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A Stew or a Story

An Assortment of Short Works

A Stew or a Story( )
Introduction by: Fisher, M. F. K.
Compiled by: Reardon, Joan
ISBN:978-1-59376-165-3
Publication Date:Jul 2007
Publisher:Counterpoint Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $17.95
Book Description:

Like the savory, simple dishes she favored, M. F. K. Fisher's writing was often “short, stylish, concentrated in flavor, and varied in form,” writes Joan Reardon in her introduction to this eclectic, lively collection. Magazine writing launched and helped to sustain Fisher's long, illustrious career and in these fifty-seven pieces we experience again the inimitable voice of the woman widely known to have elevated food writing to a literary art. A Stew or...
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Book Details
Pages:384
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Culinary
Literary Criticism / Women Authors
Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Biography & Autobiography / Women
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 1.12 Inches
Book Weight:0.812 Pounds
Author Biography
(Introduction by)
Born July 3, 1908, in Albion, Michigan, M.F.K Fisher was raised primarily in Whittier, California, where she enjoyed cooking meals for her family. Encouraged in literary pursuits by her parents, she combined her favorite pastimes-cooking and writing-and began writing about cooking as early as 1929 when she moved to Dijon, France, with her first husband, Alfred Fisher.

Fisher was educated at Illinois College, Occidental College, the University of California at Los Angeles, and the University of Dijon. She has written under the names Mary Frances Parrish, Victoria Bern, and Victoria Berne. A prolific author, her work is primarily autobiography and memoir. Her long list of publications includes Dubious Honors (1988) and Stay Me, Oh Comfort Me: Journals and Stories, 1933-1945, (1993). She also contributed articles to widely known magazines, including the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Gourmet.

Fisher died of Parkinson's disease on June 22, 1992, in Glen Ellen, California.

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