M.F.K. Fisher

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A Considerable Town Like her essay portraits of Dijon and Aix, in this 1978 book Fisher collected impressions and anecdotes of Marseille. There is a little ancient histor... An Alphabet for Gourmets In a somewhat peripatetic collection dating from 1949, Fisher assigns one letter-subject to each chapter ("A is for dining Alone" ... "G is for Glutto... As They Were In this wide-ranging 1982 collection, Fisher moves from the xenophobia of her neighbors in First World War Whittier, California, to snowstorms in Fran... Consider the Oyster Fisher's second book, dated 1941, is slim and specific: It's about oysters. How they live, where they're found, but mostly how many different ways one... How to Cook a Wolf The title refers to the times when "the wolf is at the door." Fisher provides hints -- mostly but not exclusively culinary -- about how to make do, an... Fisher booklist Last House: Reflections, Dreams, and Observations, 1943-1991 This collection consists of essays, journal excerpts, and an occasional letter from the final 47 years of Fisher's life. Most of it she spent in South... Long Ago in France: the Years in Dijon This memoir of the author's early adulthood was written very late in her life: published in 1991 when Fisher was in her 80s, about life as the 21-year... Map of Another Town Fisher provides a portrait of one of the significant towns of her life, Aix-en-Provence, where she lived at various times in the 1950s, and visited fr... Serve It Forth This book, Fisher's first, appeared in 1937. It features her light touch, with essays about various aspects of the dining experience -- from dining al... Sister Age In many but not all of the stories in this 1984 collection, Fisher addresses aging and death. Some are clearly autobiographical -- a lovely escape wit... Stay Me, Oh Comfort Me This book consists of journals, stories, and a few letters of Fisher's dating from 1933-41, when she was 25-33. The effects of the Depression are felt... M.F.K. Fisher list of books The Boss Dog In 1991, 54 years after the publication of her lovely first book, _Serve It Forth_, Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher published this light bonbon about an A... The Gastronomical Me In this precisely titled 1943 tome, Fisher offers a sort of culinary autobiography in a series of essays about memorable meals and trips. It consists ... To Begin Again The subtitle is "Stories and Memoirs, 1908-1929." Fisher describes incidents and personalities from her first 21 years, mostly in childhood and early ...	View these reviews in full mode M.F.K. Fisher Message Board Talk about the novels, new and used books that Fisher has written!