About this title: In one of her most celebrated books, the doyenne of food writers offers us more than 140 of her favourite and most famous recipes. Here are dishes for every course of every meal - from 'Teasers and Titbits', through 'Some Seeds of this Planet' to 'A Plethora of Puddings'. Whether simple or esoteric, all are served with an inimitable mixture of wit, anecdote and practicality.
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Smithmark Publishers
Date Published: 1996-06
ISBN-13:9780765198303ISBN:0765198304
Description: Very Good. Hardcover with dustjacket, front inside has a name stamp that is markered out, no other writing. Dustjacket has shelfwear to the edges, the book binding is tight and the pages are crisp and clean. All items come from a smoke-free home. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Smithmark Publishers
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780765198303ISBN:0765198304
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has small closed tear at foot of spine. Interior pages as new. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 320 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York
Date Published: [1969]
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. A book for both cooking and reading. M.F.K. discusses the great cooking delights of her life and provides over 140 recipes. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper. Light red boards with black cloth spine. The price-intact brightly illustrated dust jacket has some chipping at head of spine, else very good+/very good.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 318 pages. read more
Edition: BCE
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam's, NY
Date Published: 1969
Description: Vg/vg- Dust Jacket. 318pp; 140+ pp; text clean + tight; dj has chips + tears along eds, blacked out price fr cv, is in new protective mylar jacket. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pimlico
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780712659864ISBN:0712659862
Description: Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Barnes & Noble, NY
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780760702796ISBN:0760702799
Description: Near Fine in As New jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First printing of this edition. The spine is very slightly cocked. An apparently unread copy. The DJ is in Brodart dust jacket protector. read more
Edition: Reprint Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Smithmark, New York
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780765198303ISBN:0765198304
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo. A clean, crisp and unmarked copy with slightly shelf bumped upper board edges. 318 pp. Index. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. read more
Binding: Trade Paper
Publisher: Paragon Books, New York
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780399503979ISBN:0399503978
Description: Near Fine with no dust jacket. 0399503978. Wonderful writer expounds on delighful foods and recipes. In nice, newish shape; solid and tight.; 70028; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Chatto and Windus
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780701126926ISBN:0701126922
Description: Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
"fisher talks about growing up in california in the first half of the 20th century. there's lots and lots of food in this book -- including a couple of darn good recipes. so do not read it if you have any food problems! (beyond really liking food, that is.)"
"I read this about a year ago and didn't really care for it; its similarities to "How to Cook a Wolf" were obvious. But in Berkeley I picked up a copy, reread it, and really enjoyed it; I think that my hiatus from all things Fisher enabled me to reread it for its own merits. Many of the sections were similar to "Wolf," but with new recipes, and written with the experience and tastes developed in the 15-odd years intervening between the two books. So while I wouldn't read the two back-to-back, I would now be happy to pick this up for dinnertime reading the way I do "Wolf.""
"Even in something as prosaic as a chapter on various rice dishes, MFK Fisher can't help but confront romance, sex, death, memories of childhood, and just about the whole of human history. She wrote with an effortless erudition and a staggering understanding of the magic of the kitchen, in an elegant, simple, and charming style. There really has ever only been one of her."
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