Description
"A big juicy dish bubbling with scandals and rivalries, thickened with oft-told secrets, chock full of random bits as if a boxful of mementos had been upended into the stew. Dig in, and it is likely to persuade you that this Clark Kent of a food editor really did exert superpowers on the cultural life of twentieth-century America" (The Washington Post).
In 1957, America was a gastronomic wasteland. One man changed all that.
From his perch at the New York Times, Craig Claiborne led America's food revolution. He took readers where they had never been before, and brought Julia Child and Jacques Pepin to national acclaim. He introduced us to the foods and tools we take for granted today, from creme fraiche and balsamic vinegar to arugula and the salad spinner. And he turned dinner into an event-dining out, delighting your friends, or simply cooking for your family.
But the passionate gastronome led a conflicted personal life. Forced to mask his sexuality, he was imprisoned in solitude and searched for stable and lasting love. In The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat, acclaimed biographer Thomas McNamee unfolds a new history of American gastronomy and reveals in full a great man who until now has never been truly known.
About the Author
Thomas McNamee is the author of Alice Waters and Chez Panisse. His writing has been published in The New Yorker, Life, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. He lives in San Francisco.
Reviews
"Craig Claiborne was the greatest influence of my professional life in America. Knowledgeable, dedicated, and driven, he was determined to better American eating habits. As Thomas McNamee nicely portrays in The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat, Claiborne's impact on the culinary revolution of the last forty years cannot be ignored or overstated."
-Jacques Pepin
Book Information
ISBN 9781451698442
Author Thomas McNamee
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Simon & Schuster
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Weight(grams) 293g
Dimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm * 23mm
In 1957, America was a gastronomic wasteland. One man changed all that.
From his perch at the New York Times, Craig Claiborne led America's food revolution. He took readers where they had never been before, and brought Julia Child and Jacques Pepin to national acclaim. He introduced us to the foods and tools we take for granted today, from creme fraiche and balsamic vinegar to arugula and the salad spinner. And he turned dinner into an event-dining out, delighting your friends, or simply cooking for your family.
But the passionate gastronome led a conflicted personal life. Forced to mask his sexuality, he was imprisoned in solitude and searched for stable and lasting love. In The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat, acclaimed biographer Thomas McNamee unfolds a new history of American gastronomy and reveals in full a great man who until now has never been truly known.
About the Author
Thomas McNamee is the author of Alice Waters and Chez Panisse. His writing has been published in The New Yorker, Life, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. He lives in San Francisco.
Reviews
"Craig Claiborne was the greatest influence of my professional life in America. Knowledgeable, dedicated, and driven, he was determined to better American eating habits. As Thomas McNamee nicely portrays in The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat, Claiborne's impact on the culinary revolution of the last forty years cannot be ignored or overstated."
-Jacques Pepin
Book Information
ISBN 9781451698442
Author Thomas McNamee
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Simon & Schuster
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Weight(grams) 293g
Dimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm * 23mm
