{"product_id":"mfk-fishers-provence-isbn-9781619025943","title":"M.F.K. Fisher's Provence","description":"\u003cb\u003eEnjoy M.F.K. Fisher's strong sense of place and deep love of Provence \u003cb\u003ewith this collection of rich, gorgeous photographs paired with some of Fisher's best-known essays. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eM.F.K. Fisher’s Provence \u003c\/i\u003ehighlights Fisher’s Celtic eye for detail with a comparison of Aix-en-Provence, a university town, the site of an international music festival and the former capital of Provence, and Marseille, the port town. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFisher’s description of the sights and smells belonging to an Aix bakery shop window is her Platonic ideal of a bakery shop to be found anywhere in France, for example, with its “delicately layered” scents of “fresh eggs, fresh sweet butter, grated nutmeg, vanilla beans, old kirsch and newly ground almonds.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen, there is her portrayal of the sounds of Aix’s fountains mixed with the music of Mozart during the town’s festival, leaving her bedazzled. She would return again and again to stroll the narrow streets of Aix with two young daughters who “seemed to grow like water-flowers under the greening buds of the plane trees.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the quality of Fisher’s writing that inspired photographer Aileen Ah-Tye to look for her Provence. In a letter to Fisher, Aileen would report back from Marseille: “The eels and the prickly rascasse were exotique to my San Francisco eyes, the smells as pungent as you can get, and . . . miracle of all miracles . . . the men and women on the docks were exactly as you described them.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThus began a collaboration that illustrates Fisher’s passion for life and all its sensual pleasures that nourish the soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“It’s difficult to pick out just one favorite travel book. But if I had to pick just one favorite, it wouldn’t exactly be a travel book, but rather a ‘being there’ book – and that is \u003ci\u003eTwo Towns in Provence \u003c\/i\u003eby M.F.K. Fisher . . . [Reading it] was one of the turning moments in my life. She was writing about a café I’ve subsequently come to know very well in Aix-en-Provence called the Deux Garçons. I could smell it, and I could taste the little things she and her children were having at the time. And I thought, That’s where I want to be.” —Peter Mayle\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eM.F.K. Fisher's Provence\u003c\/i\u003e is an essay and photo book that combines the words of the great food writer with images from photojournalist Aileen Ah–Tye. Fisher's lyrical prose and scenes of everyday grace caught by Ah–Tye's lens will remind readers of the cultural gentility that is France. The project sprang from the photographer's desire to illustrate life in Provence as the writer experienced it. The effort will leave you refreshed and inspired.\"—\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Frances Kennedy Fisher, as M F. K. Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e was the preeminent American food writer. She wrote thirty-three books, including a translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Physiology of Taste\u003c\/i\u003e by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eServe It Forth\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1937. Fisher's books are an amalgam of food literature, travel, and memoir.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAileen Ah-Tye\u003c\/b\u003e is a photojournalist who met M. F. K. Fisher on assignment for UPI. She discovered she shared Fisher's background in news, as well as her affinity for France. Ah-Tye lives in San Francisco.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303837126885,"sku":"NP9781619025943","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781619025943.jpg?v=1767732001","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/mfk-fishers-provence-isbn-9781619025943","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}