Peg Bracken (1918–2007)

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1. Peg Bracken

   Author of The I Hate To Cook Book, The Compleat I Hate To Cook Book, A Window over the Sink: A Memoir

2. Jean Kerr

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3. Julee Rosso

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4. James Beard

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5. Craig Claiborne

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6. M. F. K. Fisher

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7. Julia Child

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8. Judith Martin

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9. Irma S. Rombauer

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10. Erma Bombeck

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11. Andre Norton

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12. Jello

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13. Elizabeth Enright

    Author of The Saturdays, The Four-Story Mistake, Then There Were Five

14. Laurie Colwin

    Author of Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen, More Home Cooking: A Writer Returns to the Kitchen

15. Jeff Smith, 1939-2004

    Author of The Frugal Gourmet, The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American

16. Betty Crocker

    Author of Betty Crocker's Picture Cookbook, Betty Crocker's Good and Easy Cookbook, Betty Crocker's Dinner For Two Cook Book

17. Charlotte MacLeod

    Author of The Family Vault, The Silver Ghost, The Bilbao Looking Glass

18. Calvin Trillin

    Author of Travels with Alice, Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater, Third Helpings

19. Nell Beaubien Nichols

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20. Lynn Johnston

    Author of If This Is A Lecture, How Long Will It Be ?: A For Better or For Worse Collection, Keep the Home Fries Burning : A For Better or for Worse Collection, What, Me Pregnant? A For Better or for Worse Collection