I read all of the great food writer M.F.K. Fisher's books years ago, but last night I picked them up in an attempt to find a great quote for a post I was writing on The Mistress' blog. What a pleasure it was to read her sophisticated yet charming prose -- if you've never read her, I highly recommend it. Here's the bit that I quoted from on The Larchmont Larder blog.
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I was just looking at "Sister Age" thinking that I should go back and reread all of MFK.
ReplyDeleteHmmm... stout build, hair tied back in that practical way. I feel like I'm looking at a picture of myself in about 20 or 30 years.
ReplyDeleteI never make it into LA, but I like the look of The Mistress a great deal.
i love MFK.
ReplyDeletewho else can you think of was such an amazing writer; had an incredibly romantic personal story; and...is was all about the art of eating (and living)? and, btw, gorgeous (the Man Ray photo...).
I can't read her writing, or any other skilled food writer for that matter, I just get too hungry.
ReplyDeleteYou made me hungry. Left a longer comment over at the Larder's blog. You're doing a GREAT job with it!
ReplyDeleteAh yes, time to get her book down from the shelf and read more than a chapter or two.
ReplyDeleteFitting also, the quote about broth, as I simmered "the skeletons of fowl" all night last night in the crockpot, awoke to a most glorious scent drifting upstairs from the kitchen.
wv: broff.