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
	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.
	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.
	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
	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
	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.
	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

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Websites

Alphabetically by last name.

• Baggett, Nancy: Kitchen Lane
  http://www.kitchenlane.com/
  Author of the The All American Dessert Book, Nancy Baggett specializes in baking and desserts.
• Bittman, Mark: How to Cook Everything
  http://www.howtocookeverything.tv/
  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
  http://www.foodartisans.com/
  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
  http://www.leitesculinaria.com/
  This website by culinary writer David Leite has lots of recipes (especially Portuguese) and articles about food.
• Prudhomme, Chef Paul
  http://www.chefpaul.com/
  Louisiana and French Creole cooking from New Orleans.

• Martha Rose Shulman
  http://www.martha-rose-shulman.com/
  Author of The Vegetarian Feast, Fast Vegetarian Feasts, Spicy Vegetarian Feasts, Provençal Light, Mediterranean Light, Mexican Light, and many others.
• Martinez, Zarela
  http://www.zarela.com/
  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
  http://www.patriciawells.com/
  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
  http://www.paula-wolfert.com/
  Includes a biography, cooking tips and recipes, a list of her cookbooks and links.
• Wright, Clifford A.
  http://www.cliffordawright.com/
  Cook and author specializing in the cuisines and food history of Italy and the Mediterranean. Author of A Mediterranean Feast.