Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?: Cooking lessons from MFK Fisher

Friday, March 20, 2009

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In 1942, in the middle of World War II and at the start of food rationing, the writer MFK Fisher published How to Cook a Wolf. It's was meant to be a part cookbook part self-help guide to inspire those faced with the “wolf” of hard times to get creative in the kitchen. With today's economic climate, we thought it would be fun to revisit MFK Fisher’s classic book. So we asked New York Times food writer Melissa Clark to give us some tips from this classic.

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If you don't know MFK Fisher's work, check out her books and here is a brief introduction to her life and works:

Guests:

Melissa Clark

Contributors:

Farai Chideya, Melissa Locker and Jen Poyant

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