<p><b>''Everything food writing should be: funny, profound, inspiring and unaffected'' Nigella Lawson<br></b><br>Weaving together memories, recipes, and wild tales of years spent in the kitchen, <i>Home Cooking</i> is Laurie Colwin''s manifesto on the joys of sharing food and entertaining. From the humble hot-plate 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.<br><br>Never before published in the UK, this is hilarious, personal and full of Colwin''s hard-won expertise. <i>Home Cooking</i> will speak to the heart (and stomach) of any amateur cook, professional chef, or food lover.<br><br><b>''A feast </b><b>. . . </b><b>witty, no-nonsense</b><b>. </b><b><i>Home Cooking</i></b><b> is </b><b>a culinary companion as comfortable beside your bed as your cooker</b><b>. It has an essay for everyone who loves to eat and demonstrates that home is where the heart is - and the stomac