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Laurie Colwin's book Home Cooking will catch the attention of the readers first with the cover.

Its a lady in white plain garment and a pan that covers all of her face with a wooden spoon in her left hand. Theres an urge to move the pan to see the cooks face, is it fear of cooking that makes the cook take this stance? On a quick look, the pan-face looks like the back of a ballerina's head.

A writer in the Kitchen beneath the title did it for me.

In her chapter on Nursery food,
Pastina and
Beef tea are new foods. a little into the chapter I realised that it was all about Comfort food.

More comfort food
International comfort foods

Virtual twin

Enough distraction...back to the book..

The book began with a description of her mini apartment with no place but will to cook.
Alone in the kitchen with an eggplant takes us back to our own cooking styles to recall what do we cook when we have to cook for ourself - I like simple vegetable mixes with curry spices in it, that need holding spatulas just in the beginning and are off on their own in cooking.
In How to fry Chicken, she brings on her I know the right way of doig it persona. Thinking about it, I can tell lots of vehement how not tos.
Feeding the Fussy with all the extents that food choices can go to, it becomes a mathematical problem as to how best keep all happy and fed. The only people left out are poor eaters.
Bloomer Loaf
I wont take her advice of frittering in How to Disguse vegetables.
The same old thing. Keeping up novelty is not an issue just at the wardrobe but in what you serve to your friends - your tried and tested dishes or new ones clueless about hospitality.
'Its an Argentine dish' - A failed attempt. I always have one black sheep like this on the rear burners.
Easter biscuits
Kitchen Horrors takes our attention to the adventure in cooking when it ends bad.
In the rest of the chapters, Colwin convinces us that cooking is not difficult.
Loads of recipes.
salt bagel