| The Gastronomical Me Contributor(s): Fisher, M. F. K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0865473927 ISBN-13: 9780865473928 Publisher: North Point Press OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1989 Annotation: Fisher identifies a variety of human cravings and the means to find nourishment in what is the most intimate of the five volumes in North Point's jacketed paperback series, now complete. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Cooking | Essays & Narratives |
| Dewey: 641.013 |
| LCCN: 88032967 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 7.9" (0.45 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1929, a newly married M.F.K. Fisher said goodbye to a milquetoast American culinary upbringing and sailed with her husband to Dijon, where she tasted real French cooking for the first time. The Gastronomical Me is a chronicle of her passionate embrace of a whole new way of eating, drinking, and celebrating the senses. As she recounts memorable meals shared with an assortment of eccentric and fascinating characters, set against a backdrop of mounting pre-war tensions, we witness the formation not only of her taste but of her character and her prodigious talent. |
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. |