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Fisher covers great meals she has had and great meals she plans to have; she covers cooking from the highly expensive levels of decadence to true home economy (yes, you can live off sludge); she explores eating both as a social pastime and as an intimate, individual pleasure.

If like me some of your favourite books have earned that title due to the authors ability to write about the meals it contains, you are sure to salviate at this tome. A wonderful read for all foodies...

one of the favorite books of a self confessed book addict
Once upon a time I worked for a chef who absolutely adored MFK Fisher (this was one of her only redeeming qualities) and although I love food and wine, I had never heard of her before, but I love to read and I figured that I would pick up a few of her books and this one (actually a compilation of 5 of her books)is the first that I read, and it just changed my life, it is such a beautiful book that describes food and love and life so artfully you cannot help but feeling happy when you read it. She speaks a lot of France, and about her life experiences mingled with all sorts of facts and trivia and research about food. It is lovingly written. For those of you who love books about food and the art of food, this is for you. For those of you who think that you don't like books about food, this is also for you. Check it out.

And Now for Something That's a Complete Masterpiece
In my imagination, in Fisher's mind, everyone from Antoine Careme to Thomas Keller lived together in a big old dilapidated farmhouse in the French countryside. They are all sitting in the shade one buttery-hued afternoon, talking about "Why did the chicken cross the road?":

Antoine Careme: It was trussed onto the back of a rabbit. I call it, "Chicken a la Peugeot".
Vatel: Leave it there and I'll build a feast scene around it.
Jean Brillat-Savarin: It was trying to escape the lawyer that was crossing the road to sue it.
Fanny Farmer: It''s a one-trick chicken, all it can do is cross the road.
August Escoffier: (After having too much pastis): Let's put the dead clucker in a bucket of horseradish sauce and make Double-Toilet Chicken for the Emperor.
Julia Child: If it's being carried across the road on a serving platter and drops onto the road, simply pick it up, brush it off lightly and serve.
Alice Waters: It was free-ranging, got a little disoriented from the aromatherapy it had received earlier, and entered an erroneous zone.
Thomas Keller: I see Sun-dried Chicken Anus with Organic Guacamole Droppings.

Forgive me if this is some kind of Jesus, Moses, and Elvis scenario gone wrong, but Hail Mary (Fisher), this book is a near-religion experience for gastroholics. The culinary writing stylings of M.F.K.Fisher are art, the food memory landscape is art, she could even make a description of a rubber chicken read like 20" of curated treasure.

The Art of Eating is the also the Art of Reading. Not a recipe compendium, but a food enjoyment memoire. If you read slowly, deliciously-enough, she invites you to participate by asking yourself, " What was MY best memory of food from childhood", "What was the best dinner invitation I was present at", "What would BE the best dinner invitation I could ever be present at" (mine might involve somebody who was going to ask me about the Mayan).

Enjoy this book slowly, it's too beautiful to just wolf down.