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When it comes to cakes and puddings, savouries, bread and tea cakes, the English cannot be surpassed.

~Laurie Colwin

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Somehow or other, I always end up in a kitchen feeding a crowd.

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Unlike some people who love to go out, I love to stay home.

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As everyone knows, there is only one way to fry chicken correctly. Unfortunately, most people think their method is best, but most people are wrong. Mine is the only right way, and on this subject I feel almost evangelical.

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I am not a fancy cook or an ambitious cook. I am a plain old cook.

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The thing about homebodies is that they can usually be found at home. I usually am, and I like to feed people.

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When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally. I fried it and stewed it, and ate it crisp and sludgy, hot and cold. It was cheap and filling and was delicious in all manner of strange combinations. If any was left over, I ate it cold the next day on bread.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: June 14th, 1944

Died: October 24th, 1992

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