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More copies of this ISBN:How to Cook a Wolfby M F K Fisher
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:First published in 1942 when wartime shortages were at their worst, the ever-popular How to Cook a Wolf, continues to surmount the unavoidable problem of cooking within a budget. Here is a wealth of practical and delicious ways to keep the wolf from the door.
Laced with Fisher's delightful and high-spirited cultural commentary are: the simple plan of balancing each day, not each meal; a section on "How to Keep Alive;" and more than seventy creative and economical recipes for soups, fish, eggs, bread, ham and beef, and cakes. How to Cook a Wolf offers a timeless model for cooking, eating, and living pleasurably under any circumstance. Review:"I do not know of any one in the United States who writes better prose." W. H. Auden Review:"Poet of the appetites." John Updike Review:"She writes about fleeting tastes and feasts vividly, excitingly, sensuously, exquisitely. There is almost a wicked thrill in following her uninhibited track through the glories of the good life." James Beard Review:"She writes about food as others do about love, but rather better." Clifton Fadiman Review:"M.F.K. Fisher... brings onstage a peach or a brace of quail and shows us history, cities, fantasies, memories, emotions." Patricia Storace, The New York Review of Books Review:"M.F.K. Fisher is our greatest food writer because she puts food in the mount, the mind and the imagination all at the same time. Beyond the gastronomical bravura, she is a passionate woman; food is her metaphor." Shana Alexander Synopsis:Written to inspire courage in those daunted by wartimes shortages, How to Cook a Wolf continues to rally cooks during times of plenty, reminding them that providing sustenance requires more than putting food on the table. M. F. K. Fisher knew that the last thing hungry people needed were hints on cutting back and making do. Instead, she gives her readers license to dream, to experiment, to construct adventurous and delicious meals as a bulwark against a dreary, meager present. Her fine prose provides reason in itself to draw our chairs close to the hearth; we can still enjoy her company and her exhortations to celebrate life by eating well. M.F.K. Fisher is the author of sixteen books of essays and reminiscences, many of which have become American classics. In 1991, she was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. She died in 1992. Written to inspire courage in those daunted by wartimes shortages, How to Cook a Wolf continues to rally cooks during times of plenty, reminding them that providing sustenance requires more than putting food on the table. M. F. K. Fisher knew that the last thing hungry people needed were hints on cutting back and making do. Instead, she gives her readers license to dream, to experiment, to construct adventurous and delicious meals as a bulwark against a dreary, meager present. Her prose provides reason in itself to draw our chairs close to the hearth; we can still enjoy her company and her exhortations to celebrate life by eating well.I do not know of anyone in the United States who writes better prose.--W.H. Auden Poet of the appetites.--John Updike She writes about fleeting tastes and feasts vividly, excitingly, sensuously, exquisitely. There is almost a wicked thrill in following her uninhibited track through the glories of the good life.--James Beard She writes about food as others do about love, but rather better.--Clifton Fadiman M. F. K. Fisher . . . brings onstage a peach or a brace of quail and shows us history, cities, fantasies, memories, emotions.--Patricia Storace, The New York Review of Books M. F. K. Fisher is our greatest food writer because she puts food in the mount, the mind and the imagination all at the same time. Beyond the gastronomical bravura, she is a passionate woman; food is her metaphor.--Shana Alexander Synopsis:Written to inspire courage in those daunted by wartimes shortages, How to Cook a Wolf continues to rally cooks during times of plenty, reminding them that providing sustenance requires more than putting food on the table. M. F. K. Fisher knew that the last thing hungry people needed were hints on cutting back and making do. Instead, she gives her readers license to dream, to experiment, to construct adventurous and delicious meals as a bulwark against a dreary, meager present. Her fine prose provides reason in itself to draw our chairs close to the hearth; we can still enjoy her company and her exhortations to celebrate life by eating well. About the AuthorM. F. K. Fisher (1908-1992) is the author of numerous books of essays and reminiscences, many of which have become American classics. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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