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M. F. K. Fisher

Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher was a preeminent American food writer. She was also a founder of the Napa Valley Wine Library. She wrote some 27 books, including a translation of The Physiology of Taste by Brillat-Savarin. Two volumes of her journals and correspondence came out shortly before her death in 1992. Her first book, Serve it Forth, was published in 1937. Her books are an amalgam of food literature, travel and memoir. Fisher believed that eating well was just one of the "arts of life" and explored this in her writing. W. H. Auden once remarked, "I do not know of anyone in the United States who writes better prose." - Wikipedia

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Born July 3, 1908
Died June 22, 1992

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  • Cover of: The art of eating : five gastronomical works

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  • Cover of: Physiology of Taste: Meditations of Transcendental Gastronomy

    First published in 1948 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: The cooking of provincial France

    First published in 1968 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Long ago in France: the years in Dijon

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  • Cover of: The gastronomical me

    First published in 1943 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Two towns in Provence: A Memoir of Provence

    First published in 1983 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Stay me, oh comfort me: journals and stories, 1933-1941

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  • Cover of: To begin again: stories and memoirs, 1908-1929

    First published in 1992 — 3 editions
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Born July 3, 1908
Died June 22, 1992

Subjects

Gastronomy, Food writers, Biography, Cooking, American Authors, Fisher, m. f. k. (mary frances kennedy), 1908-1992, Cookery, Description and travel, Fiction, Fiction, general, Oysters, Cooking (Oysters), Food, French Cooking, American Women authors, Dinners and dining, Food conservation, Food supply, French Cookery, Large type books, Provence (france), description and travel, Social life and customs, Women food writers, World War, 1939-1945, Anecdotes

Places

United States, Aix-en-Provence (France), California, France, Marseille (France), Dijon (France), Europe, Hemet, Hemet (Calif.), Provence-Côte d'Azur

People

M. F. K. Fisher (1908-), M. F. K. Fisher (1908-1992), Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, Ursula von Ott (b. 1767)

Time

20th century, 1918-1945

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Alternative names

  • Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher
  • Victoria Berne
  • Mary Frances Friede
  • Mary Frances Parrish
  • M. F. K Fisher
  • M F K Fisher
  • M.F.K. Fisher
  • FISHER M. F. K.

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