Anthony Bourdain

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1. Anthony Bourdain

   Author of Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines, Gone Bamboo

2. 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

3. 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

4. Jeffrey Steingarten

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

5. David Sedaris

   Author of Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Naked

6. 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

7. Julie Powell

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

8. Thomas Keller

   Author of The French Laundry Cookbook, Bouchon, The Complete Keller: The French Laundry Cookbook & Bouchon

9. Julia Child

   Author of My Life in France, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume One

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. 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

12. Michael Pollan

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

13. 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

14. Peter Mayle

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

15. Carl Hiaasen

    Author of Sick Puppy, Basket Case, Stormy Weather

16. 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

17. Mary Roach

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

18. Eric Schlosser

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

19. Harold McGee

    Author of On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

20. M. F. K. Fisher

    Author of The Art of Eating