The Art of Eating: The Life of M.F.K. Fisher
The Art of Eating: The Life of M.F.K. Fisher is a feature documentary about the dramatic life and lasting impact of the mid-century California food writer M.F.K. Fisher, who elevated cooking from a domestic chore to a critical study of what it means to be human. Described by W.H. Auden as “the best prose writer in America,” the intrepid but underrecognized Fisher helped introduce continental sensibilities to California’s burgeoning culinary world. Perhaps more importantly, she forever transformed the 1950s-era background [...]