Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.

M.F.K. Fisher

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Topic

Eating Food Man as social animal

Author

M.F.K. Fisher

Source

An Alphabet for Gourmets

Medium

Essay

Genre

Food writing

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

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Writer

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United States

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Citation

Fisher, Mary Frances Kennedy. An Alphabet for Gourmets. The Viking Press, 1949.

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Current Citation

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