The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard

by John Birdsall

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In the first portrait of James Beard in twenty-five years, John Birdsall accomplishes what no prior telling of Beard's life and work has done: He looks beyond the public image of the "Dean of American Cookery" to give voice to the gourmet's complex, queer life and, in the process, illuminates the history of American food in the twentieth century. At a time when stuffy French restaurants and soulless Continental cuisine prevailed, Beard invented...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0393635716

ISBN13:9780393635713

Release Date:October 2020

Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company

Length:464 Pages

Weight:1.86 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"

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