Like the savory, simple dishes she favored, M. F. K. Fisher's writing was often "short, stylish, concentrated in flavor, and varied in form," writes Joan Reardon in her introduction to this eclectic, lively collection. Magazine writing launched and helped to sustain Fisher's long, illustrious career and in these fifty-seven pieces we experience again the inimitable voice of the woman widely known to have elevated food writing to a literary art. "A Stew or a Story" covers five decades of Fisher's writing for such notable ...
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Like the savory, simple dishes she favored, M. F. K. Fisher's writing was often "short, stylish, concentrated in flavor, and varied in form," writes Joan Reardon in her introduction to this eclectic, lively collection. Magazine writing launched and helped to sustain Fisher's long, illustrious career and in these fifty-seven pieces we experience again the inimitable voice of the woman widely known to have elevated food writing to a literary art. "A Stew or a Story" covers five decades of Fisher's writing for such notable and diverse publications as "Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Ladies Home Journal, Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Bazaar, The New York Times, The New Yorker," and "Vogue." But collected here also are articles nearly impossible to find from lesser-known, more ephemeral magazines. Essays on people, places, and of course food, mix here with delightful fiction to become a delectable feast.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7? "-9? " tall; Type: Hardback Second Printing. Hardcaver Book and Dust Jacket in VERY GOOD Condition. The short works have been Gathered and Introduced by Joan Reardon. Binding of navy half cloth with silver titles, cream boards, in spotless condition; solid, square with sharp corners. rear upper corner very gently bumped; top edge of page block is spotty-only significant defect. Internals immaculate. Jacket is clipped, very clean, just faint ruffling along part of top edge. "A Stew or a Story" covers five decades of Fisher's writing for such publications as Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Atlantic Monthly, Harper'sBaxaar, and others; also included are articles nearly impossible to find from lesser known, more ephermal magazines. There are essays on people, places, and of course food, mixed with delightful fiction, for delightful reading. 364 pages with Acknowledgments and Recipe Index. 9.4 x 6.25 inches. Shoemaker & Hoard/Avalon Publishing Group, Emeryville, CA, 2006.