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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

“Write one good clean sentence and put a period at the end of it. Then write another one.”

Writing Ends Periods Clean Sentences

Author:M. F. K. Fisher

“I honestly believe that everything I know about the writing of non-fiction (or writing) could be engraved on the head of a pin with a garden hoe.”

Knows Writing Believe Fiction Garden Honestly Pins Non Fiction Engraved Hoe

Author:M. F. K. Fisher

“It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others. So it happens that when I write of hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for it, and warmth and the love of it and the hunger for it… and then the warmth and richness and fine reality of hunger satisfied… and it is all one.”

Thinking Needs Writing Reality Seems Happens Three Security Food Fine And Love Cooking Hunger Satisfied Culinary Warmth Richness Basic Needs Entwined Hunger For Food

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

“When I write of hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for it, and warmth and the love of it and it is all one.”

Writing Food Hunger Warmth Basic Needs Comfort Food Entwined Hunger For Food Culinary Love

Author:M. F. K. Fisher

“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.”

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Author:M. F. K. Fisher

“People ask me: "Why do you write about food, and eating, and drinking? Why don't you write about the struggle for power and security, and about love, the way the others do?" . . . The easiest answer is to say that, like most other humans, I am hungry.”

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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

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The Art of EatingRelated source material

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Long Ago In France: The Years In DijonRelated source material

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