M. F. K. Fisher Writer

Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher (July 3, 1908 – June 22, 1992) was a preeminent American food writer. She was also a founder of the Napa Valley Wine Library. She wrote some 27 books, including a translation of The Physiology of Taste by Brillat-Savarin. Two volumes of her journals and correspondence came out shortly before her death in 1992. Her first book, Serve it Forth, was published in 1937. Her books are an amalgam of food literature, travel and memoir. Fisher believed that eating well was just one of the "arts of life" and explored this in her writing. W. H. Auden once remarked, "I do not know of anyone in the United States who writes better prose."

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Kennedy Mary Frances (birth name); Fisher Mary Frances Kennedy (full married name)
Pseudonym	Victoria Berne (shared)
Birth date	July 03, 1908
Birth name	Mary Frances Kennedy
Birth place	Albion Michigan
Date of death	June 22, 1992
Place of death	Glen Ellen California
Spouse	Dillwyn Parrish