Description
Written during wartime scarcity and later revisited amid Cold War anxieties, this classic work transforms the challenges of hunger and limited means into an invitation to ingenuity, pleasure, and resilience. Through practical culinary advice, personal reflection, and philosophical insight, it explores how thoughtful cooking can preserve dignity and create abundance—even when the pantry is nearly bare. With elegant, incisive prose, the book considers food as both sustenance and consolation, urging readers to meet adversity not with despair but with resourcefulness and delight.
Available Editions
paperback
Picador
Published Jan 1, 2026
ISBN: 9781250467102
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Details
First Published
1942
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for How to Cook a Wolf by M. F. K. Fisher.