M. F. K. Fisher

Written as a series of vignettes, this rewarding book recounts the life and adventures of respected writer Mary Fisher. Decades of travel through America and Europe supply the fodder for these tales, with wonderful details of the people, places, foods, and thoughts that have flavored her journey...

The sentimental and culinary education of M.F.K. Fisher. This program features a new introduction to the text, written and read by Alison Roman. In 1929, a newly married M.F.K. Fisher embarked on a journey that would change her life. In The Gastronomical Me, readers get a firsthand look at the...

A witty, idiosyncratic guided tour through culinaria past and present by the inimitable M.F.K. Fisher. In Serve It Forth, her first book, M.F.K. Fisher is already in full bloom. She travels the byways and tables of history with her unique literary vision, laying bare the peculiarities...

A playful, thoughtful, and delicious A to Z of M.F.K. Fisher’s food writing. This program features a new introduction to the text, written and read by author and The Great British Bake Off runner-up, Ruby Tandoh. In An Alphabet for Gourmets, M.F.K. Fisher creates a wide-ranging, whimsical, and...

A deep dive into the culinary, literary, and underwater lives of that most noble and inscrutable bivalve, the oyster. In Consider the Oyster, M.F.K. Fisher explores the many lives of the mysterious oyster—from its strange cloistered existence in the watery depths to the many roles it has...

“I do not know of any one in the United States who writes better prose.” —W. H. Auden A practical, culinary, and philosophical guide on how to eke out joy and delight in difficult times. This program features a new introduction to the text, written and read by Tamar Adler. There is perhaps...