After reading two books by Ruth Reichl, I was inspired to find and re-read this book of essays by Laurie Colwin. It's a combination of anecdotes, cooking and food advice and recipes. While she mostly wrote fiction, Colwin also wrote two books of essays about food and was a food columnist for Gourmet magazine. She has a nice writing style that is very conversational, as if you were sitting down in her kitchen with her and talking to her about food. She's witty and brings a homey vibe to her writing, and there's nothing intimidating about her recipes.
I had read her essays in Gourmet when I was growing up and she was a favorite columnist of my mother's. Unfortunately, Colwin died suddenly of a heart attack in 1992 at the age of 48, which was a blow to those of us who enjoyed reading her essays.
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