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Profiles from the kitchen : what great cooks have taught us about ourselves and our food / Charles A. Baker-Clark.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker-Clark, Charles Allen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cooks--United States--Biography.
- Cooks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (221 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Profiles from the Kitchen, Charles A. Baker-Clark offers a collection of portraits of well-known culinary figures who have worked in different ways to shape our relationship with food. Despite their diverse personalities, backgrounds, and interests, Baker-Clark's subjects are a testament to the fact that both cooking and eating are endeavors well worth learning and sustaining. Profiles from the Kitchen includes well-known food writers such as M.F.K. Fisher, Eugene Walter, Elizabeth David, and John T. Edge; famous cooks such as Julia Child and James Beard; and contemporary chefs such as R
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-23258-8
- 9786613232588
- 0-8131-7133-4
- OCLC:
- 70262623
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