As They Were

by M. F. K. Fisher

Overview

This marvelous collection of autobiographical essays by the celebrated, much-adored M.F.K. Fisher covers her life, family, food, and adventures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780394713489
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/12/1983
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.23(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of 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 Cafe
Two Kitchens in Provence
Wartwort
A Misson Accomplished
A Common Danger
About Looking Alone at a Place: Provence
At Sea
I. The Captain's Dinner, M.S. Feltre
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

Editorial Reviews

C.M. Hébert is the perfect ac-companiment to M.F.K. Fisher’s delightful recollection of the highs and lows of world travel and French food. Hébert reads these warm, yet sophisticated, descriptions of feasts, forays, and friends with a wistfulness and longing one can imagine Fisher herself feeling as she remembers delights long past. Hébert’s perfect French adds a nice touch to Fisher’s exquisitely crafted essays, and her cadence captures Fisher’s humor and sense of irony at every bend. Whether she’s describing the best waiter she ever met, the toil of a difficult sea voyage, or the joys of her California childhood, Hébert delivers a beautiful performance, tempting all of the senses with Fisher’s love of life. H.L.S. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine

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