arachan's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I was gifted How To Cook A Wolf by a friend a couple of years ago and this is the second Fisher book that I've read. A collection of essays scattered across the 1920s-1930s that talk about food and how Fisher grew from a child tasting jam to a skilled and thoughtful cook in her own kitchen. It was a surprisingly emotional book and the story of Juanita brought tears to my eyes. There's a lot of loss in this book. Loss of youth, loss of innocence, loss of loved ones but it's told with an unquenchable appetite for life and a sharp eye for detail. Absolutely worth reading again and again.
hannahmayreads's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
I am almost ashamed that I had never heard of Fisher until, drawn in by the cover, I picked this up on a recent bookstore excursion. A wonderful writer and an even better eater it seems, her descriptions of food, people and places vividly leap off the page.
A collection of memories, rather than an all-encompassing memoir, this is a tantalising glimpse into the personal world of M.F.K. Fisher at varying stages of her life - naive schoolgirl, young bride, deeply in love, divorcee and grieving widow. This book is a wonderful example of how food informs our memories, and how it is not always the significant meals that leave the greatest mark on our gastronomical selves.
A collection of memories, rather than an all-encompassing memoir, this is a tantalising glimpse into the personal world of M.F.K. Fisher at varying stages of her life - naive schoolgirl, young bride, deeply in love, divorcee and grieving widow. This book is a wonderful example of how food informs our memories, and how it is not always the significant meals that leave the greatest mark on our gastronomical selves.
zarazuck's review
2.0
Read for book club. Don't think I would've picked this up on my own, though parts of it were really lovely. Seems like they drank a LOT in the old days...
shaneliebling's review
5.0
Truly fantastic book. Never have I thought about hunger in such philosophical and emotional terms. The prose is fantasic and the snippets of her life instill the overwhelming need to either cook for someone you love or take your closest friends out to an amazing meal...