false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172010083m/132280.jpg 132280 2 <div>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.<br></div> 127416 1 10 1988 Consider the Oyster total:188|5:1|4:5|3:3|2:0|1:0| 188 783 302 15 5 1 false false Sun Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 14:56:09 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 14:07:18 -0700 2008 To Make a Pearl. In the list of ingredients, 1 diving-girl.]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 19:02:05 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 15:26:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 07 12:32:14 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 04:53:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 11 18:28:35 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 18:30:08 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 09:05:56 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 21:50:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 10:12:20 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 10:13:07 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Apr 28 18:40:54 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 18:45:21 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Apr 02 17:02:01 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 02 17:06:26 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sat Mar 22 05:11:02 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 25 06:29:52 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 06:30:58 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Sep 03 14:28:36 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 14:28:36 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 09:51:15 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 14:16:26 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 20 13:08:33 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 24 20:43:16 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Aug 25 13:43:36 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 14:58:43 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Jul 09 12:04:28 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 16:53:53 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 24 05:58:16 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 05:58:50 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Nov 24 18:06:15 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 18:06:15 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 24 10:34:44 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 10:34:44 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 23 22:33:51 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 22:33:51 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Nov 20 07:53:01 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 07:53:01 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 11:21:31 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 11:21:31 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=132280