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April 24, 2020 2:16 PM   Subscribe

In the 80s or early 90s I borrowed a book from the library. Female author, probably the book was a cookbook or in the cookery section, but what I remember were the stories. She described one story of ending up shipwrecked on an island with a ruined cabin, going into the cabin, and finding a bowl with a little bit of ancient flour in the bottom which she revived into sourdough bread on which she and her family survived temporarily.

She also described making wine out of all kinds of things, dandelions and rhubarb but also truly unusual things like beets or maybe turnips. I have wondered if it was one of the books by Gladys Manyan, but these are out of print and there are no excerpts of these online so I can't tell. Does this ring a bell for anyone?
posted by shadygrove to Food & Drink (4 answers total) 3 users marked this as a favorite
 
MFK Fisher?
posted by rhizome at 2:18 PM on April 24, 2020


Yeah, not ringing any specific bells but I immediately thought of Fisher as well (I don’t think you’re thinking of her, but she’s certainly worth looking into if you’re looking for more in that general vein).
posted by a box and a stick and a string and a bear at 2:42 PM on April 24, 2020 [1 favorite]


Response by poster: I love MFK Fisher but this is much more obscure, I think. She would have liked this person, though.
posted by shadygrove at 2:47 PM on April 24, 2020


It's been a while since I read it, but Patience Gray's "Honey from a Weed" seems like a likely fit.
posted by neroli at 2:50 PM on April 24, 2020 [1 favorite]


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