How Do I
Cookbook Authors and Chefs
Selected Biographies
For additional material, browse the library catalog under the subject heading Cooks -- United States -- Biography.
Child, Julia
My Life in France
Amazingly energetic, creative, and ultimately inimitable (despite many attempts), Julia Child brought French cooking to American kitchens. For this book she worked with her husband's grandnephew Alex Prud'homme to record her experiences between 1948 and 1954 in Paris and Marseille.
TX 649.C47 A3 2006
My Life in France
Amazingly energetic, creative, and ultimately inimitable (despite many attempts), Julia Child brought French cooking to American kitchens. For this book she worked with her husband's grandnephew Alex Prud'homme to record her experiences between 1948 and 1954 in Paris and Marseille.
TX 649.C47 A3 2006
Fitch, Noel Riley
Appetite for Life: the Biography of Julia Child
In this biography we meet the earthy and outrageous Julia, of French Chef fame. If you've never watched the PBS show, you can check out the PBS video collection of 18 episodes from her original 1960's series.
Appetite for Life: the Biography of Julia Child
In this biography we meet the earthy and outrageous Julia, of French Chef fame. If you've never watched the PBS show, you can check out the PBS video collection of 18 episodes from her original 1960's series.
Jaffrey, Madhur
Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India
In a book that is both an appealing account of an unusual childhood and a testament to the power of food to evoke memory, a highly regarded writer on Indian food (An Invitation to Indian Cooking, Indian Cooking) offers an enchanting memoir of her early life in Delhi, occurring during a time and within a society that has since disappeared.
Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India
In a book that is both an appealing account of an unusual childhood and a testament to the power of food to evoke memory, a highly regarded writer on Indian food (An Invitation to Indian Cooking, Indian Cooking) offers an enchanting memoir of her early life in Delhi, occurring during a time and within a society that has since disappeared.
Mendelson, Anne
Stand Facing the Stove: The Story of the Women who Gave America the Joy of Cooking
This hybrid of biography, history, and publishing yarns provides an American culinary and social history from the mid-19th century through the 1970s, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at a slice of publishing history.
TX649.A1 M46 1996
Stand Facing the Stove: The Story of the Women who Gave America the Joy of Cooking
This hybrid of biography, history, and publishing yarns provides an American culinary and social history from the mid-19th century through the 1970s, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at a slice of publishing history.
TX649.A1 M46 1996
Pépin, Jacques
The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen
In this poignant and witty memoir, Jacques Pépin tells how he rose from a frightened 13-year-old apprentice in an Old World kitchen to an Emmy award winning TV superstar.
TX649.P47 A3 2003
The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen
In this poignant and witty memoir, Jacques Pépin tells how he rose from a frightened 13-year-old apprentice in an Old World kitchen to an Emmy award winning TV superstar.
TX649.P47 A3 2003
Julia!: America's Favorite Chef
This is a videorecording produced by WGBH TV in Boston which presents the life of Julia Child, covering her training at Le Cordon Bleu where she learned the art of classic French cuisine, the years she spent writing Mastering the Art of French Cooking, her appearance on public television on The French chef, as well as life with husband Paul.
This is a videorecording produced by WGBH TV in Boston which presents the life of Julia Child, covering her training at Le Cordon Bleu where she learned the art of classic French cuisine, the years she spent writing Mastering the Art of French Cooking, her appearance on public television on The French chef, as well as life with husband Paul.
Kamp, David
The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation
Although you might think this book is about food movements, it is also about the cookbook writers and chefs who made them. Kamp begins in 1939 with James Beard, Julia Child, and Craig Claiborne and ends with the Celebrity Chefs of the Food Network.
TX633.K36 2006
The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation
Although you might think this book is about food movements, it is also about the cookbook writers and chefs who made them. Kamp begins in 1939 with James Beard, Julia Child, and Craig Claiborne and ends with the Celebrity Chefs of the Food Network.
TX633.K36 2006
Turner, Marcia Layton
Emeril!: inside the amazing success of today's most popular chef
TX649.L34 T87 2004x
Emeril grew up on Fall River, Massachusetts and opted to become a chef rather than a musician. At 23 he was executive chef of a legendary New Orleans restaurant and then "kicked it up a notch" to become a televison super star.
Emeril!: inside the amazing success of today's most popular chef
TX649.L34 T87 2004x
Emeril grew up on Fall River, Massachusetts and opted to become a chef rather than a musician. At 23 he was executive chef of a legendary New Orleans restaurant and then "kicked it up a notch" to become a televison super star.
Websites
Alphabetically by last name.-
Bittman, Mark: How to Cook Everything
Information on the TV series, Mark Bittman and his books. Includes recipes. -
Farmer, Fannie Merritt, Boston Cooking School Cookbook (1918)
Here is a classic cook book placed online by the Bartleby Project -
Johns, Pamela Sheldon
Pamela Sheldon Johns is a cookbook author that specializes in Italian and seasonal ingredients. -
Katzen, Mollie
From the author of the first Moosewood Cookbook and other vegetarian cookbooks. -
Leite, David: Leite's Culinaria
This website by culinary writer David Leite has lots of recipes (especially Portuguese) and articles about food. -
Prudhomme, Chef Paul
Louisiana and French Creole cooking from New Orleans. -
Martha Rose Shulman
Author of The Vegetarian Feast, Fast Vegetarian Feasts, Spicy Vegetarian Feasts, Provençal Light, Mediterranean Light, Mexican Light, and many others. -
Martinez, Zarela
This is the website of cookbook author Zarela Martinez and of her restaurant, Zarela, in New York City. The website has information on the author and restaurant, as well as recipes, including ones that were cut from her books. -
Wells, Patricia: At Home with Patricia Wells
Patricia Wells writes a column for the International Herald Tribune. You can view back issues on this website, as well as sign up for her cooking classes or buy her books. -
Wolfert, Paula
Includes a biography, cooking tips and recipes, a list of her cookbooks and links. -
Wright, Clifford A.
Cook and author specializing in the cuisines and food history of Italy and the Mediterranean. Author of A Mediterranean Feast.
