| Consider the Oyster Contributor(s): Fisher, M. F. K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0865473358 ISBN-13: 9780865473355 Publisher: North Point Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1988 Annotation: Fisher pays tribute to one of the most delicate and enigmatic of foods--the oyster--in this gastronomical classic, originally published in 1941 and now reissued as a sumptuous jacketed paperback. Includes 28 recipes and descriptions of various regional styles of preparation. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Cooking | Specific Ingredients - Seafood - Cooking | Essays & Narratives |
| Dewey: 641.694 |
| LCCN: 88061169 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5" W x 7.8" (0.20 lbs) 96 pages |
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| Publisher Description: M.F.K. Fisher, whom John Updike has called our "poet of the appetites," here pays tribute to that most delicate and enigmatic of foods---the oyster. As she tells of oysters found in stews, in soups, roasted, baked, fried, prepared la Rockefeller or au naturel--and of the pearls sometimes found therein--Fisher describes her mother's joy at encountering oyster loaf in a girls' dorm in he 1890's, recalls her own initiation into the "strange cold succulence" of raw oysters as a young woman in Marseille and Dijon, and explores both the bivalve's famed aphrodisiac properties and its equally notorious gut-wrenching powers. Plumbing the "dreadful but exciting" life of the oyster, Fisher invites readers to share in the comforts and delights that this delicate edible evokes, and enchants us along the way with her characteristically wise and witty prose. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fisher, M. F. K.: - Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher (1908-1992) is the author of sixteen books of essays and reminiscences, many of which have become American classics. Her books include The Gastronomical Me and How to Cook a Wolf. In 1991, she was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. |