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James Beard on dieting

May 29, 2023 By Ina

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James Beard, considered by many as the Father of American Style cooking, would frown on the calorie counting. “A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.”

This could largely stem from his own eating habits. “In a time when serious cooking meant French Cooking, Beard was quintessentially American, a westerner whose mother ran a boardinghouse, a man who grew up with hotcakes and salmon and meatloaf in his blood,” says one food writer.

It didn’t hurt him. He died at the ripe old age of 81 after a full life, and with a full tummy.

Originally posted on January 28, 2008 @ 7:46 pm

Filed Under: Biography, Chef Tagged With: James Beard

Take the James Beard quiz

May 29, 2023 By Ina

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James Beard is considered the first ever celebrity chef. Test your knowledge of him (abd whether you can consider yourself a hardcore celebrity chef fan) with this quiz

Originally posted on December 20, 2007 @ 4:30 pm

Filed Under: Chef, General, Trivia Tagged With: celebrity chef quiz, celebrity chef trivia, James Beard

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