MFK Fisher
MFK Fisher (actually: Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher , born July 3, 1908 in Albion , Michigan ; † June 22, 1991 in Glen Ellen , California ) was an American essayist who mainly dealt with topics related to culinary and table art .
Life
Fisher was in the tradition of Brillat-Savarin . Your translation of his major work, The Physiology of Taste , published in 1949 , made his work known in the USA and Canada.
At the beginning of the 1930s, Fisher lived in France for three years, and she was decisively influenced by the way of life and food. After returning to the United States, she began publishing essays on culinary arts. Her first book, Serve it Forth , was so radically different from those of other female authors before her that many critics assumed it was written by a man.
In the 1970s, Fisher lived in St. Helena, California , a town in the Napa Valley , surrounded by vineyards.
In her honor, Les Dames d'Escoffier International presents the MFK Fisher Award every two years , which honors women who have a significant influence on the further development of culinary art and dining culture.
In 1991, the year she died, she was accepted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters .
Fonts
- Serve It Forth (1937)
- Touch and Go (1939), novel by "Victoria Berne" (Fisher and Dillwyn Parrish)
- Consider the Oyster (1941)
- How to Cook a Wolf (1942)
- The Gastronomical Me (1943)
- Here Let Us Feast, A Book of Banquets (1946)
- Not Now but Now (1947)
- An Alphabet for Gourmets (1949)
- The Art of Eating (1954)
- A Cordial Water: A Garland of Odd & Old Receipts to Assuage the Ills of Man or Beast (1961)
- The Story of Wine in California (1962)
- Map of Another Town: A Memoir of Provence (1964)
- Recipes: The Cooking of Provincial France (1968; reprinted in 1969 under the title The Cooking of Provincial France , German edition by TIME LIFE International BV in 1970 under the title Die Küche in France's provinces .)
- With Bold Knife and Fork (1969)
- Among Friends (1971)
- A Considerable Town (1978)
- Not a Station but a Place (1979)
- As They Were (1982)
- Sister Age (1983)
- Spirits of the Valley (1985)
- Fine Preserving: MFK Fisher's Annotated Edition of Catherine Plagemann's Cookbook (1986)
- Dubious Honors (1988)
- The Boss Dog: A Story of Provence (1990)
- Long Ago in France: The Years in Dijon (1991)
- To Begin Again: Stories and Memoirs 1908-1929 (1992)
- Stay Me, Oh Comfort Me: Journals and Stories 1933-1941 (1993)
- Last House: Reflections, Dreams and Observations 1943–1991 (1995)
- Aphorisms of Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin from His Work, The Physiology of Taste (1998)
- From the Journals of MFK Fisher (1999)
- Two Kitchens in Provence (1999)
- Home Cooking: An Excerpt from a Letter to Eleanor Friede, December, 1970 (2000)
- Translations
- Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin : The Physiology of Taste (1949)
Web links
- Literature by and about MFK Fisher in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by MFK Fisher at perlentaucher.de
- MFK Fisher Papers 1860–1995 (English, Harvard University)
- Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher (English, copyright Les Dames d'Escoffier International)
- LCCN: Victoria Berne, pseudonym Fisher with her second husband Dillwyn Parrish
Individual evidence
- ^ Members: MFK Fisher. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed March 28, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fisher, MFK |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fisher, Mary Frances Kennedy (real name); Berne, Victoria (collective pseudonym with Dillwyn Fisher) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American essayist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Albion (Michigan) |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 22, 1991 |
| Place of death | Glen Ellen (California) |