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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

“Sharing our meals should be a joyful and a trustful act, rather than the cursory fulfillment of our social obligations.”

Should Social Eating Obligation Fulfillment Meals Joyful Social Obligation

Book:The Art of Eating

Source: The Art of Eating

“The oyster leads a dreadful but exciting life. Indeed, his chance to live at all is slim, and if he should survive the arrows of his own outrageous fortune and in the two weeks of his carefree youth find a clean smooth place to fix on, the years afterwards are full of stress, passion, and danger.”

Ifs Should Years Two Passion Chance Week Danger Youth Exciting Stress Clean Fortune Smooth Arrows Two Weeks Outrageous Oysters Slim Carefree Exciting Life

Book:Consider the Oyster

Source: Consider the Oyster

“Children and old people and the parents in between should be able to live together, in order to learn how to die with grace, together. And I fear that this is purely utopian fantasy.”

People Should Children Able Together Death Order Dies Parent Family Fantasy Grace Generations Dying Old People Utopian

Author:M. F. K. Fisher

“Having bowed to the inevitability of the dictum that we must eat to live, we should ignore it and live to eat.”

Should Eating Survival Inevitability

Book:The Art of Eating

Source: The Art of Eating

“This is not that, and that is certainly not this, and at the same time an oyster stew is not stewed, and although they are made of the same things and even cooked almost the same way, an oyster soup should never be called a stew, nor stew soup.”

Way Should Made Food Soup Oysters Stew

Book:Consider the Oyster

Source: Consider the Oyster

“Dining partners, regardless of gender, social standing, or the years they've lived, should be chosen for their ability to eat - and drink! - with the right mixture of abandon and restraint. They should enjoy food, and look upon its preparation and its degustation as one of the human arts.”

Should Years Humans Looks Art Social Enjoy Ability Drink Standing Gender Partners Chosen Preparation Abandon Restraint Mixtures Dining

Book:The Art of Eating

Source: The Art of Eating

“I think that when two people are able to weave that kind of invisible thread of understanding and sympathy between each other, that delicate web, they should not risk tearing it. It is too rare, and it lasts too short a time at best.”

People Thinking Love Should Kind Two Able Lasts Understanding Risk Invisible Delicate Thread Too Short Invisible Threads

Book:The Art of Eating

Source: The Art of Eating

“It is easy to think of potatoes, and fortunately for men who have not much money it is easy to think of them with a certain safety. Potatoes are one of the last things to disappear, in times of war, which is probably why they should not be forgotten in times of peace.”

Thinking Men Should War Lasts Certain Easy Safety Forgotten Disappear Potatoes

Book:The Art of Eating

Source: The Art of Eating

“Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.”

Love Should Humans Human Beings Food Inspire Health Cooking Intimate Culinary Chef Food Love Funny Food Comfort Food Fresh Food I Love Food Sharing Food

Author:M. F. K. Fisher

About the Author

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

Books & Sources

The Art of EatingRelated source material

Consider the OysterRelated source material

Long Ago In France: The Years In DijonRelated source material

Love in a Dish . . . and Other Culinary Delights by M.F.K. FisherRelated source material

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