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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: North Point Press (October 1, 1988)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0865473366
  • ISBN-13: 978-0865473362
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.6 x 8 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsUnusual writing for unusual times
By Joanna Daneman #1 HALL OF FAMETOP 10 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on May 1, 2001
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M.F.K. Fisher was a superb writer. And she lived in "interesting times" in Europe and California. How to Cook a Wolf pitted her inate love of food and cuisine against some severe times when money might be short or food was rationed. Her strange sense of humor and practical outlook are interesting; for example, she gives a recipe for a sludge to keep body (if not soul) alive. The instructions begin with borrowing 50 cents to buy the ingredients; hamburger, wilted vegetables. The resulting mush can be used as a nutritious dog food, or a staple to survive on. She even claims it can be quite acceptable fried as scrapple, but then you'd have to have some cooking fat (and even that could be hard to come by.)
In these times of plenty, it's hard to relate to this book except to read Fisher's ideas and fantastic prose; the section on "Sue" (really California artist and etcher Nel Coover) who survived and entertained her guests with wild ice plants, seaweed and stolen eggs and potatoes is captivating.
If you have never read any M.F.K. Fisher, start with "The Measure of My Powers", but if you have read her, and if you have developed a taste for her marvelous writing, this is one of her famous works that is unique and interesting.
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5.0 out of 5 starsInspiring
By A Customer on December 6, 1996
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Not only could she write with style, wit and warmth, she could
also "serve it forth" -- the recipes really work! Especially
the prune roast (it sounds dopey, but it sure is great!!).
I'm hooked.
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5.0 out of 5 starsOverrated as a food writer?! Underrated as a writer!
By sara@mediaaccess.com on April 20, 1998
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I can't vouch for her recipes but I can speak for her prose. I picked up this book for pure entertainment and found it. Fisher's conversation is elegant, entertaining, and educational, and her advice is at times amusing, at times timeless.
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5.0 out of 5 starsWhat a read!
By M. S. Casill on May 25, 2007
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Ms. Fisher was writing in Europe during WW2; due to wartime rationing and shortages, the wolf seemed literally to hover near the door. Fine, she says, a wolf! Let's eat him!

Ms. Fisher shows the best of the chin-up attitude one hopes we would all be disposed to display in hard times. She was in Europe during the war, and suffered the hardships thereof; she writes from a love of the food she had been exposed to before shortages, but her writing is ABOUT the food she can obtain rather than what she can't. She writes wittily, even charmingly about how to live on practically nothing and how to do it with an eye to health and nutrition, and flavor and enjoyment! Even in the 40's Ms. Fisher was aware that everybody needs to eat plenty of vegetables; even then she was aware that even sparse rations would be "better for you" if the food could look and taste appealing.

The book was later edited and annotated by the author, and this edition includes those notes.

One comes to see that in writing during wartime Ms. Fisher wrote from the "furnace of affliction" indeed and and that this book is as much a statement of philosophy as a guide to cooking and eating when food is sparse. One's attitude toward food, family, friends can be shaped to something resembling common sense and love of beauty whether a war is raging around one or no. The notes she added years later indicate that she still agreed with her earlier thoughts, in the main -- something had solidified, something had crystallised, in her thinking.

A must for the shelf if one likes to think about food in more than a visceral and immediate way.
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5.0 out of 5 starsTremendous Read
By A. Moore on September 30, 2011
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This book is relevant :
Much of what she says about food and eating that contradicted the common knowledge of the time have been proven in the interim.

This book gives a great slice of life look at the time it was written:
Discussing food shortages, rationing and other challenges unique to the WWII period was enlightening. I wasn't born until a full generation after the war, so although I knew that rationing existed, I didn't think about what this actually meant for families until reading this book.

This book is very, very funny :
The author has a dry wit that I very much appreciate. While the intention of the book is not to entertain, she definitely does so while discussing things of great importance during the time it was written. This was the first book of hers I've read. I've been missing out! I'll be reading more, and I can recommend this book without reservation.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFascinating history of making do in hard times
By Jozette B Campbell on April 20, 2013
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Fisher writes a very interesting account of hard times and making do with the limited ingredients available.....should be reequired reading for the home economics classes that should be reinstated into school programs
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5.0 out of 5 starsThis is it! The First Edition of Wolf!
By pen pen name on September 22, 2006
Format: Hardcover
The famous and funny book by MFK Fisher. I love the title alone. (meant to refer to the wolf at the door!) Recipes & prose and graciousness - she wants everyone to live well, no matter the situation. This is the very rare first edition, grey covers underneath the dustjacket. Someone is going to be very lucky. Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 starsInspirational cooking book
By Mark5280 on May 10, 2012
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I can not say enough good about this book. It was written during rationing in WWII and written to inspire Americans to get excited about cooking. It has changed the way I look at all aspects of cooking. MFK Fisher has chapters on boiling water, cutting vegetables, and other seemingly mundane cooking tasks which she really brings to life.

After reading this book, I have an entirely new outlook on cooking. I highly recommend it to any new cooks, aspiring cooks, or anyone who enjoys cooking at all.
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4.0 out of 5 starsWith wry humor and an unusual post World War II ...

With wry humor and an unusual post World War II slant, MFK Fisher has written a very entertaining book. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 starsbrilliant and engaging authors I have ever read

She is one of the most inspired, accessible, brilliant and engaging authors I have ever read.

Published 5 months ago by Preeti Sethi
5.0 out of 5 starsA beautifully written book from another time where words mattered and...

A beautifully written book from another time where words mattered and cliches had no place in a serious manuscript.

Published 12 months ago by Deedra
4.0 out of 5 starsI thoroughly enjoyed reading the book

I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book. Her lyrical style immediately took me back to the 1940s. We read it as part of a book club and some of us brought recipes from the more... Read more

Published 15 months ago by hamilton wallace
5.0 out of 5 starsI am in love with MFK

This is my first exposure to MFK and I am in love. She is kind of high falutin' even though she is writing about depression era dining but I found her quite entertaining. Read more

Published 17 months ago by E. Hull
1.0 out of 5 starsmy bad; but still tried to read it and just ...

Thought it had something to do with cooking.... my bad; but still tried to read it and just left me flat.
Seemed to have to "life" to the story.

Published 17 months ago by Mark A. Smith
4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

Thank you!

Published 18 months ago by Rebecca Martin
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

nice

Published 18 months ago by Katharine C. Chasan
5.0 out of 5 starsauthor also has a great sense of humor

fascinating telling of how to make do in difficult circumstances... author also has a great sense of humor.

Published 18 months ago by Mary
4.0 out of 5 starsCleverly written history of WWII cooking

This little book is a bit of history of cooking during WWII, some of which we can still enjoy today. Read more

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