Anthony Bourdain

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1. Ruth Reichl

   Author of Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise, Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table, Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table

2. Michael Ruhlman

   Author of The soul of a chef: the journey toward perfection, The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute, Charcuterie

3. Jeffrey Steingarten

   Author of The Man Who Ate Everything, It must've been something I ate: the return of the man who ate everything

4. Bill Buford

   Author of Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tus

5. Julie Powell

   Author of Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession

6. Julia Child

   Author of My Life in France, Mastering the Art of French Cooking (Volume One), Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking

7. Thomas Keller

   Author of The French Laundry Cookbook, Ad Hoc at Home, Bouchon

8. Michael Pollan

   Author of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual

9. Mark Kurlansky

   Author of Salt: A World History, Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, Choice Cuts: A Savory Selection of Food Writing from Around the World and Throughout History

10. Fran McCullough

    Author of The Best American Recipes 2005-2006: The Year's Top Picks from Books, Magazines, Newspapers, and the Internet (The Best, The Best American Recipes 2001-2002, The Best American Recipes 2000

11. Mario Batali

    Author of Molto Italiano: 327 Simple Italian Recipes to Cook at Home, Simple Italian Food: Recipes from My Two Villages, The Babbo Cookbook

12. Nigella Lawson

    Author of How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking, How to Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food, Feast: Food to Celebrate Life

13. Harold McGee

    Author of On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, The Curious Cook: More Kitchen Science and Lore

14. Kimberly Witherspoon

    Author of Don't Try This At Home: Culinary Catastrophes from the World's Greatest Chefs, How I Learned to Cook: Culinary Educations from the World's Greatest Chefs

15. Peter Mayle

    Author of A Year in Provence, French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew

16. Bill Bryson

    Author of I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away, At Home, The Best American Travel Writing 2000

17. M. F. K. Fisher

    Author of The Art of Eating

18. Eric Schlosser

    Author of Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

19. Mary Roach

    Author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Packing for Mars

20. Alton Brown

    Author of I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking, I'm Just Here for More Food: Food x Mixing + Heat = Baking, Alton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen