Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen (Laurie Colwin) Bay Area Kan drew inspiration for his

Kan drew inspiration for his recipes from San Francisco’s Chinatown

chocolatey Rio Zape to the delicate white Marcella bean

mild wear to corners

A snapshot of American peach orchards and their management in 1913

nearly fifty-year long marriage that took the Childs across the globe—unfolds with the spirit so key to Julia’s success as a chef and a writer

Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen (Laurie Colwin) Bay Area Kan drew inspiration for hisWeaving together memories, recipes, and wild tales of years spent in the kitchen, Home Cooking is Laurie Colwins manifesto on the joys of sharing food and entertaining. From the humble hotplate 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. Hilarious, personal, and full of Colwins hard won expertise, Home Cooking will speak to the heart