Laurie Colwin Quotes

The table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction. A person cooking is a person giving: Even the simplest food is a gift.

I'm not a chef. But I'm passionate about food - the tradition of it, cooking it, and sharing it.

I love to cook for people. It's my honor, honestly. It's what I have to give.

The house is always full, and we're always cooking - outside, inside, for six, eight, a dozen, 20 people.

When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten.

I love cooking. Not for myself alone. Cooking is about giving.

I like the creativity of planning a party, or cooking and taking care of people, creating a memorable meal or event.

I love cooking and one of my favourite things to do with my husband is open up the refrigerator.

For me, cooking is an extension of love.

My friends love coming over because they get fed.

Miss Child is never bashful with butter.

You have to be generous if you want to spend your time making someone else dinner. Even if you're charging, you're still giving.

I always think if you have to cook once, it should feed you twice. If you're going to make a big chicken and vegetable soup for lunch on Monday, you stick it in the refrigerator and it's also for Wednesday's dinner.

As chefs, we cook to please people, to nourish people.

If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat.

Creating a meal for my friends and family, sitting together, eating, laughing and talking - that is when I am so happy. Oh my God, if you could see how much food I make - I am the original Jewish mother.

I am someone who puts their takeout or leftovers into the Tupperware and stores it in the refrigerator overnight.

I like the joy when you feed people and they're happy and full and enjoying themselves.

When I'm home, I cook. I love cooking for people.

For the most part this is a place to find down-to-earth advice on everyday cooking, eating, food shopping, cooking equipment, and nice things to put on your table.

The way to anybody's heart is through a thoughtfully-prepared, beautifully-executed, lovingly-presented meal.

My mother never threw anything out. If there was a sliver of a tomato, it was in the refridge. I would come in with my friends, and Mom would say, 'Want something to eat?' In 20 minutes, there was four, five dishes to eat.

That point of life when I learned I could cook, that always made me understand what cooks felt like feeding other people. It's okay to receive, but it's really cool to give, so food is to me sexy because it's the fact that someone is giving it to someone else.

Hospitality and cooking are my passion, and I love nothing more than seeing someone's face when they taste an unforgettable bite.

How I show love has always been through food. That, for me, has been the foundation of how I express gratitude for anybody around me.