Consider the Oyster by M.F.K. Fisher

Consider the Oyster

M.F.K. Fisher

96 pages first pub 1941 (editions)

nonfiction essays reflective slow-paced

Description

M.F.K. Fisher, whom John Updike has called our "poet of the appetites," here pays tribute to that most delicate and enigmatic of foods---the oyster. As she tells of oysters found in stews, in soups, roasted, baked, fried, prepared à la Rockefeller...

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Moods

funny 85%
informative 85%
lighthearted 71%
inspiring 28%
reflective 14%

Pace

fast 57%
medium 28%
slow 14%

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