The Gastronomical Me
by M. F. K. Fisher
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Author: M. F. K. FisherEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1989-10-10
ISBN: 0865473927
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: North Point Press
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Book Review: But If It Weren't For Food, Who Would We Be?
Summary: 5 Stars
M.F.K. Fisher writes with elegant economy about food, and her style, which tends toward the vignette, is savory and inspriring as her subject. Set in short chapters and taking place mostly in France, her tales in The Gastronomical Me use the occasion of mealtime to explore what food serves, which is to say life or, rather, friendship, love, community, and the moments that define and nourish each. The Gastronomical Me concludes with a particularly striking and poignant moment from one of Fisher's trips to Mexico, in which a meal figures prominently in a touching romance that fails. Read this memoir because it is delectable, a bittersweet reminder that we all have gastronomical adventures and that however delicious the food, it is the company we share it with and the emotion it evokes that most powerfully endures.
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