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M. F. K. Fisher, an American renowned food writer, was born on July 3, 1908, and passed away on June 22, 1992. Her works are known for their deep exploration of the relationship between food and human emotions, culture, and society.

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Famous M. F. K. Fisher Quotes

“It must not simply be taken for granted that a given set of ill-assorted people, for no other reason than because it is Christmas, will be joyful to be reunited and to break bread together.”

People Reason Together Given Break Taken Ill Bread Christmas Granted Joyful Taken For Granted Reunited Assorted

Author:M. F. K. Fisher

“The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight... [Breadmaking is] one of those almost hypnotic businesses, like a dance from some ancient ceremony. It leaves you filled with one of the world's sweetest smells... there is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel. that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making bread.”

“No yoga exercise, no meditation in a chapel filled with music will rid you of your blues better than the humble task of making your own bread.”

Meditation Exercise Yoga Tasks Filled Humble Bread Chapel

Author:M. F. K. Fisher

“There's a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.”

Body Food Broken Wine Bread Drunk Communion Bread And Wine Eating Bread

Book:The Art of Eating

Source: The Art of Eating

“There is a communication of more than our 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.”

People Writing War Body Asks Answers Food Communication Broken Wine Hunger Bread Drunk Ask Me

Author:M. F. K. Fisher

“Too few of us, perhaps, feel that breaking of bread, the sharing of salt, the common dipping into one bowl, mean more than satisfaction of a need. We make such primal things as casual as tunes heard over a radio, forgetting the mystery and strength in both.”

Needs Feels Mean Forget Common Heard Mystery Radio Satisfaction Bread Tunes Salt Bowls Casual Primal

Book:The Art of Eating

Source: The Art of Eating

“The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight”

Sound Water Food Delight Smell Bread Innocence Baking Indescribable Bread And Wine Flowing Water Baking Bread

Author:M. F. K. Fisher

“It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant, without soup or bread in it”

Thinking Matter Impossible Bread Meals Soup Elegant Good Meals

Author:M. F. K. Fisher

“There is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel, that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making bread.”

Hours Meditation Exercise Yoga Bread Treatment Culinary Ceremony Baking Cuisine Chapel Chiropractic Homely Hypnotic Bad Thoughts Real Food Flowing Water Chefs Cooking Baking Bread

Book:The Art of Eating

Source: The Art of Eating

About the Author

Born: July 3, 1908
Died: June 22, 1992
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 108

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The Art of EatingRelated source material

Consider the OysterRelated source material

Long Ago In France: The Years In DijonRelated source material

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