As They Were

Autobiographical Essays

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On sale Feb 16, 2011 | 272 Pages | 9780307779199

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This marvelous collection of autobiographical essays by the celebrated, much-adored Fisher covers her life, family, food and adventures.

Prejudice, Hate, and the First World War
Palaces, Etcetera
Young Hunger
I Was Really Very Hungry
Three Swiss Inns
Pacific Village
The Flame and the Ash Thereof
The First Cafe
Two Kitchens in Provence
Wartwort
A Misson Accomplished
A Common Danger
About Looking Alone at a Place: Provence
At Sea
I. The Captain's Dinner, M.S. Feltre
II. Dutch Freighter, M.S. Diemerdyk
III. Announcement from Israfel, M.S. Pluto
The Wind-Chill Factor:  A Problem of Mind and Matter
The Changeover
Gare de Lyon
Nowhere but Here

M. F. K. Fisher was one of the great food writers of the twentieth century. Born in 1908 in Albion, Michigan, she grew up in Whittier, California, and was educated at Illinois College, Occidental College, UCLA, and the University of Dijon in France. Fisher 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, she is best remembered for her gastronomical works and the autobiographical nature of her writings about people, places, and food. Fisher died in 1992. View titles by M.F.K. Fisher

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This marvelous collection of autobiographical essays by the celebrated, much-adored Fisher covers her life, family, food and adventures.

Table of Contents

Prejudice, Hate, and the First World War
Palaces, Etcetera
Young Hunger
I Was Really Very Hungry
Three Swiss Inns
Pacific Village
The Flame and the Ash Thereof
The First Cafe
Two Kitchens in Provence
Wartwort
A Misson Accomplished
A Common Danger
About Looking Alone at a Place: Provence
At Sea
I. The Captain's Dinner, M.S. Feltre
II. Dutch Freighter, M.S. Diemerdyk
III. Announcement from Israfel, M.S. Pluto
The Wind-Chill Factor:  A Problem of Mind and Matter
The Changeover
Gare de Lyon
Nowhere but Here

Author

M. F. K. Fisher was one of the great food writers of the twentieth century. Born in 1908 in Albion, Michigan, she grew up in Whittier, California, and was educated at Illinois College, Occidental College, UCLA, and the University of Dijon in France. Fisher 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, she is best remembered for her gastronomical works and the autobiographical nature of her writings about people, places, and food. Fisher died in 1992. View titles by M.F.K. Fisher

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