"One of the delights of life is eating with friends; second to that is talking about eating. And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends." So longtime Gourmet columnist, essayist, and novelist Laurie Colwin begins Home Cooking, one of her many love letters to the joys of food. Though she passed away suddenly at age 48 in 1992, Colwin left behind a culinary -- and literary -- legacy that her fans can treasure.