book report: The Gastronomical Me
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vernacular_lifeThe Gastronomical Me, by MFK Fisher
Amazon blurb:
In 1929, a newly married M.F.K. Fisher said goodbye to a milquetoast American culinary upbringing and sailed with her husband to Dijon, where she tasted real French cooking for the first time. The Gastronomical Me is a chronicle of her passionate embrace of a whole new way of eating, drinking, and celebrating the senses. As she recounts memorable meals shared with an assortment of eccentric and fascinating characters, set against a backdrop of mounting pre-war tensions, we witness the formation not only of her taste but of her character and her prodigious talent.
Took me forever to read this -- I've been distracted with fall catalogues, a good solitare game on the blackberry, and the ipod while on the train.
Enjoyed this book, especially the last 1/3rd. The last chapter reminds me of a dream, where she fills in just enough detail and leaves the rest hazy. Same goes for her descriptions of multiple crossings of the Atlantic via ship...
Food/dining descriptions were well done, but nothing left my mouth watering like other foodie books have done.....This was almost more of a travel memoir than a food/eating one.....
Overall grade: B
Amazon blurb:
In 1929, a newly married M.F.K. Fisher said goodbye to a milquetoast American culinary upbringing and sailed with her husband to Dijon, where she tasted real French cooking for the first time. The Gastronomical Me is a chronicle of her passionate embrace of a whole new way of eating, drinking, and celebrating the senses. As she recounts memorable meals shared with an assortment of eccentric and fascinating characters, set against a backdrop of mounting pre-war tensions, we witness the formation not only of her taste but of her character and her prodigious talent.
Took me forever to read this -- I've been distracted with fall catalogues, a good solitare game on the blackberry, and the ipod while on the train.
Enjoyed this book, especially the last 1/3rd. The last chapter reminds me of a dream, where she fills in just enough detail and leaves the rest hazy. Same goes for her descriptions of multiple crossings of the Atlantic via ship...
Food/dining descriptions were well done, but nothing left my mouth watering like other foodie books have done.....This was almost more of a travel memoir than a food/eating one.....
Overall grade: B
