M F K Fisher

M F K Fisher (1908-1992), full name Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, was a US writer who is well known for writings on food and travel. She was a founder of the Napa Valley Wine Library. She believed that eating well was just one of the "arts of life" and explored this in her writing. How to Cook a Wolf is among the most famous of her works.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken.

- "How Not to Boil an Egg", How to Cook a Wolf

• There are many people like me who believe firmly, if somewhat incoherently, that pockets on this planet are filled with what humans have left behind them, both good and evil, and that any such spiritual accumulation can stay there forever, past definition of such a stern word.

- A Considerable Town

Thurgood Marshall