Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen
I love foodie memoirs and have been meaning to read this essay collection for years. When Will and I visited a bookstore devoted exclusively to cookbooks and cooking books in Chicago last week, this was my impulse buy. I started it immediately and loved it so much. Colwin's chatty style is funny and endearing, and the book is so slim—and so enjoyable—I finished it in an afternoon. I'll be reading more of Colwin's work. Highly recommended for fans of Ruth Reichl and Molly Weizenberg.
More info →Family Happiness: A Novel
Though best known for her food writing, Newsweek calls this novel "consistently moving and ultimately surprising.”
More info →Happy All the Time
I've recommended Colwin's nonfiction a number of times, but this novel about best friends Guido and Vincent together in Cambridge, deciding what to do with the rest of their lives -- from careers to passions to love -- would be a great cozy read. The publisher calls this "a dazzling tribute to the hard work and real courage it takes to create a storybook romance."
More info →A Big Storm Knocked It Over: A Novel
This novel would be marvelous reading. From the publisher: "Acclaimed author Laurie Colwin explores marriage, friendship, motherhood, and careers as experienced by a cast of endearing, idiosyncratic Manhattanites. At once a hilarious social commentary and an insightful, sophisticated modern romance, A Big Storm Knocked It Over will stand as a living tribute to one of contemporary fiction's most original voices."
More info →More Home Cooking: A Writer Returns to the Kitchen
Colwin's chatty style is funny and endearing. This would be marvelous comfort reading. Highly recommended for fans of Ruth Reichl and Molly Weizenberg.
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