Something about this book was just deliciously bonkers. It feels a little bit dated in places - the first publication was in 1988 - but 'Home Cooking' contains all the love of food that modern day food writers put into their own words. These are little vignettes - amuse-bouches if you will - of essays about food, intertwining them with recipes. They bear more resemblance to the modern day blog posts of foodies. Nevertheless, they are joyful, often dry, essays that made me giggle as I turned the pages. It's not hard to see why Laurie Colwin is seen as such a pinnacle of food writing. I'll be ordering her second collection of food essays soon.