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Poet of the Appetites: The Lives and Loves of M.F.K. Fisher (Hardcover) by Joan Reardon bookshelves: food, nf-essay-memoir |
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recommended for: people who carry egg sandwiches in their pockets.
read in July, 2008 
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"Growing up MFK Fisher was fairly well pampered and she had some extravagant moments out there in Hollywood and Paris. But later she made a habit of putting herself in these tiny, difficult kitchens and living a frugal, isolated, almost monastic exist...more
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The Walking-Away World (Paperback) by Kenneth Patchen bookshelves: poetry, wishlist |
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The Fountain Overflows (New York Review Books Classics) by Rebecca West bookshelves: novel, wishlist |
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| July 02 | ||
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Atmospheric Disturbances: A Novel (Hardcover) by Rivka Galchen bookshelves: novel, wishlist |
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M. F. K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans: Celebrating Her Kitchens (California Studies in Food and Culture) by Joan Reardon bookshelves: food, nf-essay-memoir |
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recommended for: gluttonous types lacking fancy kitchens.
read in July, 2008
Barb said:
"I devoured this book in about 1.5 days. Makes me want to read every single book M.F.K. Fisher ever wrote. Plus it makes me want to have a bottle of port always at the helm.
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This Year I Will...: How to Finally Change a Habit, Keep a Resolution, or Make a Dream Come True (Hardcover) by M.J. Ryan bookshelves: nf-essay-memoir, writing |
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read in June, 2008
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"Good solid strategies for getting stuff done. Now if I could only follow the advice in the book...
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames (Hardcover) by David Sedaris bookshelves: comedy, nf-essay-memoir |
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| June 20 | ||
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In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays (Paperback) by Bertrand Russell bookshelves: wishlist |
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Essays in Idleness (Paperback) by Yoshida Kenko bookshelves: wishlist |
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Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike: Being Two Thirteenth-Century Japanese Classics, the "Hojoki" and Selections from the "Heike Monogatari" (Tut Books. L) by Chomei Kamo bookshelves: wishlist |
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