M. F. K. Fisher Among the Pots and Pans : Celebrating Her Kitchens

From her very first book, __Serve It Forth,__ M.F.K. Fisher wrote about her ideal kitchen. In her subsequent publications, she revisited the many kitchens she had known and the foods she savored in them to express her ideas about the art of eating. __M.F.K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans,__ interspersed with recipes and richly illustrated with original watercolors, is a retrospective of Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher's life as it unfolded in those homey settings—from Fisher's childhood in Whittier, California, to the kitchens of Dijon, where she developed her taste for French foods and wines; from the idyllic kitchen at Le Paquis to the isolation of her home in Hemet, California; and finally to her last days in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. M.F.K. Fisher was a solitary cook who interpreted the scenario of a meal in her own way, and __M.F.K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans__ provides a deeply personal glimpse of a woman who continues to mystify even as she commands our attention. From her very first book, Serve It Forth, M.F.K. Fisher wrote about her ideal kitchen. In her subsequent publications, she revisited the many kitchens she had known and the foods she savored in them to express her ideas about the art of eating. M.F.K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans, interspersed with recipes and richly illustrated with original watercolors, is a retrospective of Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher's life as it unfolded in those homey settings—from Fisher's childhood in Whittier, California, to the kitchens of Dijon, where she developed her taste for French foods and wines; from the idyllic kitchen at Le Paquis to the isolation of her home in Hemet, California; and finally to her last days in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. M.F.K. Fisher was a solitary cook who interpreted the scenario of a meal in her own way, and M.F.K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans provides a deeply personal glimpse of a woman who continues to mystify even as she commands our attention. Contents Foreword Introduction I. Whittier and Laguna Beach, 1908–1922 II. At Boarding School, 1923–1928 III. From Dijon to Eagle Rock, 1929–1936 IV. At Le Paquis, 1936–1939 V. At Bareacres, 1939–1949 VI. California and Provence, 1949–1961 VII. In St. Helena, 1961–1970 VIII. Last House, 1971–1980 IX. The Lodestar, 1981–1992 Notes