Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen by Laurie Colwin

  • Extremely easy old-fashioned beef stew

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

    • Categories: Stews & one-pot meals; Main course
    • Ingredients: stewing beef; paprika; carrots; potatoes; red wine; tomato sauce; tomato paste
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  • nomadchowwoman on January 07, 2010

    Wonderful kitchen stories, wonderful recipes.

Notes about Recipes in this book

  • 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.

  • Creamed spinach with jalapeño peppers

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Rösti

    • Jardimc on June 27, 2024

      Not really a recipe that one can actually use.

  • 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/

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  • ISBN 10 039455969X
  • ISBN 13 9780394559698
  • Published Aug 12 1988
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 193
  • Language English
  • Edition 1st
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Knopf

Publishers Text

Share the unsurpassed pleasures of discovering, cooking, and eating good, simple food with this beloved book. Equal parts cookbook and memoir, Laurie Colwin's Home Cooking combines her insightful, good-humored writing style with her lifelong passion for wonderful cuisine in essays such as "Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant," "Repulsive Dinners: A Memoir," and "Stuffed Breast of Veal: A Bad Idea." Home Cooking is truly a feast for body and soul.

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