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Loading... The Art of Eatingby M. F. K. Fisher
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Subtitled "The Collected Gastonomical Works of M. F. K. Fisher, it is 5 books in one! Serve it forth/ Consider the oyster/ How to cook a wolf/ An alphabet for gourmets/ The gastronomical me. Each book is a gem. All reflect MFK's devotion to food and eating (and love). Each chapter begins with an appropriate quotation, and the book is "decorated" by Leo Manso. This is a book to dip into (but beware: you will spend more time with it than you had planned!) I do use some of the recipes, tho it is not primarily a cookbook. (  )Esta1923 | Sep 21, 2008 |   This is the first book that got me to think about eating, tasting and enjoying. I never knew there could be writing like this about such things. I want everyone I care about to read this work. And then, let's go for dinner and talk about it. ( )mcconchc | Dec 5, 2007 | How to Cook a Wolf: http://www.lonelymountain.net/books/a... gwyneira | Oct 15, 2007 | You don't get to call yourself a foodie until you've read M.F.K. Fisher. She was the best American writer on food that I know of. She was one of the best writers I know of in any genre. This is probably the easiest way to get caught up. Five of her books in one hefty volume. I love every moment of these books. ( )mcglothlen | Apr 25, 2007 | A compilation of five books (Consider the Oyster and Gastronomical Me are two of my favorites) from the incomparable essayist, Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher. A few recipes are included but it is her wonderful, evocative prose that I treasure. (  )featherbooks | Jul 18, 2006 | 0.069 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0764542613, Paperback)A collection of essays by one of America's best known food writers, that are often more autobiographical or historical than anecdotal musings on food preparation and consumption. The book includes culinary advice to World War II housewives plagued by food shortages, portraits of family members and friends (with all their idiosyncrasies) and notes on her studies at the University of Dijon, in France. Through each story she weaves her love of food and passion for cooking, and illustrates that our three basic needs as human beings--love, food and security--are so intermingled that it is difficult to think of one without the others. The book won the 1989 James Beard Cookbook Award.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:02 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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