M. F. K. Fisher
Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher (1908-1992) is the author of sixteen books of essays and reminiscences, many of which have become American classics. Her books include The Gastronomical Me and How to Cook a Wolf. In 1991, she was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
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Serve It Forth
M.F.K. Fisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
North Point Press
In Serve It Forth, her first book, M. F. K. Fisher takes readers on an animated journey through culinary history, beginning with the honey-loving Greeks and the immoderate Romans. Fisher recalls...
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An Alphabet for Gourmets
M.F.K. Fisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
North Point Press
In Alphabet for Gourmets, M.F.K. Fisher arranges a selection of her essays in a whimsical way that reveals the breadth and depth of her passion. From A for (dining) alone to Z for Zakuski,...
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The Gastronomical Me
M.F.K. Fisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
North Point Press
In 1929, a newly married M.F.K. Fisher said goodbye to a milquetoast American culinary upbringing and sailed with her husband to Dijon, where she tasted real French cooking for the first time. The...
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How to Cook a Wolf
M.F.K. Fisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
North Point Press
Written to inspire courage in those daunted by wartimes shortages, How to Cook a Wolf continues to rally cooks during times of plenty, reminding them that providing sustenance requires more...
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Consider the Oyster
M.F.K. Fisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
North Point Press
M.F.K. Fisher, whom John Updike has called our "poet of the appetites," here pays tribute to that most delicate and enigmatic of foods---the oyster. As she tells of oysters found in stews, in soups,...
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