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Title: How to Cook a Wolf by M. F. K. Fisher ISBN: 0-86547-336-6 Publisher: North Point Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Unusual writing for unusual times
Comment: M.F.K. Fisher was a superb writer. And she lived in "interesting times" in Europe and California. How to Cook a Wolf pitted her inate love of food and cuisine against some severe times when money might be short or food was rationed. Her strange sense of humor and practical outlook are interesting; for example, she gives a recipe for a sludge to keep body (if not soul) alive. The instructions begin with borrowing 50 cents to buy the ingredients; hamburger, wilted vegetables. The resulting mush can be used as a nutritious dog food, or a staple to survive on. She even claims it can be quite acceptable fried as scrapple, but then you'd have to have some cooking fat (and even that could be hard to come by.)
In these times of plenty, it's hard to relate to this book except to read Fisher's ideas and fantastic prose; the section on "Sue" (really California artist and etcher Nel Coover) who survived and entertained her guests with wild ice plants, seaweed and stolen eggs and potatoes is captivating.
If you have never read any M.F.K. Fisher, start with "The Measure of My Powers", but if you have read her, and if you have developed a taste for her marvelous writing, this is one of her famous works that is unique and interesting.
Rating: 5
Summary: Overrated as a food writer?! Underrated as a writer!
Comment: I can't vouch for her recipes but I can speak for her prose. I picked up this book for pure entertainment and found it. Fisher's conversation is elegant, entertaining, and educational, and her advice is at times amusing, at times timeless.
Rating: 3
Summary: MFK Fisher is somewhat over-rated as a food writer
Comment: MFK Fisher is somewhat over-rated as a food writer. This book has interest because it was written when food rationing was in force due to WWII. Rationing reminded her of other experiences of deprivation, which is the theme of the book. So-so writing, but a really good recipe for gingerbread. If you like gingerbread, this recipe alone is reason to read the book.
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Title: The Gastronomical Me by M. F. K. Fisher ISBN: 0865473927 Publisher: North Point Press Pub. Date: 10 October, 1989 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Art of Eating by M. F. K. Fisher ISBN: 0020322208 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 09 May, 1990 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Consider the Oyster by M. F. K. Fisher ISBN: 0865473358 Publisher: North Point Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1988 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: With Bold Knife and Fork by M. F. K. Fisher ISBN: 1582431876 Publisher: Counterpoint Press Pub. Date: 02 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Two Towns in Provence by M.F.K. Fisher ISBN: 0394716310 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 August, 1983 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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