With Bold Knife and Fork (On Food) [Hardcover]

M. F. K. Fisher (Author)

Book Description

Series: On Food | Publication Date: June 1996

In one of her most celebrated books, the doyenne of food writers offers us more than 140 of her favourite and most famous recipes. Here are dishes for every course of every meal - from 'Teasers and Titbits', through 'Some Seeds of this Planet' to 'A Plethora of Puddings'. Whether simple or esoteric, all are served with an inimitable mixture of wit, anecdote and practicality.

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Editorial Reviews

Review

Praise for M.F.K. Fisher

"[Fisher] writes as one intelligent adult to another—practically, often profoundly, and always beautifully. If eating means more to you than steak drowned in bottled sauces, then she's what you've been looking for." —The San Francisco Examiner

"If I were still teaching high school English, I'd use Fisher's books to show how to write simply, how to enjoy food and drink, but, most of all, how to enjoy life. Her books are one feast after another." —Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Born in Michigan in 1908, M. F. K. Fisher developed her love of cooking in France, where she lived with her first husband, Al Fisher. She began to write about food in 1935. In 1938 she moved to Switzerland with her second husband, the painter Dillwyn Parish. After his death in 1941 she returned to California and several years later married the publisher Donald Friede, with whom she had two daughters. In the early 1960s she became active in the American civil rights movement and went to Mississippi as a volunteer teacher. She died in 1992. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 318 pages
• Publisher: Smithmark Pub (June 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760702799
• ISBN-13: 978-0765198303
• ASIN: 0765198304
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #739,495 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A memoir and cookbook both, August 16, 2000

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Sophia (the Pacific Northwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: With Bold Knife and Fork (A Paragon book) (Mass Market Paperback)

"With Bold Knife and Fork" was the last book of culinary and writing great M.F.K. Fisher to focus solely on food. This book is a wonderful collection of recipes, with an especially interesting section on vegetables; and also contains humorous and moving anecdotes, written in excellent, finished prose. Only M.F.K. Fisher can make eating mashed potatoes with ketchup sound like a religious ritual; or make you laugh when discussing how a romance came to an end when a snoopy, ill-informed potential partner ruined a sauce for a dinner she was making. This is a terrific book for diehard Fisher fans, but also a very good, intelligent, and amusing cookbook in its own right.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Fisher book, April 1, 2011

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Auntie L (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: With Bold Knife and Fork (Paperback)

Fisher fans know of her way with evocative prose, but she's damn funny as well; that's why this book is my favorite. She is in top form in this one, and her tendency to be a little, dare I say it, pretentious is less evident!