M. F. K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans : Celebrating Her Kitchens.

ISBN:

9780520934771

Title:

Author:

Reardon, Joan.

Personal Author:

Reardon, Joan.

Edition:

1st ed.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages)

Series:

California Studies in Food and Culture Ser. ; v.22

California Studies in Food and Culture Ser.

Contents:

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- I: Whittier and Laguna Beach, 1908-1922 -- II: At Boarding School, 1923-1928 -- III: From Dijon to Eagle Rock, 1929-1936 -- IV: At Le Paquis, 1936-1939 -- V: At Bareacres, 1939-1949 -- VI: California and Provence, 1949-1961 -- VII: In St. Helena, 1961-1970 -- VIII: Last House, 1971-1980 -- IX: The Lodestar, 1981-1992 -- Notes.

Local Note:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2019. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term:

Fisher, M. F. K. -- (Mary Frances Kennedy), -- 1908-1992.;Food writers -- United States -- Biography.;Cooking.

Added Author:

Hesser, Amanda.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2008

Publication Information:

Berkeley :

University of California Press,

2008.

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Summary

From her very first book, Serve It Forth, M.F.K. Fisher wrote about her ideal kitchen. In her subsequent publications, she revisited the many kitchens she had known and the foods she savored in them to express her ideas about the art of eating. M.F.K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans, interspersed with recipes and richly illustrated with original watercolors, is a retrospective of Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher's life as it unfolded in those homey settings--from Fisher's childhood in Whittier, California, to the kitchens of Dijon, where she developed her taste for French foods and wines; from the idyllic kitchen at Le Paquis to the isolation of her home in Hemet, California; and finally to her last days in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. M.F.K. Fisher was a solitary cook who interpreted the scenario of a meal in her own way, and M.F.K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans provides a deeply personal glimpse of a woman who continues to mystify even as she commands our attention.

Author Notes

Reardon Joan :

Joan Reardon is a culinary historian and author of Poet of the Appetites: The Lives and Loves of M. F. K. Fisher and M. F. K. Fisher, Julia Child, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table, among other books. Avram Dumitrescu is an Irish artist and illustrator specializing in food, architecture, and animals. His work has been featured in the Southern Review, Gastronomica, The Writer magazine, and the Ulster Tatler.

Reviews (1)

Library Journal Review

Verdict: Recommended for larger public libraries and universities or special collections. Background: Reardon's (Poet of the Appetites: The Lives and Loves of M.F.K. Fisher) latest work marks the centennial of the birth of a culinary icon. This deftly told biography focuses on M.F.K. Fisher the cook and reveals the origins of her awareness of the power and pleasure of food. From her first kitchen in France, a tiny but bright five-by-three-foot room, to Last House, where the main room served as a kitchen, dining room, and den, Fisher allowed the places she cooked in to inspire the food she prepared. Many years living in the south of France created a natural affinity for simplicity, and Fisher would often build meals around one vegetable, rounded out with fresh, local bread, cheese, and wine. Recipes mentioned in the text close each chapter, over 25 in all, including Hindu Eggs (a childhood disaster she revisited as an adult), Summer Savory Soup, Vevey Market Mushrooms, and Quail Ragout. Also included are 18 photographs from the family's private collection and 24 watercolor illustrations commissioned for the book.--Rosemarie Lewis, Broward Cty. Public Schs., Fort Lauderdale, FL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.