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M.F.K. Fisher quotes: A pleasant aperitif, as well as a good chaser for a short quick whiskey, as well again for a fine supper drink, is beer.

A pleasant aperitif, as well as a good chaser for a short quick whiskey, as well again for a fine supper drink, is beer.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: Almost every person has something secret he likes to eat.

Almost every person has something secret he likes to eat.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: When I write of hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for it, and warmth and the love of it and it is all one.

When I write of hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for it, and warmth and the love of it and it is all one.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: I live with carpe diem engraved on my heart.

I live with carpe diem engraved on my heart.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: Living out of sight of any shore does rich and powerfully strange things to humans.

Living out of sight of any shore does rich and powerfully strange things to humans.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures.

Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: I wrote from the time I was four. It was my way of screaming and yelling, the primal scream. I wrote like a junkie, I had to have my daily

I wrote from the time I was four. It was my way of screaming and yelling, the primal scream. I wrote like a junkie, I had to have my daily fix.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: Cheese has always been a food that both sophisticated and simple humans love.

Cheese has always been a food that both sophisticated and simple humans love.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: A well-made Martini or Gibson, correctly chilled and nicely served, has been more often my true friend than any two-legged creature.

A well-made Martini or Gibson, correctly chilled and nicely served, has been more often my true friend than any two-legged creature.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: Digestion is one of the most delicately balanced of all human and perhaps angelic functions.

Digestion is one of the most delicately balanced of all human and perhaps angelic functions.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: I live with carpe diem engrave on my heart.

I live with carpe diem engrave on my heart.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: Write one good clean sentence and put a period at the end of it. Then write another one.

Write one good clean sentence and put a period at the end of it. Then write another one.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: Hunger is more than a problem of belly and guts, and ... the satisfying of it can and must and does nourish the spirit as well as the body.

Hunger is more than a problem of belly and guts, and ... the satisfying of it can and must and does nourish the spirit as well as the body.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: For me, a plain baked potato is the most delicious one ... It is soothing and enough.

For me, a plain baked potato is the most delicious one ... It is soothing and enough.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist.

War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: I think we grieve forever, but that goes for love too, fortunately for us all.

I think we grieve forever, but that goes for love too, fortunately for us all.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: Life is hard, we say. An oyster's life is worse. She lives motionless, soundless, her own cold ugly shape her only dissipation ...

Life is hard, we say. An oyster's life is worse. She lives motionless, soundless, her own cold ugly shape her only dissipation ...

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: In general, I think, human beings are happiest at table when they are very young, very much in love or very alone.

In general, I think, human beings are happiest at table when they are very young, very much in love or very alone.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: Since we must eat to live, we might as well do it with both grace and gusto.

Since we must eat to live, we might as well do it with both grace and gusto.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: Cooks must feed their egos as well as their customers ...

Cooks must feed their egos as well as their customers ...

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.

Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: An oyster leads a dreadful but exciting life.

An oyster leads a dreadful but exciting life.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: In America we eat, collectively, with a glum urge for food to fill us. We are ignorant of flavour. We are as a nation taste-blind.

In America we eat, collectively, with a glum urge for food to fill us. We are ignorant of flavour. We are as a nation taste-blind.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: There can be no more shameless carelessness than with the food we eat for life itself.

There can be no more shameless carelessness than with the food we eat for life itself.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: Sharing our meals should be a joyful and a trustful act, rather than the cursory fulfillment of our social obligations.

Sharing our meals should be a joyful and a trustful act, rather than the cursory fulfillment of our social obligations.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: If time, so fleeting, must like humans die, let it be filled with good food and good talk, and then embalmed in the perfumes of conviviality.

If time, so fleeting, must like humans die, let it be filled with good food and good talk, and then embalmed in the perfumes of conviviality.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant, without soup or bread in it.

It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant, without soup or bread in it.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: I honestly believe that everything I know about the writing of non-fiction (or writing) could be engraved on the head of a pin with a garden hoe ...

I honestly believe that everything I know about the writing of non-fiction (or writing) could be engraved on the head of a pin with a garden hoe ...

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: Most bereaved souls crave nourishment more tangible than prayers: they want a steak.

Most bereaved souls crave nourishment more tangible than prayers: they want a steak.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: Salad is roughage and a French idea.

Salad is roughage and a French idea.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: Good wine, well drunk, can lend majesty to the human spirit.

Good wine, well drunk, can lend majesty to the human spirit.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: Old age is more bearable if it can be helped by an early acceptance of being loved and of loving.

Old age is more bearable if it can be helped by an early acceptance of being loved and of loving.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: One martini is just right. Two martinis are too many. Three martinis are never enough.

One martini is just right. Two martinis are too many. Three martinis are never enough.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: Gastronomy is and always has been connected with its sister art of love.

Gastronomy is and always has been connected with its sister art of love.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: At present, I myself do not know of any local witches or warlocks, but there are several people who seem to have an uncanny power over food.

At present, I myself do not know of any local witches or warlocks, but there are several people who seem to have an uncanny power over food.

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: A complete lack of caution is perhaps one of the true signs of a real gourmet ...

A complete lack of caution is perhaps one of the true signs of a real gourmet ...

M.F.K. Fisher quotes: France eats more conciously, more intelligently, than any other nation.

France eats more conciously, more intelligently, than any other nation.