Chicago Foodways: Joan Reardon on MFK Fisher, May 12th

CHC Chicago Foodways Roundtable

Joan Reardon on M.F.K. Fisher

Presented by
Joan Reardon

Saturday, May 12th, 2007
10 AM
Kendall College
900 North Branch Street, Chicago
(West of Halsted Street, North of Chicago Avenue)
Free Parking

Cost: $2 per person, free to Kendall students and faculty with ID.

In more than thirty books, M.F.K. Fisher forever changed the way Americans understood not only the art of eating but the art of living. Whether considering the oyster or describing how to cook a wolf, she addressed the universal needs "for food and security and love." Readers were instantly drawn into her circle of husbands and lovers, artists and artisans; they felt they knew Fisher herself, whether they encountered her as a child with a fried-egg sandwich in her pocket, a young bride awakening to the glories of French food, or a seductress proffering the first peas of the season. Oldest child, wife, mother, mistress, self-made career woman, trailblazing writer-Fisher served up each role with panache. But like many other master stylists, she was also a master mythologizer. To retell her story as it really happened, Joan Reardon has made the most of her access to Fisher, her family and friends, and her private papers. This multifaceted portrayal of the woman John Updike christened our "poet of the appetites" is no less memorable than the personae Fisher crafted for herself.

Joan Reardon is the leading expert and biographer of M.F.K. Fisher. She most recently gathered materials and introductions for A Stew or a Story: An Assortment of Short Works by M. F. K. Fisher. Joan Reardon is the author of five previous books, including IACP Award winning biography of M. F. K. Fisher, Poet of the Appetites, and M. F. K. Fisher, Julia Child, and Alice Waters, which was nominated for a Julia Child Award. She lives in Lake Forest, IL.

This program is hosted by the Chicago Foodways Roundtable. To reserve, please pm Cathy2, then leave your name, telephone number and the number of people in your party or e-mail to:
chicago.foodways.roundtable@gmail.com

Hi,

You still have not missed it! Come without a reservation, if you still desire to go today.

Regards,

Oops! (Essential emoticon). Somehow never made it on my calendar. Looking forward to your report, Cathy!