M F K Fisher (1908 -1992 )

Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher (July 3, 1908 - June 22, 1992) was a prolific and well-respected writer, writing more than 20 books during her lifetime and also publishing two volumes of journals and correspondence shortly before her death in 1992. Her first book, Serve it Forth, was published in 1937. Her books dealt primarily with food, considering it from many aspects: preparation, natural history, culture, and philosophy. She understood that eating well was just one of the arts of life, always her second theme, and she wrote with the pacing and precision of a first rate essayist or short story writer.

She was an American culinary writer. Raised in California, Fisher lived in France for three years, where she was inspired by Brillat-Savarin's philosophy of life and translated his The Physiology of Taste (1949).

Her writings are more than just recipes; they are culinary essays written in a distinctively graceful literary style that also offer philosophical reflections, reminiscences, and anecdotes. Her books include

Serve It Forth (1937),
How to Cook a Wolf (1942),
The Gastronomical Me (1943),
Time-Life's The Cooking of Provincial France (1968), and With Bold Knife and Fork (1979).
Fisher's posthumously published trilogy of reminiscences are To Begin Again (1992), Stay Me, Oh Comfort Me (1993), and Last House (1995).

Famous Quotes by Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher

"Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly."

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