As They Were
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| Author | M.F.K. Fisher |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Collected essays, memoir |
| Published | 1982 |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Publication place | United States |
| ISBN | 9780394524009 |
| OCLC | 8172146 |
| 081 | |
| LC Class | 81048130 |
As They Were is a 1982 collection of essays by M.F.K. Fisher, including several tales about her childhood in Whittier, California. As They Were (along with Long Ago in France and Sister Age) was one of the books she wrote at Last House in Glen Ellen, California.[1] Fisher was a "revered" food writer, but this volume almost entirely avoids the topic on which she built her reputation, which some reviewers found disappointing.[2] In As They Were, Fisher recalls visits to the Mission Inn in Riverside, stays at Swiss inns, kitchens in Provence in which she cooked, hotels and restaurants she patronized in Aix and Arles, and journeys by sea.[2] Library Journal said the book was filled with "her usual delightful prose" and recommended it for purchase by libraries with a "sophisticated clientele."[3] Several of the pieces had previously been published in magazines such as The New Yorker and The Atlantic Monthly.[4]
