Colwin, Laurie

[FOOD WRITING] Home Cooking; A Writer in the Kitchen

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Shapiro, Anna. First Edition. Hardcover. 193 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Home Cooking is a treasury of culinary memories, recipes, tips, and stories; a literary investigation - often hilarious, always informative - of what and how and why we eat. Laurie Colwin, a novelist and short stories writer, was well known for her wit and especially for her food columns in Gourmet Magazine. Colwin died suddenly, at the age of 48 in October 1992, leaving the world of food writing in a state of shock. Interior & boards pristine. Dust wrapper very lightly rubbed at top edge. 2 cm. closed tear to back rear cover. Covered in protective mylar. Blue boards. Fine, in fine dust wrapper. Item #4588

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