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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

“I like old people when they have aged well.”

People Wells Old People

Author:M. F. K. Fisher

“Cooks must feed their egos as well as their customers.”

Wells Ego Cooking Customers Cooks

Author:M. F. K. Fisher

“since we must eat to live, we might as well do it with both grace and gusto.”

Wells Might Grace Eating Meals Gusto

Book:The Art of Eating

Source: The Art of Eating

“Probably the most satisfying soup in the world for people who are hungry, as well as for those who are tired or worried or cross or in debt or in a moderate amount of pain or in love or in robust health or in any kind of business huggermuggery, is minestrone.”

People World Wells Kind Pain Food Amount Crosses Tired Debt Hungry Worried Satisfying Soup Moderates Robust

Book:The Art of Eating

Source: The Art of Eating

“It was there [Dijon], I now understand, that I started to grow up, to study, to make love, to eat and drink, to be me and not what I was expected to be. It was there that I learned it is blessed to receive, as well as that every human being, no matter how base, is worthy of my respect and even my envy because he knows something that I may never be old or wise or kind or tender enough to know.”

Knows Humans Wells Kind May Matter Enough Grows Human Beings Growing Up Study Wise Drink Blessed Worthy Envy Expected Making Love

Book:Long Ago In France: The Years In Dijon

Source: Long Ago In France: The Years In Dijon

“Hunger is more than a problem of belly and guts, and ... the satisfying of it can and must and does nourish the spirit as well as the body.”

Wells Doe Problem Body Spirit Hunger Guts Satisfying Belly

Author:M. F. K. Fisher

“I like old people when they have aged well. And old houses with an accumulation of sweet honest living in them are good. And the timelessness that only the passing of Time itself can give to objects both inside and outside the spirit is a continuing reassurance.”

People Giving Wells Spirit Time House Honest Objects Sweet Aging Passing Passings Continuing Old People Accumulation Reassurance Timelessness Old Houses Inside And Outside Honest Living

Author:M. F. K. Fisher

“A writing cook and a cooking writer must be bold at the desk as well as the stove.”

Writing Wells Cooking Cooks Desks Stoves

Author:M. F. K. Fisher

“A well-made Martini or Gibson, correctly chilled and nicely served, has been more often my true friend than any two-legged creature.”

Wells Has Beens Made Two Creatures Alcohol Beer True Friend Martini Chilled

Book:The Art of Eating

Source: The Art of Eating

“A pleasant aperitif, as well as a good chaser for a short quick whiskey, as well again for a fine supper drink, is beer.”

Wells Fine Drink Beer Pleasant Whiskey Supper Brewing Brewing Beer Drinking Whiskey Whiskey Drinking Chasers Short Beer Short Drinking

Book:The Art of Eating

Source: The Art of Eating

“Good wine, well drunk, can lend majesty to the human spirit.”

Humans Wells Spirit Wine Drunk Human Spirit Majesty Good Wine

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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