About the Author

Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher (1908-1992) was one of the greatest American food writers of the twentieth century. She is the author of 27 books of food, memoir, and travel, many of which have become classics. Her books include The Gastronomical Me, Consider the Oyster, Serve it Forth, How to Cook a Wolf, With Bold Knife and Fork, and the rediscovered novel, The Theoretical Foot.