Conversations with M. F. K. Fisher
This collection of interviews captures the conversations of a writer about whom the Chicago Sun-Times says, "She is to literary prose what Sir Laurence Olivier is to acting or Willie Mays is to baseball." These interviews reveal M.F.K. Fisher's fierce wit and her uncompromising and frequently contradictory attitudes toward the luxuries and necessities of gastronomy - the idea that sensual appreciation, in all aspects of life, is or should be necessary. In her conversations Fisher often...
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This collection of interviews captures the conversation of one of the most prominent prose writers in the Unites States. About her the Chicago Sun-Times says, "She is to literary prose what Sir Laurence Olivier is to acting or Willie Mays is to baseball."These interviews reveal her uncompromising and frequently contradictory attitudes toward the luxuries and necessities of gastronomy, the idea that sensual appreciation, in all aspects of life, is or should be necessary. In her conversations m. F. K. Fisher often returns to the complexities of her life. Other recurring subjects in these interviews include the nature of aging, the differences between men and women, and her own relationship to her work, which she describes with precision and a selective memory.These pieces give us a view of M. F. K. Fisher in motion—speaking and changing her mind at will, with fierce wit, unable to tolerate simplistic strategies of thinking and living.
IntroductionChronologyCareer Woman - 1942 Style3That Wolf at Your Front Door5In Provence, That Land of Brittle Languors8The Art of Eating, the Art of Living10The Grand Dame of Gastronomy14A Simple Country Lunch with M. F. K. Fisher22Dawdling in Marseilles34Romancing People, Places and Food37As the Lingo Languishes41M. F. K. Fisher: How to Cook a Wolf and Other Gastronomical Feats52How to Cook a Life60Fisher: Past, Present, Future Together66M. F. K. Fisher70M. F. K. Fisher: Philosopher-Poet of the Stove76M. F. K. Fisher: A Profile85A Conversation with M. F. K. Fisher96Eating Well Is the Best Revenge: A Conversation with M. F. K. Fisher104America's Finest Food Writer - M. F. K. Fisher: An Intimate Portrait107Loving Brillat-Savarin: A Tale of a Tasteful Affair117M. F. K. Fisher Is More than a Cookbook Author122It's Not Just Eating126Christmas with M. F. K. Fisher129Something of a Ghost: Conversations with M. F. K. Fisher133The Prime of M. F. K. Fisher159M. F. K. Fisher: Essayist167M. F. K. Fisher178The Fatherland187M. F. K. Fisher198Index207
