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  <title><![CDATA[Serve It Forth (Art of Eating)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;In&lt;i&gt; Serve It Forth&lt;/i&gt;, her first book, M. F. K. Fisher takes readers on an animated journey through culinary history, beginning with the honey-loving Greeks and the immoderate Romans. Fisher recalls a hunt for snails and truffles with one of the last adepts in that art and recounts how Catherine de Medici, lonely for home cooking, touched off a culinary revolution by bringing Italian chefs to France. Each essay makes clear the absolute firmness of Fisher's taste--contrarian and unique--and her skill at stirring memory and imagination into a potent brew.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1996</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Such a collection of stories, ranging from the loving execution of a rabbit to a considered look at kitchens, and a still relevant look at the social status of vegetables (think of the commotion about Obama eating arugula).]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If the history and exaltation of the humble potato excite you, if a vignette bordering on a tangerine slowly drying on a windowsill in Paris relaxes you, or if you appreciate the singular pleasure of eating alone, then pick up this book. Fisher not only tantalizes with food, she also uses it to brin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28017494">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A collection of essays about food, and the art of eating.  A genre creator, the author advocates simple, good food and great conversation.  MFK Fisher writes extremely well, a couple of these essays will bring a tear to your eye.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon May 04 22:25:12 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I came across this book while doing research on cookbooks at a Borders in town. Rather than wait until the weekend coupons, I had to buy it immediately. Her prose is at once erudite and accessible, and the short chapters make for quick reading on study breaks. Her love of food is palpable, and there...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10098460">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I ran into a reference to this food writer when reading reviews of Garlic and Sapphires (which I haven't read yet) She has a large oeuvre of short essays about gastronomy that began in the 1930s. This was her first publication and it was charmingly dated, light and amusing. Snails, tangerine...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5588373">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 24 07:42:29 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thanks for putting this on your to-read list, Betsy! Just picked it up from the library- it's wonderful so far. I especially love the chapter &quot;Borderland&quot;. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good read to inspire you about eating food. She is really funny but dead serious about the pleasures and the horrors of how and why we taste the things we do.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love her enthusiasm for good food and how she describes her various homes, kitchens, travels, loves, etc. A favorite author.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A classic of multi-sensory gastronomic writing that opens a window to other eras, tastes and sensory orientations.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read Borderlands.<br/><br/>I wish I were MFK Fischer.<br/><br/>She's just a fox in every way.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Precise, clever, hilarious, insightful.  She's a delight.]]></body>
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