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The Story Exchange's 6-episode podcast kicked off with the California writer who invented the food memoir. Long before Anthony Bourdain, there was a woman who taught us how to enjoy food, drink and life.

The Story Exchange

November 14, 2025

The Kenwood Press, serving the communities of Kenwood, Glen Ellen (home of M.F.K. Fisher's "Last House"), and Oakmont shared news of the launch of the M.F.K. Fisher Foundation.

Kenwood Press

November 15, 2025

"The legacy of Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, known as M.F.K. Fisher, her name pared down like her very lapidary style of exquisite food writing, has been given new permanence beyond the printed page. On Nov. 1 the M.F.K. Fisher Foundation, created by members of her family and some close associates, made its formal debut, announced at her “Last House” in Glen Ellen, Calif., a historic site. She died in 1992. The new organization will oversee “programs, publications, partnerships, and gatherings.” It will run the M.F.K. Fisher Emerging Writer’s Contest, which was established six years ago."

New York Times

November 12, 2025

We are thrilled to announce that the five books of M.F.K. Fisher's Art of Eating collection are now available in Taiwan in beautiful new releases.

We especially enjoyed seeing the Chinese titles for each book and their direct translations. Below are the titles, direct translations, and links to purchase these editions, as well as the entire collection.

Serve it Forth 即刻上菜 (Serve it Forth)
The Gastronomical Me 我的飲食歲月 (My Years in Food)
An Alphabet For Gourmets 美食家的人生字典 (A Gourmet’s Dictionary of Life)
Consider the Oyster 牡蠣之書 (The Book of Oyster)
How to Cook A Wolf 如何煮狼 (How to Cook A Wolf)
The Art of Eating by M.F.K. Fisher, Limited Edition Collector's Box Set

November 1, 2025

Host Clark Wolf talks with Alex Wright, Vice President of the M.F.K. Fisher Foundation, about the launch of the new Foundation, its website and newsletter, the M.F.K. Fisher Emerging Writing Contest and the “Last House” location.

October 31, 2025

The family of celebrated author M.F.K. Fisher, together with friends and devoted enthusiasts, proudly announce the formation of the M.F.K. Fisher Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the legacy of one of America’s most influential food writers and cultural voices.

Press Release

October 27, 2025

Klara Feenstra Considers the Legacy of “The Gastronomical Me”

Literary Hub

June 23, 2025

It’s an episode all about the late, world renown author and long time Glen Ellen resident M.F.K. Fisher in honor of her birthday on July 3rd. It would have been her 117th. Listen as host Clark Wolf speaks with Fisher’s daughter Kennedy Golden, grandson Alex Wright and Grand Nephew Luke Barr about the history and legacy of the much beloved writer. They speak about this year’s Sixth Annual M.F.K. Fisher Emerging Writers Contest.

This episode originally aired on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour, Saturday, July 12, at 5 a.m. PST and Sunday, July 13, at 10 a.m. PST on KRCB 104.9 .

Listen to the archived show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or the Savoring Sonoma podcast page.

May 29 - August 8, 2025

21 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, CA  94941 

Featuring: Emma Amos, Ruth Asawa, Teresa Baker, Carol Bove, Libby Black, Tracey Emin, Terri Friedman, Yayoi Kusama, Nan Montgomery, Soumya Netrabile, Rel Robinson, Daisy Sheff, Tabitha Soren & Rosie Lee Tompkins.

Read more about the recent exhibit at anthonymeier.com.

June 27, 2025:  Winners have been announced for the Sixth Annual Last House Writing Contest hosted by Northern California nonprofit Audubon Canyon Ranch. This year's contest was remarkable, with submissions from around the world and writings that covered a range of creative styles. The contest's theme, water, drew entries from Singapore, Sweden, France, UK, and Thailand to name a few, as well as from across the nation and closer to home in the Bay Area. The evocative subject attracted a wealth of writing approaches, such as science fiction, memoir, poetic reflection, climate fiction, and other styles. 

Among the finalists, there were notable similarities in characterizing water — with water personified as a presence that not only sustains life but has a memory and provides solace to humans.  The grand prize-winning story called on these universal themes. “I Am the Sea, and I Remember,” from 11-year-old Vittoria Molinari from Levallois-Perret, France, is a short and poetic work about the primordial sea reaching out to console a child. 

The Last House Writing Contest honors author M.F.K. Fisher, whose “Last House” is located on the nonprofit's Bouverie Preserve in Glen Ellen, CA. Her daughter, Kennedy Golden, and grandson, Alex Wright, were two of the esteemed judges of the contest. The panel selected first, second, and third-place winning essays in the Adult, Youth, and Child categories.

Children:  
First place and grand prize: Vittoria Molinari (Levallois-Perret, France), “I Am the Sea, and I Remember” 
Second place: Audrey Chen (Oakville, Ontario, Canada), “The Liquid Revolution” 
Third place: Keziah Khoo (Singapore), “How Can Water”

Youth:  
First place: Afina Chemei Liang (Encinitas, CA), “How to Become a River”

Second place: Rebecca Liu (Queens, NY), “Memories Water Holds” 
Third place: Nicole Um (North Hollywood, CA), “Weight of Empty Cup”

Adults: 

First place: Cooper Matuszak (Richmond, CA), “Wading”
Second place: W Goodwin (Denver, CO), “Footbridge” 
Third place: Laurel Ekstron (Karlskrona, Sweden), “Dead Ice” 

June 14, 2025:  Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 James Beard Media Awards presented by Capital One. The Media Awards took place in Chicago on Saturday, June 14 and honored the nation’s top food authors, broadcast producers, hosts, journalists, podcasters, and social media content creators. The recipients of the 2025 M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award are Jeff Gordinier and George McCalman for their article “the City that Rice Built” from Food & Wine magazine. The award this year was presented by Padma Lakshmi.

May 31, 2025

Pigott Theatre, British Library, London

A celebration of the Californian maverick, feminist food writer M.F.K. Fisher.

This event is part of the British Library's Food Season Big Weekend. Make the most of a brilliant series of discussions about food from all over the world, its big issues and its simple pleasures.

M.F.K. Fisher has long been the food writer's food writer. Before anyone else, her writing melded memory, personal experience and metaphor, alongside a sharp eye for detail, a passion for eating well and wry sense of humour. Her essays have inspired chefs and set the benchmark for food writing for decades. She has also inspired a tribute album from the conceptual band Extradition Order. Join the band along with a panel of food writers, M.F.K. Fisher experts and M.F.K. Fisher’s family as they discuss her legacy.