The Art of Eating by M F K Fisher

The Art of Eating by M F K Fisher

The Art of Eating "...only wise men know the art of eating."Brillat-Savarin "There is a communion of more than bodies when bread is broken and wine is drunk. And that is my answer when people ask me, Why do you write about hunger, and not wars or love?" So M. F. K. Fisher begins The Gastronomical Me, one of the five memorable volumes collected together here in The Art of Eating. The five books cover an eclectic array of thoughts, memories, and recipes, from World War I vignettes of frugality at the table to a consideration of the social status of vegetables. Her recipes range from those for all manner of oysters, dressed and undressed, to Cold Buttermilk Soup, and are accompanied by the remarks and observations that provoked W. H. Auden to say, "I do not know of anyone in the United States today who writes better prose." "M. F. K. Fisher evokes the magic that shimmers just beneath the surface of the most commonplace, everyday experiences in prose you can wrap around your soul."Richard Sax, Chocolatier "M. F. K. Fisher is one of the best food writers. She makes you laugh, tells you stories, intrigues your mind, gives you an appetite, takes you on her travels. She is witty, wise, and unpretentious."Jane Grigson "One of the world's finest food writers and, in the eyes of many, the grand dame of gastronomy...M. F. K. Fisher has remained our guiding light, the source of infinite gastronomic and philosophic wisdom, the model of what a truly refined food writer should strive for." James Villas, Bon Appetit

"..this is a compilation of American books filled with love of life and language...that inspires me..." (Sunday Express, 24 August 2003)

M. F. K. FISHER, who was born in Michigan on July 3, 1908, grew up in the town of Whittier, California. After attending a variety of schools in California and Illinois, she spent three years in France at the University of Dijon. Her first book, Serve It Forth, was published in 1937 and established her as a gastronomer and writer of note, a reputation reinforced by her subsequent writings - among them Map of Another Town and A Considerable Town, both of which recapture the periods she spent in Provence. She has also won acclaim for Among Friends, a memoir of her early years in Whittier, and for several collections of essays, including As They Were and Sister Age, and her brilliant translation of Brillat-Savarin's The Physiology of Taste. She lives and continues to write in Glen Ellen, California.

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ISBN 13	9780020322207
ISBN 10	0020322208
Title	The Art of Eating
Author	M F K Fisher
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons Inc
Year published	1990-05-23
Number of pages	768
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