M.F.K. Fisher Month June 3 - July 3, 2026

In 2026, the M.F.K. Fisher Foundation is proud to launch the inaugural M.F.K. Fisher Month, a celebration honoring her life and legacy. Communities across the country are invited to come together around the tables of participating restaurants, to share the company of others and the spirit of Fisher’s enduring work. 

M.F.K. Fisher Month will begin on June 3, with an intimate SOLD OUT picnic lunch at Fisher’s Last House in Glen Ellen, California, after which the celebration will continue with events in California's wine country, San Francisco, Sacramento, Seattle,  and Chicago.

For those unable to attend in-person at one of the participating restaurants (listed below), the Foundation will share select recipes from Fisher’s books, inviting readers everywhere to gather, set their own table, prepare a meal, and join in the celebration from home.

M.F.K. Fisher Month will conclude on July 3, what would have been Fisher’s 118th birthday,

with the announcement of the winners of the seventh annual M.F.K. Fisher Emerging

Writers Contest on the Foundation’s website, newsletter and social media.

REFLECTION

M.F.K. Fisher showed us that food is never merely nourishment. The way we gather around

the table—and what we share there—reflects something deeper about who we are.

The M.F.K. Fisher Foundation was created to encourage and expand those

conversations about what happens around the table.

M.F.K. Fisher Month is an invitation to expand the table itself and welcome more

voices into the conversation.