Una escritora en la cocina

Weaving reflections and memories of several decades between stoves and books along with her most infallible recipes, the novelist Laurie Colwin invites us to rediscover the pleasure of cooking with joy and without complexes. In chapters like "Alone with an Eggplant", "Vomiting Dinners. My Testimony" and "Stuffed Veal Wing. A Bad Idea", the author shares amusing anecdotes -how to prepare pasta in a tiny apartment in late-2017 New York. the sixties, feeding a crowd of striking students or organizing a dinner party and dealing with fussy guests- and offers useful advice for neophytes and connoisseurs alike.