Consider the Oyster by Fisher, M. F. K.

Consider the Oyster

M.F.K. Fisher, whom John Updike has called our "poet of the appetites," here pays tribute to that...
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Consider the Oyster by Fisher, M. F. K.

Consider the Oyster

$23.98

Consider the Oyster

$23.98
Author: M. F. K. Fisher
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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 or au naturel--and of the pearls sometimes found therein--Fisher describes her mother's joy at encountering oyster loaf in a girls' dorm in he 1890's, recalls her own initiation into the "strange cold succulence" of raw oysters as a young woman in Marseille and Dijon, and explores both the bivalve's famed aphrodisiac properties and its equally notorious gut-wrenching powers. Plumbing the "dreadful but exciting" life of the oyster, Fisher invites readers to share in the comforts and delights that this delicate edible evokes, and enchants us along the way with her characteristically wise and witty prose.

Author: M. F. K. Fisher
Publisher: North Point Press
Published: 10/01/1988
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.00w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780865473355

About the Author

M.F.K. Fisher (1908-1992) is the author of numerous books of essays and reminiscences, many of which have become American classics.


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