornbread and prosciutto stuffing

    • mjes on September 27, 2021

      A very decent dressing recipe that is just slightly different from the expectations - add a little variety to Thanksgiving without crashing hopes.

  • Flourless chocolate cake

    • laurabead on November 16, 2018

      Our favorite cake for passover (or any other time of year). It's rich and dense. Delicious with a raspberry coulis and/or barely sweetened whipped cream.

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  • ISBN 10 0060975229
  • ISBN 13 9780060975227
  • Linked ISBNs
  • Published Jan 31 1993
  • Format Paperback
  • Page Count 208
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
  • Imprint HarperPerennial

Publishers Text

A unique feast for body and soul, this book shares the delightful pleasures of discovering, cooking and eating good, simple food. Colwin combines her insightful, good-humored writing style with her lifelong passion for wonderful food in essays such as Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant, Repulsive Dinners: A Memoir and Stuffed Breast of Veal: A Bad Idea.

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