New York: THE VIKING PRESS, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 256 pages. 21 x 14 cm. The second (and last) novel from the first lady of food writing (the first was written under the pseudonym Victoria Berne and co-written with her husband at the time Dillwyn Parrish). Dedicated to her third..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 261 Pages. 22 x 15 cm. A collection of twenty of Fisher's essays. "The enticing places, the memorable ( sometimes mysterious) encounters that have lighted her path over the years - interlaced with new reflections and sides." Boards and interior clean..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 116 pages. 22 x 14 cm. A classic from the first lady of food writing. Fisher wrote this book to comfort her second husband, Dillwyn Parrish, the love of her life, while he was facing a rare autoimmune disease which..... More
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 212 Pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. A collection of Introductions, by our first lady of food writing, M.F.K. Fisher - to both her own books and books by other authors. Light spot on one page, otherwise crisp and clean. Owner's inscription..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. Third Edition. Hardcover. 471 Pages. 27 x 18 cm. "First published in 1825, Brillat-Savarin's La Physiologie du gout ou meditations de gastronomie transcendate, but no American translation that indicated a grasp of gastronomy as well as a mastery of the French language and a...... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1949. Second Printing. Hardcover. 255 Pages. 22 x 15 cm. Fisher once again reflects, very personally, on the pleasures of food and drink with an alphabetical arrangement with an unconventional (for MFK) recipe at the end of every chapter. Interior crisp and clean, dust wrapper..... More
Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1954. Manso, Leo. First Edition. Hardcover. 744 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. From the beloved food writer, M.F.K Fisher, an invitation to fall into the world of culinary bliss. Includes Serve It Forth, Consider The Oyster, How To Cook A Wolf, The Gastronomical Me, An Alphabet..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 261 Pages. 22 x 15 cm. Laid in: Black and white 1981 Annie Leibovitz photo of Fisher and her cat. "This photograph may be used or reproduced only in connection with a review of the Knopf edition of AS THEY WERE..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1946. Hardcover. 491 pages. 22 x 15 cm. A fantastic treatise on feasts. A collection of excerpts, sentences, and paragraphs pertaining to "man's fundamental need to celebrate the high points of life by eating and drinking." Interior clean, boards lightly rubbed at edges, dust wrapper..... More
New York: Dual, Sloan, and Pearce, 1942. Third printing. Hardcover. 261 pages. 22 x 14 cm. A classic from the first lady of food writing. Fisher wrote How to Cook a Wolf during W.W.II - at a time the country was in need of sage advice - which compels one to..... More
New York: Prentice-Hall Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 159 Pages. 24 x 16.5 cm. Fisher's look back to her early years in Dijon, newly married to her first husband Al Fisher. Crisp, clean copy. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. 273 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. From the legendary American food writer, Ms. Fisher invites us on a journey of the senses through the eyes of an ex-pat. A spellbinding exploration of every francofiles dream: Aix-en-Provence. Beautifully illustrated with woodcuts from..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 243 pages. 22 x 15 cm. A collection of fifteen stories on the OTHER subject MFK Fisher was intrigued by: the art of aging and living and dying. More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 349 pages. 22 x 15 cm. M.F.K. Fisher worked diligently, and against time, in the months just before her death to assemble her never-before-published journals, short stories, and correspondence, weaving them into two volumes. Continuing where she left off in To Begin..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. Hardcover. 318 pages. 23 x 16 cm. One of, if not the best Food Writer/Essayist ever, M. F. K. Fisher brought you into her life with the stories she told, and she welcomed you into her kitchen with the people she loved. Is..... More