Poet of the appetites
Subtitle: the lives and loves of M.F.K. Fisher
By: Joan Reardon
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: North Point Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 509
ISBN-13: 9780865475625
Subjects: Women food writers; Biography
Description: "In more than thirty books, M.F.K. Fisher forever changed the way Americans understood not only the art of eating but also the art of living. Whether considering the oyster or describing how to cook a wolf, she addressed the universal needs "for food and security and love." Readers were instantly drawn into her circle of husbands and lovers, artists and artisans; they felt they knew Fisher herself, whether they encountered her as a child with a fried-egg sandwich in her pocket, a young bride awakening to the glories of French food, or a seductress proffering the first peas of the season." "Oldest child, wife, mother, mistress, self-made career woman, trailblazing writer - Fisher served up each role with panache. But like many other master stylists, she was also a master mythologizer. Her portraits and scenarios were often unrecognizable to those on whom they were based, and her own emotions and experiences remained cloaked in ambiguity."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [487]-490) and index.