"It is a curious fact that no man……" — M.F.K. Fisher
"It is a curious fact that no man likes to call himself a glutton, and yet each of us has in him a trace of gluttony, potential or actual. I cannot believe that there exists a single coherent human being who will not confess, at least to himself, that once or twice he has stuffed himself to bursting point on anything from quail financiere to flapjacks, for no other reason than the beastlike satisfaction of his belly."
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68 Quotes by M.F.K. Fisher
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A well-made Martini or Gibson, correctly chilled and nicely served, has been more often my true friend than any two-legged…
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For me, a plain baked potato is the most delicious one....It is soothing and enough.
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. . . gastronomical perfection can be reached in these combinations: one person dining alone, usually upon a couch or…
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Or you can broil the meat, fry the onions, stew the garlic in the red wine...and ask me to supper.…
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I sat in the gradually chilling room, thinking of my whole past the way a drowning man is supposed to,…
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Painting, it is true, was undergoing a series of -isms reminiscent of the whims of a pregnant woman.
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