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trof

(54,256 posts)
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 09:01 PM Dec 2019

Anyone read any M.F.K. Fisher books on food?

Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher.
I discovered her in the 70s.

In my opinion she is the BEST food writer at least of the 20th century.
Most, if not all, of her books are out of print now.
Possibly you can find some on Amazon.
Think of Julia Child as a terrific writer.

Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher (July 3, 1908 – June 22, 1992) was a preeminent American food writer. She was a founder of the Napa Valley Wine Library. Over her lifetime she wrote 27 books, including a translation of The Physiology of Taste by Brillat-Savarin. Fisher believed that eating well was just one of the "arts of life" and explored this in her writing. W. H. Auden once remarked, "I do not know of anyone in the United States who writes better prose."[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._F._K._Fisher

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Anyone read any M.F.K. Fisher books on food? (Original Post) trof Dec 2019 OP
Yes! I love her MadLinguist Dec 2019 #1
I'm re-reading that now. trof Dec 2019 #2

MadLinguist

(790 posts)
1. Yes! I love her
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 09:27 PM
Dec 2019

I read "With Bold Knife and Fork" from my parents' library, and have wished for a copy of my own. Unfortunately that book was washed away in Hurricane Katrina.

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