Comments on: M.F.K. Fisher: Ultra-Crab

By: matthew-minerva

matthew-minerva — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:21:21 +0000

yes and no lexicorn limbo
i think that YES the Italian tradition of producing ones own food is very promanent in italian culture but i my grandparents are like the sorta people that you know = at a family gathering in which they meet new people ect. many turn to politics as a topic of discussion to break the ice, NOT MY GRANDFATHERS its just food food food pasta and more food!

By: cheshire cap

cheshire cap — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:02:15 +0000

soz…did some googling and it’s called Elizabeth David: A Life In Recipes

By: cheshire cap

cheshire cap — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:37:05 +0000

but a sagg….

By: cheshire cap

cheshire cap — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:36:24 +0000

I think it was a made for television film about Elizabeth David called Elizabeth David: A Life Of Recipes. She also was one fabulous lady with a life to match

By: cheshire cap

cheshire cap — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:14:22 +0000

Home Journal editor keeping chins up during the depression. I wonder if she would have been so positive if she’d known what was to follow 7 years later.

By: Lexicon Limbo

Lexicon Limbo — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:51:39 +0000

Do you think that might be a italian trait matt?? My dad (cancer),uncle (sagg) & now my brother (virgo) were/are into growing their own & cooking…it’s been really touching seeing how my brother has adopted a lot of things that my dad did when we were kids, now that he has a family. Kinda like keeping old traditions alive

By: Mystic Medusa

Mystic Medusa — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:29:38 +0000

I loved this thing i posted a while back from the Ladies Home Journal

http://mysticmedusa.com/2009/03/17/true-grit-peeps/

By: Mystic Medusa

Mystic Medusa — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:28:35 +0000

Get them a really snazzy cookbook & let them choose anything?

By: Pisces in CQ

Pisces in CQ — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:39:48 +0000

was a film made about her? I vaguely remember watching a film about a lady from – oh I think between the world wars – who was a sensational cook for her time who remained single and publishing cookbooks. It was a french or italian movie from recollection and I was fascinated watching it. Some of the quotes remind me of this film. She had many lovers though she was married to an english bore who turned up from time to time

By: catriona

catriona — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:22:10 +0000

mystic, great article.. I do admire Elizabeth David, but this woman has a sass to her, a ‘don’t you see this is important’ vibe. so ordering a bunch of her books.