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Margaret Visser (born May 11, 1940) is a writer and broadcaster who lives in Toronto, Paris, and South West France. Her subject matter is the history, anthropology, and mythology of everyday life.

Born in South Africa, she attended school in Zambia, Zimbabwe, France (the Sorbonne) and the University of Toronto Canada. She taught Greek and Latin at York University north of Toronto for 18 years.

For several years she regularly appeared on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's popular radio program Morningside in conversations with Peter Gzowski.

Her writing has won numerous awards, including the Glenfiddich Award for Food Book of the Year in Britain in 1989, the International Association of Culinary Professionals' Literary Food Writing Award, and the Jane Grigson Award. Visser delivered the 2002 CBC Massey Lectures.

She is married to Colin Visser, professor emeritus of the English Department of the University of Toronto.

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Total Books: 42
Beyond Fate
Beyond Fate [Massey Lecture] (Audio CD)
ISBN-13: 9780660187853
ISBN-10: 066018785X
Genres: Nonfiction, Books on CD
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The Geometry of Love Space Time Mystery and Meaning in an Ordinary Church
The Geometry of Love  Space Time Mystery and Meaning in an Ordinary Church
The Gift of Thanks
The Gift of Thanks (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780006394907
ISBN-10: 0006394906
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Gift of Thanks The Roots and Rituals of Gratitude
Gift of Thanks The Roots Persistence and Paradoxical Meanings of a Social Ritual
Mahlzeit Die Andere Bibliothek
Mahlzeit Die Andere Bibliothek (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783821841663
ISBN-10: 3821841664
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MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
More Than Meets the Eye [PENGUIN 60S S] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780146001413
ISBN-10: 0146001419
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Much Depends on Dinner
Much Depends on Dinner (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780006391043
ISBN-10: 0006391044
Genre: Politics & Social Sciences
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Much Depends on Dinner The Extraordinary History and Mythology Allure and Obsessions Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Meal
Rituals of Dinner
Rituals of Dinner (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780006379096
ISBN-10: 0006379095
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The Rituals of Dinner
The Rituals of Dinner (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780670844340
ISBN-10: 0670844349
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The Rituals of Dinner The Origins Evolution Eccentricities and Meaning of Table Manners
Rituals of Dinner The Origins Evolution Eccentricities and Meaning of Table Manners
The Rituals of Dinner The Origins Evolution Eccentricities and the Meaning of Table Manners
The way we are
The Way We Are (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780002554190
ISBN-10: 0002554194
Genre: Nonfiction
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The Way We Are The Astonishing Anthropology of Everyday Life
The Way We Are the Astonishing Anthropology of Everyday Life [Kodansha Globe] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781568361864
ISBN-10: 1568361866
Genre: Nonfiction
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