This marvelous collection of autobiographical essays by the celebrated, much-adored M.F.K. Fisher covers her life, family, food, and adventures ."..In AS THEY WERE she has collected a number of essays - she calls them reports - into an informal autobiography that wanders from Whittier, California, to the south of France."

Table of Contents:

Prejudice, Hate, and the First World War
Palaces, Etcetera
Young Hunger
I Was Really Very Hungry
Three Swiss Inns
Pacific Village
The Flame and the Ash Thereof
The First Cafe
Two Kitchens in Provence
Wartwort
A Misson Accomplished
A Common Danger
About Looking Alone at a Place: Provence
At Sea
I. The Captain's Dinner, M.S. Feltre
II. Dutch Freighter, M.S. Diemerdyk
III. Announcement from Israfel, M.S. Pluto
The Wind-Chill Factor: A Problem of Mind and Matter
The Changeover
Gare de Lyon
Nowhere but Here

DETAILS • Author: M.F.K. Fisher • Publisher: Vintage • Format: Paperback