Elizabeth Schneider

Food Journalist and Cookbook Author

I choose this small gem to represent M.F.K. Fisher, whose graceful words have taught us about the deep meanings of food. Here are potions and philters to cure what ails you, balm for body and spirit. This poetic and touching “Garland of Odd and Old Receipts to Assuage the Ills of Man & Beast” accomplishes what it promises.