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That was in 1937. Since then, this country has begun to look beyond Fannie Farmer and meatloaf; cook books and gourmet shops have proliferated; chefs are in great demand. At its worst, this trend has spawned yuppie cuisine and a surfeit of goat cheese, but despite these excesses there is something to be said for eating well. And much has been said, particularly by Fisher, by California chef Alice Waters, and by my personal idol Julia Child--each of whom is paid tribute in Joan Reardon's recent book, M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures...
...tried to address a broad audience as when she offered advice to housewives in her 1942 book How to Cook a Wolf. But she herself was not the average housewife; an issue of Look magazine from that same year featured her "growing grapes on her ranch, discussing a script with a well-known actor, and revising a manuscript in a negligee with a glass of sherry in hand." Yet while Fisher was certainly refined in her tastes, she was also the palate's propagandist, urging her readers to savor buttered toast as she would sherry...
...customer at a Santa Paula restaurant demanded to see the cook's green card, declaring that it was every citizen's duty to report illegals...
...shines as this stubborn and miserly character who is charming despite his faults. He has a Jonathan Winters-like talent with facial expressions that brings power to his humor in many of the scenes. Vandergelder's "It Takes a Woman," makes his claim that a wife should stay home, cook and clean. Despite being imbued with 1950's sexism, it remains lively and hysterical...
...Thank you for supporting my food," said Barbeau. "It was a real treat to cook...