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The Gastronomical Me is M.F.K. Fisher's 1943 memoir of hunger, appetite and travel, told through meals in France, Switzerland and California. It is the middle book of her classic gastronomic trilogy and the one most often recommended as a first Fisher. The North Point Press paperback runs 258 pages. At $5.49 on eBay as of November 7, 2026, it sits at the low end of what the seven stores listing it new charge.
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Lowest price we've seen: $8.99 on Nov 7 at alibris. Tracked across 6 stores since Nov 7.
Readers and critics treat it as a classic: precise, sensuous prose about food as a stand-in for love and loss. Most praise the writing and the portrait of a young woman finding her own appetite. A few find the era's voice distant or the loose structure hard to follow.
