Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher was one of the great food writers of the twentieth century. Born in 1908 in Albion, Michigan, Fisher grew up in Whittier, California, and was educated at Illinois College, Occidental College, UCLA, and at the University of Dijon in France. She travelled to, and lived in Europe throughout her adult life. The author of numerous books, magazine articles, novels, and a translation of Brillat-Savarin’s The Physiology of Taste, Fisher is best remembered for her gastronomical works and the autobiographical nature of her writings about people, places, and food. M F.K. Fisher died in 1992.
"A born storyteller. . . . Exact, unsparing and blessedly free of
sweeteners" —Newsweek
"A quietly moving collection by one of America's most eloquent
writers." —The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Not only the best book she has ever written, it is one of the best
anybody has written on [the] subject." —The Cleveland Plain Dealer
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