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M. F. K. Fisher Among the Pots and Pans
Joan Reardon
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Description for M. F. K. Fisher Among the Pots and Pans
Paperback. Offers a retrospective of Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher's life - from her childhood in Whittier, California, to the kitchens of Dijon, where she developed her taste for French foods and wines; from the idyllic kitchen at Le Paquis to the isolation of her home in Hemet, California; and finally to her last days in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 184 pages, 24 color illustrations, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
From her very first book, "Serve It Forth", M.F.K. Fisher wrote about her ideal kitchen. In her subsequent publications, she revisited the many kitchens she had known and the foods she savored in them to express her ideas about the art of eating. "M.F.K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans", interspersed with recipes and richly illustrated with original watercolors, is a retrospective of Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher's life as it unfolded in those homey settings - from Fisher's childhood in Whittier, California, to the kitchens of Dijon, where she developed her taste for French foods and wines; from the idyllic ... Read more
From her very first book, "Serve It Forth", M.F.K. Fisher wrote about her ideal kitchen. In her subsequent publications, she revisited the many kitchens she had known and the foods she savored in them to express her ideas about the art of eating. "M.F.K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans", interspersed with recipes and richly illustrated with original watercolors, is a retrospective of Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher's life as it unfolded in those homey settings - from Fisher's childhood in Whittier, California, to the kitchens of Dijon, where she developed her taste for French foods and wines; from the idyllic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Series
California Studies in Food and Culture
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520261686
SKU
V9780520261686
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About Joan Reardon
Joan Reardon is a culinary historian and author of Poet of the Appetites: The Lives and Loves of M. F. K. Fisher and M. F. K. Fisher, Julia Child, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table, among other books. Avram Dumitrescu is an Irish artist and illustrator specializing in food, architecture, and animals. His work has been featured ... Read more
Reviews for M. F. K. Fisher Among the Pots and Pans
"A brisk, charming biography of the beloved food writer's life, through the lens of where and what she cooked." O At Home "Deftly told... Reveals the origins of her awareness of the power and pleasure of food." Library Journal "Reardon delivers a history that, like Fisher's famous dishes, is at once simple and hugely enjoyable." Philadelphia Inquirer "The charm and ... Read more