The Art of Eating by M.F.K. Fisher

  • Oyster stew

    from The Art of Eating, 50th Anniversary Edition The Art of Eating, 50th Anniversary Edition by M.F.K. Fisher

    • Categories: Stews & one-pot meals; Main course
    • Ingredients: oysters; heavy cream; celery salt
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Notes about this book

  • mama_c on March 29, 2016

    My edition is ISBN 0-02-032220-8 which was originally published in 1937 and revised several times, including 1954, and then 1990

  • FeastsandFestivals on June 22, 2012

    Mine too!

  • RobertaMuir on December 27, 2011

    My edition is the first edition published 1954 (of which this edition is a facsimilie)

  • nomadchowwoman on January 05, 2010

    She articulates like no other a true passion for food.

Notes about Recipes in this book

  • Cold buttermilk soup

    • inflytur on April 01, 2019

      The best possible and easiest of summer chilled soups.

  • Frittata of zucchini

    • Dannausc on August 17, 2019

      Pretty decent. Good way to use veggies from the garden.

  • Edith's gingerbread

    • jdub1371 on April 03, 2020

      Very good moist, dark gingerbread. It's not very sweet, so for eating plain I would add another 1/4 cup sugar. I used coconut oil for the shortening and a very generous teaspoon of ginger and I would still like more (I would increase all the spices and maybe add some nutmeg or mace as well). My edition does not have amounts listed for the cloves and salt, so I used 1/2 tsp each. That amount of salt was just right. I also dropped a big dollop of blackstrap molasses into the measuring jug and then filled it to the half cup mark with regular dark molasses. There is some faffing about with boiling water and the divided additions of baking soda, but worth it as this is such a good cake. Mine took 24 minutes instead of the indicated 20, but my oven runs a tad cool. This recipe is widely available online.

  • Hamburgers

    • Dannausc on August 17, 2019

      Fairly quick and easy. Okay but not my favorite.

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  • ISBN 10 0020322208
  • ISBN 13 9780020322207
  • Published May 09 1990
  • Format Paperback
  • Language English
  • Edition New edition
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher John Wiley & Sons
  • Imprint Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.

Publishers Text

The Art of Eating ...only wise men know the art of eating. - Brillat-Savarin There is a communion of more than bodies when bread is broken and wine is drunk. And that is my answer when people ask me, Why do you write about hunger, and not wars or love

So M. F. K. Fisher begins The Gastronomical Me, one of the five memorable volumes collected together here in The Art of Eating. The five books cover an eclectic array of thoughts, memories, and recipes, from World War I vignettes of frugality at the table to a consideration of the social status of vegetables. Her recipes range from those for all manner of oysters, dressed and undressed, to Cold Buttermilk Soup, and are accompanied by the remarks and observations that provoked W. H. Auden to say, I do not know of anyone in the United States today who writes better prose.

M. F. K. Fisher evokes the magic that shimmers just beneath the surface of the most commonplace, everyday experiences in prose you can wrap around your soul. - Richard Sax, Chocolatier

M. F. K. Fisher is one of the best food writers. She makes you laugh, tells you stories, intrigues your mind, gives you an appetite, takes you on her travels. She is witty, wise, and unpretentious. - Jane Grigson

One of the world's finest food writers and, in the eyes of many, the grand dame of gastronomy...M. F. K. Fisher has remained our guiding light, the source of infinite gastronomic and philosophic wisdom, the model of what a truly refined food writer should strive for. - James Villas, Bon Appétit

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