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donutcome4me's review against another edition
4.0
An obvious classic, though the lady has a tendency to wobble on a bit from time to time and you should probably take your sweet time to get through it all.
litsirk's review against another edition
4.0
She makes me want to savor radiator-heated tangerines, and go freshly-grind some pepper. If you'd like a less doorstop starting point, the best book collected here is, by far, The Gastronomical Me--which is available on its own as well.
shelleyanderson4127's review against another edition
5.0
Some writing heals. Like M.F.K. Fisher's work. I am grateful.
hazelpine's review against another edition
4.0
oh the grandmother of food writing! an entire chapter on oysters!
barfly's review against another edition
5.0
Quick thought:
In my perfect world of food, wine, and dining services, MFK Fisher's compilation, The Art of Eating, would be required reading for all aspiring to a professional career.
In my perfect world of food, wine, and dining services, MFK Fisher's compilation, The Art of Eating, would be required reading for all aspiring to a professional career.
nikkigee81's review against another edition
funny
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slow-paced
4.0
This is really four books in one volume. Each is delicious in its own way. Some of the best food writing I've come across - but it's also more than that, it's the soul of food and cooking, the heart of gastronomical pleasures, and so on.
library_of_alexandra's review against another edition
5.0
It's done! I have finally finished this tome. M.F.K. Fisher has sat on my beside for quite a few months (almost a year) and yet, hasn't collected dust. I would pick up the book and read a few pages, a few chapters whenever I was responsible enough to go to bed at a time early enough to read. Reading Fisher might have been a mistake, however, because I always went to bed hungry, dreaming of better meals. This book is a place to turn whenever you need to be inspired to cook, to eat, or just to taste with a bit more mindfulness. Some of her writings can be strange and inscrutable when it comes to her description of people, but there is no missing her concrete, loving description of the food and the snapshots of memory she makes when she eats. The recipes are a bit dated but the passion still can be read in them. Yes, a lovely book with layers upon layers, just like a good cake.
Now, I'm off to eat food and make memories like Fisher. The two seem to go hand-in-hand in her world.
Now, I'm off to eat food and make memories like Fisher. The two seem to go hand-in-hand in her world.
manxomemia's review against another edition
4.0
A delightful collection of essays. Serve It Forth and How To Cook A Wolf were my favourite books of the five, and would probably get 5 stars each.
aerinfirehair's review against another edition
4.0
The first book I read by M.F.K. Fisher was her last. It was a hodge podge of different pieces, not too many having to actually do with food. She likened being ill, to having a mouse in her lung that squeaked. And she wrote that she saw her soul when she was young as an orb outside of her body. Maybe it was her personality that came through her writing that drew me in. My sister found her other books in a compilation at the library. It was fun reading about her life in Paris and Switzerland and the foods she made, grew and ate. It was also interesting to have read her last book first, to see what happened to her perceptions and taste and writing as she got older.
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