As They Were
Autobiographical Essays
Published on 16. February 2011
272 pages
978-0-307-77919-9 (ISBN)
Description
This marvelous collection of autobiographical essays by the celebrated, much-adored Fisher covers her life, family, food and adventures.
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05/1983
Vintage Books
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As They Were
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05/1982
Alfred A. Knopf
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Person
M. F. K. Fisher was one of the great food writers of the twentieth century. Born in 1908 in Albion, Michigan, she grew up in Whittier, California, and was educated at Illinois College, Occidental College, UCLA, and the University of Dijon in France. Fisher travelled to and lived in Europe throughout her adult life. The author of numerous books, magazine articles, novels, and a translation of Brillat-Savarin's The Physiology of Taste, she is best remembered for her gastronomical works and the autobiographical nature of her writings about people, places, and food. Fisher died in 1992.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prejudice, Hate, and the First World War
- Palaces, Etcetera
- Young Hunger
- I Was Really Very Hungry
- Three Swiss Inns
- Pacific Village
- The Flame and the Ash Thereof
- The First Café
- Two Kitchens in Provence
- Wartwort
- A Mission Accomplished
- A Common Danger
- About Looking Alone At a Place: Arles
- At Sea
- I. The Captain's Dinner, M.S. Peltre
- II. Dutch Freighter, M.S. Diemerdyk
- III. Announcement from Israfel, M.S. Pluto
- The Wind-Chill Factor: A Problem of Mind and Matter
- The Changeover
- Gare de Lyon
- Nowhere but Here
- A Note About the Author
