An Alphabet for Gourmets
$39.99
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2026
Summary
An Alphabet for Gourmets
A playful, thoughtful, and delicious A to Z of M.F.K. Fisher’s food writing.
In An Alphabet for Gourmets, M.F.K. Fisher creates a wide-ranging, whimsical, and profound miscellany of food that moves readers from A (for dining alone) to Z (zakuski, the classic accompaniments to a shot of Russian vodka), traversing a broad swath of human history, taste, and sensation along the way. Fisher’s mercurial, searching prose and her inimitable s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250457783 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1250457785 |
| Author: | M.F.K. Fisher, Ruby Tandoh |
| Publisher: | St Martin's Press |
| Imprint: | St Martin's Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 135mm x 208mm |
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Critics Review
“M.F.K. Fisher writes about food as others do about love, but rather better.”
–Clifton Fadiman, The New Yorker
”[M.F.K. Fisher] defines in a sensual and beautiful way the vital relationship between food and culture.”
–Alice Waters
“I can’t tell you how much I envy the joy of reading Mary Frances for the first time. It will change your life”
–Ruth Reichl
“Since Mrs. Fisher wrote [An Alphabet for Gourmets], naturally it is witty, pungent and highly civilized, but also it has a special charm … It not only guides and titillates; it warms.”
–Rex Stout, The New York Times Book Review
“Full of sound counsel, shrewd observation, luscious memories of dinners eaten and wines drunk, and a lot of common sense spiced with personal recollection. It’s a good mixture.”
–J. H. Jackson, San Francisco Chronicle
“Entertaining and knowledgeable.”
–The New Yorker
M.F.K. Fisher
M.F.K. Fisher (1908-1992) is the author of sixteen books of essays and reminiscences, many of which have become American classics. Her books include The Gastronomical Me and How to Cook a Wolf. In 1991, she was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
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