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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

“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.”

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Book:The Art of Eating

Source: The Art of Eating

“On the other hand, a flaccid, moping, debauched mollusc, tired from too much love and loose-nerved from general world conditions, can be a shameful thing served raw upon the shell.”

World Hands Too Much Conditions Food Tired Shells Shameful Oysters Much Love

Book:Consider the Oyster

Source: Consider the Oyster

“In spite of my conviction that a group of deliberately assembled relatives can be one of the dullest, if not most dangerous, gatherings in the world, I am smugly foolhardly enough to have invited all my available family, more than once, to dine with me.”

Ifs World Enough Groups Dangerous Conviction Available Spite Invited Gathering Dine

Book:The Art of Eating

Source: The Art of Eating

“I notice that as I get rid of the protective covering of the middle years, I am more openly amused and incautious and less careful socially, and that all this makes for increasingly pleasant contacts with the world.”

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Author:M. F. K. Fisher

“One ... aspect of the case for World War II is that while it was still a shooting affair it taught us survivors a great deal about daily living which is valuable to us now that it is, ethically at least, a question of cold weapons and hot words.”

World Stills War Deals Cases Taught Cold Weapons Aspect Hot Affair Valuable Shooting War Of The Worlds Survivor World War Ii World War I Taught Us Daily Living

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... [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.”

“I am more modest now, but I still think that one of the pleasantest of all emotions is to know that I, I with my brain and my hands, have nourished my beloved few, that I have concocted a stew or a story, a rarity or a plain dish, to sustain them truly against the hungers of the world.”

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Book:The Art of Eating

Source: The Art of Eating

“I was horribly self-conscious; I wanted everybody to look at me and think me the most fascinating creature in the world, and yet I died a small hideous death if I saw even one person throw a casual glance at me.”

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Book:The Art of Eating

Source: The Art of Eating

“Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken.”

World Food Broken Eggs Broken Heart Private Things Breaking Eggs

Book:The Art of Eating

Source: The Art of Eating

“It is all a question of weeding out what you yourself like best to do, so that you can live most agreeably in a world full of an increasing number of disagreeable surprises.”

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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

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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