TY - BOOK AU - Fisher,M.F.K. TI - The art of eating SN - 0764542613 AV - TX633 .F515 2004 U1 - 641.013 22 PY - 2004///] CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - Wiley Pub. KW - Gastronomy N1 - Originally published under title: Collected gastronomical works of M.F.K. Fisher. 1954; Includes index; The Art of Eating: In Celebration --; Thoughts About M. F. K. Fisher and Her Work --; One More Time --; Appreciation --; Introduction --; Serve It Forth --; To Begin --; When a Man Is Small --; Greek Honey and the Hon-Zo --; The Curious Nose --; Let the Sky Rain Potatoes --; Borderland --; Garum --; Fifty Million Snails --; Meals for Me --; Dark Ages and the Men of God --; I Arise Resigned --; In Sinistra Parte, Johannus Baptista --; Pity the Blind in Palate --; A Pigges Pettie Toes --; The Standing and the Waiting --; Catherine's Lonesome Cooks --; Two Birds Without a Branch --; The Pale Yellow Glove --; The Brothers --; Set-piece for a Fishing Party --; On Dining Alone --; Sing of Dinner in a Dish --; Shell-Shock and Richard the Third --; The Social Status of a Vegetable --; Cesar --; To End --; Consider The Oyster --; Love and Death Among the Molluscs --; A Supper to Sleep On --; R is for Oyster --; The Well-dressed Oyster --; Take 300 Clean Oysters --; A Lusty Bit of Nourishment --; Pearls Are Not Good to Eat --; Those Were Happy Days --; Soup of the Evening, Beautiful Soup --; Love Was the Pearl --; My Country, 'Tis of Thee --; As Luscious as Locusts --; How To Cook A Wolf --; Introduction to Revised edition --; How to Be Sage Without Hemlock --; How to Catch the Wolf --; How to Distribute Your Virtue --; How to Boil Water --; How to Greet the Spring --; How Not to Boil an Egg --; How to Keep Alive --; How to Rise Up Like New Bread --; How to Be Cheerful Though Starving --; How to Carve the Wolf --; How to Make a Pigeon Cry --; How to Pray for Peace --; How to Be Content with a Vegetable Love --; How to Make a Great Show --; How to Have a Sleek Pelt --; How to Comfort Sorrow --; How to Be a Wise Man --; How to Lure the Wolf --; How to Drink to the Wolf --; How Not to Be an Earthworm --; How to Practice True Economy --; Conclusion --; The Gastronomical Me --; Foreword --; The Measure of My Powers --; A Thing Shared --; The Measure of My Powers --; The Measure of My Powers --; The First Oyster --; The Measure of My Powers --; The Measure of My Powers --; Sea Change --; The Measure of My Powers --; To Feed Such Hunger --; The Measure of My Powers --; Noble and Enough --; The Measure of My Powers --; The Measure of My Powers --; Sea Change --; Sea Change --; Sea Change --; Define This Word --; The Measure of My Powers --; Once I Dreamed --; I Remember Three Restaurants --; Sea Change --; The Lemming to the Sea --; The Flaw --; The Measure of My Powers --; Feminine Ending --; An Alphabet For Gourmets --; Foreword --; A is for dining Alone --; B is for Bachelors --; C is for Cautious --; D is for Dining out --; E is for Exquisite --; F is for Family --; G is for Gluttony --; H is for Happy --; I is for Innocence --; J is for Juvenile dining --; K is for Kosher --; L is for Literature --; M is for Monastic --; N is for Nautical --; O is for Ostentation --; P is for Peas --; Q is for Quantity --; R is for Romantic --; S is for Sad --; T is for Turbot --; U is for Universal --; V is for Venality --; W is for Wanton --; X is for Xanthippe --; Y is for Yak --; Z is for Zakuski --; From A to Z: The Perfect Dinner --; Index of Recipes N2 - "The 50th anniversary keepsake edition of M. F. K. Fisher's food writing classic; This beautifully produced commemorative edition of M. F. K. Fisher's The Art of Eating celebrates the 50th anniversary of its original publication. Fisher's writing has delighted and inspired generations of lovers of good food and exquisite writing, and this outstanding compilation of her best work is as exciting and engaging today as it was half a century ago. Special features of the anniversary edition include an introductory tribute by Fisher's leading biographer, Joan Reardon, and quotes from some of today's top culinary names on the impact of Fisher's writing. Printed on high-quality stock complemented by French flaps and a stunning new cover design, this volume is a must-have for Fisher fans and first-timers.; ; M. F. K. Fisher (1908-78) is revered as one of America's best food writers. She was the author of more than a dozen books, and her personalized essays on the pleasures of cooking and eating made her famous. Her most popular books-Serve It Forth, Consider the Oyster, How to Cook a Wolf, The Gastronomical Me, and An Alphabet for Gourmets-were bound into one volume, The Art of Eating, in 1954."--Publisher description ER -