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M. F. K. Fisher Quotes

M. F. K. Fisher quotes about eating

American Writer July 3, 1908 – June 22, 1992

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There are very few men and women, I suspect, who cooked and marketed their way through the past war without losing forever some of the nonchalant extravagance of the Twenties. They will feel, until their final days on earth, a kind of culinary caution: butter, no matter how unlimited, is a precious substance not lightly to be wasted; meats, too, and eggs, and all the far-brought spices of the world, take on a new significance, having once been so rare. And that is good, for there can be no... M. F. K. Fisher
All men are hungry. They always have been. They must eat, and when they deny themselves the pleasures of carrying out that need, they are cutting off part of their possible fullness, their natural realization of life, whether they are rich or poor. M. F. K. Fisher
Dining partners, regardless of gender, social standing, or the years they've lived, should be chosen for their ability to eat - and drink! - with the right mixture of abandon and restraint. They should enjoy food, and look upon its preparation and its degustation as one of the human arts. M. F. K. Fisher
M. F. K. Fisher quote: "having bowed to the inevitability of the dictum that we must..."
...having bowed to the inevitability of the dictum that we must eat to live, we should ignore it and live to eat... M. F. K. Fisher
M. F. K. Fisher quote: "First we eat, then we do everything else."
First we eat, then we do everything else. M. F. K. Fisher

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