| Description |
x, 209 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
The Lost Connections to Our Food -- James Beard: The Dean of American Cookery -- M.F. K. Fisher: An Ongoing Conversation -- Paul and Julia Child: Mastering More than the Art of French Cooking -- Elizabeth David: Writing Sensually about Food and Culture -- Mama Dip: A Lifetime of Cooking -- Eugene Walter: A Troubadour from the Kitchen -- Susan Spicer: Resolute Dedication to a Craft -- Carol Petrini: Creating Space for Individuality in a World of Mass Production -- Angus Campbell: A Hundred Thousand Welcomes from a Passionate Teacher -- Rick Deann, and Lanie Bayless: Promoting Flavor and the Appreciation of an Authentic Cuisine -- Father Dominic Garramone, OSB: Food and Cooking as an Expression of Spirituality -- John T. Edge: Narrative as a Way to Understand Food and Society -- The Rediscovery of Ourselves and Food |
| Summary |
"Baker-Clark profiles fifteen individuals who have shaped our experiences with food and who have gone beyond popular trends to promote cooking as a craft worth learning and sustaining. The cooks and food critics he writes about emphasize an appreciation of good cooking and the relationship of food to social justice, spirituality, and sustainability."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cooks -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
2006001958 |
| ISBN |
9780813123981 cased |
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0813123984 cased |
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