Laurie Colwin (1944–1992)
Teoksen Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen tekijä
About the Author
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Tekijän teokset
The Collected Stories: Passion and Affect, The Lone Pilgrim, and Another Marvelous Thing (2017) 5 kappaletta
Big storm knocked it over, A 2 kappaletta
Associated Works
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone (2007) — Avustaja — 545 kappaletta
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Syntymäaika
- 1944-10-14
- Kuolinaika
- 1992-10-24
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Kuolinpaikka
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Lake Ronkonkoma, New York, USA - Koulutus
- Bard College
Sorbonne
The New School
Columbia University
Cheltenham High School, Elkins Park - Ammatit
- short-story writer
novelist
food writer - Suhteet
- Jurjevics, Juris (husband)
Jurjevics, Rosa (daughter)
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
Happy all the time Tekijä: Laurie Colwin
"Misty's personality was a deliberate creation. She felt she was not unlike one of those seashells that looks elaborate, but is only the housing for a very soft animal. There was no point - and no fun - in committing the imitative fallacy in matters of self, especially when the self you were housing was moved by scenes of ordinary human kindness. It seemed to her unwise to let the world at large know how easily moved she was, so she kept it to herself."
She's afraid of microwaves? Yeah, this is too old-fashioned for me. Moving on...
Nonfiction, Food-writing, Memoir, American, Essays, Read in 2020
This memoir did not age well, within the first few pages you will find yourself thinking: demanding not salting beef stew is ridiculous, and... guess what? microwaves aren't dangerous. But, I finally figured out why I disliked it: reading Laurie Colwin is exactly like tolerating a conversation with a misogynistic housewife rant about how badly other people (mostly women) cook, using her mentions of a few kitchen failures as a guard. As a baker who is used to guiding many friends through recipes, I am uncomfortable around people who perpetuate the idea you should feel inadequate if you cook badly, and find it counterproductive. Criticizing a dish or a culinary shortcut should not be extended to reflect poorly on the person who made it.… (lisätietoja)
Listat
1970s (1)
Food Memoirs (1)
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