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M.F.K. Fisher writer in residence in the neighborhood

M.F.K. Fisher writer in residence in the neighborhood

| September 29, 2016 | 2 Comments

The writer M.F.K. Fisher (1908-1992) seems to be best remembered as a “food” writer, known especially for celebrating the terroir and everyday triumphs of the gastronomy of Provence. But there is much more to her life, and much more to the writer about whom W.H. Auden in 1963 said: “I do not know of anyone […]

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Larchmont: a village with the state’s first gourmet market

Larchmont: a village with the state’s first gourmet market

| April 28, 2016 | 2 Comments

A pleasure of the last few months has been looking through Patricia Lombard’s “Images of America: Larchmont,” which was published last year. It reminds me that those of us privileged to live in this neighborhood are just the latest of the generations who have been grateful to have a village nearby. Our Sunday farmers market […]

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