| Serve It Forth Contributor(s): Fisher, M. F. K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0865473692 ISBN-13: 9780865473690 Publisher: North Point Press OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2002 Annotation: This collection of entertaining anecdotes includes the abuses of the potato and how it can be dignified, social status relative to one's appreciation of vegetables, and the growth of the art of eating in ancient Greece and Rome. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Cooking | Essays & Narratives - Cooking | History |
| Dewey: 641.013 |
| LCCN: 88037227 |
| Series: Art of Eating |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.45 lbs) 146 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Serve It Forth, her first book, M. F. K. Fisher takes readers on an animated journey through culinary history, beginning with the honey-loving Greeks and the immoderate Romans. Fisher recalls a hunt for snails and truffles with one of the last adepts in that art and recounts how Catherine de Medici, lonely for home cooking, touched off a culinary revolution by bringing Italian chefs to France. Each essay makes clear the absolute firmness of Fisher's taste--contrarian and unique--and her skill at stirring memory and imagination into a potent brew. |
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. |