M.F.K. Fisher's Provence

M. F. K. Fisher, Aileen Ah-Tye

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Counterpoint
10 November 2015

National & regional cuisine

"Enjoy M.F.K. Fisher's strong sense of place and deep love of Provencewith this collection of rich, gorgeous photographs paired with some of Fisher's best-known essays.

M.F.K. Fisher's Provence highlights Fisher's Celtic eye for detail with a comparison of Aix-en-Provence, a university town, the site of an international music festival and the former capital of Provence, and Marseille, the port town.

Fisher's description of the sights and smells belonging to an Aix bakery shop window is her Platonic ideal of a bakery shop to be found anywhere in France, for example, with its ""delicately layered"" scents of ""fresh eggs, fresh sweet butter, grated nutmeg, vanilla beans, old kirsch and newly ground almonds.""

Then, there is her portrayal of the sounds of Aix's fountains mixed with the music of Mozart during the town's festival, leaving her bedazzled. She would return again and again to stroll the narrow streets of Aix with two young daughters who ""seemed to grow like water-flowers under the greening buds of the plane trees.""

It is the quality of Fisher's writing that inspired photographer Aileen Ah-Tye to look for her Provence. In a letter to Fisher, Aileen would report back from Marseille- ""The eels and the prickly rascasse were exotique to my San Francisco eyes, the smells as pungent as you can get, and . . . miracle of all miracles . . . the men and women on the docks were exactly as you described them.""

Thus began a collaboration that illustrates Fisher's passion for life and all its sensual pleasures that nourish the soul.

""It's difficult to pick out just one favorite travel book. But if I had to pick just one favorite, it wouldn't exactly be a travel book, but rather a 'being there' book - and that is Two Towns in Provence by M.F.K. Fisher . . .

Reading it

was one of the turning moments in my life. She was writing about a cafe I've subsequently come to know very well in Aix-en-Provence called the Deux Gar ons. I could smell it, and I could taste the little things she and her children were having at the time. And I thought, That's where I want to be."" -Peter Mayle"

By: M. F. K. Fisher, Aileen Ah-Tye
Imprint: Counterpoint
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 177mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 638g
ISBN: 9781619025943
ISBN 10: 1619025949
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 10 November 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, as M F. K. Fisher was the preeminent American food writer. She wrote thirty-three books, including a translation of The Physiology of Taste by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Her first book, Serve It Forth, was published in 1937. Fisher's books are an amalgam of food literature, travel, and memoir. Aileen Ah-Tye is a photojournalist who met M. F. K. Fisher on assignment for UPI. She discovered she shared Fisher's background in news, as well as her affinity for France. Ah-Tye lives in San Francisco.

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"""M.F.K. Fisher's Provence is an essay and photo book that combines the words of the great food writer with images from photojournalist Aileen Ah-Tye. Fisher's lyrical prose and scenes of everyday grace caught by Ah-Tye's lens will remind readers of the cultural gentility that is France. The project sprang from the photographer's desire to illustrate life in Provence as the writer experienced it. The effort will leave you refreshed and inspired.""--Christian Science Monitor"

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