biography
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Fisher, M(ary) F(rances) K(ennedy)
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| female
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| lived:
| (1908–92)
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| biography:
| Food writer, born in Albion, Michigan, USA. She grew up in Whittier, CA where her father owned the local newspaper. She attended several colleges - Illinois, Whittier, and Occidental, and the University of California, Los Angeles. She married a graduate student, Alfred Fisher, and moved to Dijon, France. In the course of three marriages, she lived in California, Switzerland, and France. She created a new literary genre with 18 volumes of witty, erudite essays evoking the pleasures of food and places. Her 1949 translation of Brillat-Savarin's Physiology of Taste is considered a classic. She also wrote a novel, a screenplay, and travelogues. |
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