M.F.K. Fisher among the pots and pans : celebrating her kitchens / / Joan Reardon ; foreword by Amanda Hesser

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911095037003321
• Autore: Reardon Joan <1930->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
• ISBN: 1-283-27710-7; 9786613277107; 0-520-93477-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Collana: California studies in food and culture ; ; 22
• Disciplina: 641.092; 641.5092
• Soggetti: Food writers - United States; Cooking
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-168).
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- I. Whittier and Laguna Beach, 1908-1922 -- II. At Boarding School, 1923-1928 -- III. From Dijon to Eagle Rock, 1929-1936 -- IV. At Le Paquis, 1936-1939 -- V. At Bareacres, 1939-1949 -- VI. California and Provence, 1949-1961 -- VII. In St. Helena, 1961-1970 -- VIII. Last House, 1971-1980 -- IX. The Lodestar, 1981-1992 -- Notes
• Sommario/riassunto: From her very first book, Serve It Forth, M.F.K. Fisher wrote about her ideal kitchen. In her subsequent publications, she revisited the many kitchens she had known and the foods she savored in them to express her ideas about the art of eating. M.F.K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans, interspersed with recipes and richly illustrated with original watercolors, is a retrospective of Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher's life as it unfolded in those homey settings-from Fisher's childhood in Whittier, California, to the kitchens of Dijon, where she developed her taste for French foods and wines; from the idyllic kitchen at Le Paquis to the isolation of her home in Hemet, California; and finally to her last days in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. M.F.K. Fisher was a solitary cook who interpreted the scenario of a meal in her own way, and M.F.K. Fisher among the Pots and Pans provides a deeply personal glimpse of a ; woman who continues to mystify even as she commands our attention.

New worlds, new horizons in astronomy and astrophysics / / Committee for a Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911151815603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2010
• ISBN: 0-309-18685-4; 1-282-97596-X; 9786612975967; 0-309-15800-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (325 p.)
• Disciplina: 520.72
• Soggetti: Astronomy - Research - Forecasting; Astrophysics - Research - Forecasting; Research - International cooperation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Members of the Astro 2010 Infrastructure Study Groups""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Dedication: John Huchra""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 2020 Vision""; ""2 On the Threshold""; ""3 Partnership in Astronomy and Astrophysics: Collaboration, Cooperation, Coordination""; ""4 Astronomy in Society""; ""5 Sustaining the Core Research Program""; ""6 Preparing for Tomorrow""; ""7 Realizing the Opportunities""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Summary of Science Frontiers Panels Findings""; ""Appendix B: Summary of Program Prioritization Panels Recommendations""""Appendix C: The Cost, Risk, and Technical Readiness Evaluation Process""; ""Appendix D: Mid-Scale Project ; Descriptions""; ""Appendix E: Statement of Task and Scope""; ""Appendix F: Acronyms""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: Driven by discoveries, and enabled by leaps in technology and imagination, our understanding of the universe has changed dramatically during the course of the last few decades. The fields of astronomy and astrophysics are making new connections to physics, chemistry, biology, and computer science. Based on a broad and comprehensive survey of scientific opportunities, infrastructure, and organization in a national and international context, New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics outlines a plan for ground- and space- based astronomy and astrophysics for the decade of the 2010's. Realizing these scientific opportunities is contingent upon maintaining and strengthening the foundations of the research enterprise including technological development, theory, computation and data handling, laboratory experiments, and human resources. New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics proposes enhancing innovative but moderate-cost programs in space and on the ground that will enable the community to respond rapidly and flexibly to new scientific discoveries. The book recommends beginning construction on survey telescopes in space and on the ground to investigate the nature of dark energy, as well as the next generation of large ground-based giant optical telescopes and a new class of space-based gravitational observatory to observe the merging of distant black holes and precisely test theories of gravity. New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics recommends a balanced and executable program that will support research surrounding the most profound questions about the cosmos. The discoveries ahead will facilitate the search for habitable planets, shed light on dark energy and dark matter, and aid our understanding of the history of the universe and how the earliest stars and galaxies formed. The book is a useful resource for agencies supporting the field of astronomy and astrophysics, the Congressional committees with jurisdiction over those agencies, the scientific community, and the public.