THE ART OF EATING ~ M.F.K. Fisher - 1954 HC/DJ-FIRST EDITION

$150.00
This book is the essence of M.F.K. Fisher, whose wit and fulsome opinions on food and those who produce it, comment upon it, and consume it are as apt today as they were several decades ago, when she composed them. Why did she choose food and hunger, she was asked, and she replied, 'When I write about hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for it, and warmth, and the love of it . . . and then the warmth and richness and fine reality of hunger satisfied.'

Includes five of her most popular works:
Serve It Forth (1937)
Consider the Oyster (1941)
How to Cook a Wolf (1942)
The Gastronomical Me (1943)
An Alphabet of Gourmets (1949) 8vo hardcover with dust jacket. 749pp. 3/4 brown cloth over boards with tan spine. Gilt titles on front cover and spine. Minor shelf wear. Tips rubbed. Some discoloration of spine. Jacket is complete, not price clipped. Front cover has 2 scrapes, a minor loss at the right front tip, a void at top edge and a void at top edge pf the spine (see photos). Protected in mylar. Binding is secure. Interior is clean and free from marks. VG.
This book is the essence of M.F.K. Fisher, whose wit and fulsome opinions on food and those who produce it, comment upon it, and consume it are as apt today as they were several decades ago, when she composed them. Why did she choose food and hunger, she was asked, and she replied, 'When I write about hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for it, and warmth, and the love of it . . . and then the warmth and richness and fine reality of hunger satisfied.'

Includes five of her most popular works:
Serve It Forth (1937)
Consider the Oyster (1941)
How to Cook a Wolf (1942)
The Gastronomical Me (1943)
An Alphabet of Gourmets (1949) 8vo hardcover with dust jacket. 749pp. 3/4 brown cloth over boards with tan spine. Gilt titles on front cover and spine. Minor shelf wear. Tips rubbed. Some discoloration of spine. Jacket is complete, not price clipped. Front cover has 2 scrapes, a minor loss at the right front tip, a void at top edge and a void at top edge pf the spine (see photos). Protected in mylar. Binding is secure. Interior is clean and free from marks. VG.