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M. F. K. Fisher

Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher was a preeminent American food writer. She was also a founder of the Napa Valley Wine Library. She wrote some 27 books, including a translation of The Physiology of Taste by Brillat-Savarin. Two volumes of her journals and correspondence came out shortly before her death in 1992. Her first book, Serve it Forth, was published in 1937. Her books are an amalgam of food literature, travel and memoir. Fisher believed that eating well was just one of the "arts of life" and explored this in her writing. W. H. Auden once remarked, "I do not know of anyone in the United States who writes better prose." - Wikipedia

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American writer (1908–1992)

Born July 3, 1908
Died June 22, 1992

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  • Cover of: Dubious honors
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    First published in 1988 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: From the journals of M.F.K. Fisher
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    First published in 1999 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A life in letters: correspondence, 1929-1991
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    First published in 1998 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Map of another town: a memoir of Provence
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    First published in 1964 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: M.F.K. Fisher: A Life in Letters : Correspondence 1929-1991

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  • Cover of: Recipes: the cooking of provincial France

    First published in 1968 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A welcoming life: the MFK Fisher scrapbook
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  • Cover of: Two Towns in Provence: A Memoir of Provence

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  • Cover of: Love in a Dish ... and Other Culinary Delights by M. F. K. Fisher

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American writer (1908–1992)

Born July 3, 1908
Died June 22, 1992

Subjects

Gastronomy, Food writers, Biography, Cooking, American Authors, Fisher, m. f. k. (mary frances kennedy), 1908-1992, Cookery, Description and travel, Fiction, Fiction, general, Food, French Cooking, Oysters, Cooking (Oysters), American Women authors, Dinners and dining, Food conservation, Food supply, French Cookery, Large type books, Provence (france), description and travel, Social life and customs, Women food writers, World War, 1939-1945, Anecdotes

Places

United States, Aix-en-Provence (France), California, France, Marseille (France), Dijon (France), Europe, Hemet, Hemet (Calif.), Provence-Côte d'Azur

People

M. F. K. Fisher (1908-), M. F. K. Fisher (1908-1992), Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, Ursula von Ott (b. 1767)

Time

20th century, 1918-1945

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Alternative names

  • Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher
  • Victoria Berne
  • Mary Frances Friede
  • Mary Frances Parrish
  • M. F. K Fisher
  • M F K Fisher
  • M.F.K. Fisher
  • FISHER M. F. K.

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