M. F. K. Fisher (1908–1992)

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1. M. F. K. Fisher

   Author of The Art of Eating, With Bold Knife and Fork, A Cordiall Water: A Garland of Odd and Old Receipts to Assuage the Ills of Man and Beast

2. Time-Life Books

   Author of Beef and Veal (The Good Cook Series), Recipes: The Cooking of Provincial France, Recipes: Latin American Cooking

3. Elizabeth David

   Author of A Book of Mediterranean Food, Is There a Nutmeg in the House?: Essays on Practical Cooking with More Than 150 Recipes, Elizabeth David Classics: Mediterranean Food, French Country Cooking, Summer Cooking

4. Dale M. Brown

   Author of The Cooking of Scandinavia, American Cooking, American Cooking: The Northwest

5. Jonathan Norton Leonard

   Author of The Cooking of Latin America, American Cooking: New England, American Cooking: The Great West

6. Julia Child

   Author of The Way to Cook, Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home, From Julia Child's Kitchen

7. 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

8. Peter S. Feibleman

   Author of The Cooking of Spain and Portugal, American Cooking: Creole and Acadian

9. Rafael Steinberg

   Author of The Cooking of Japan, Pacific and Southeast Asian Cooking

10. Waverly Root

    Author of The Food of France, Food by Waverley Root: An Authoritative and Visual History and Dictionary of the Foods of the World, Eating in America: A History

11. Laurie Colwin

    Author of More Home Cooking: A Writer Returns to the Kitchen, A Big Storm Knocked It Over, Goodbye Without Leaving

12. Jeffrey Steingarten

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

13. Barbara Pym

    Author of A Glass of Blessings, A Few Green Leaves, An Academic Question

14. Michael Ruhlman

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

15. Margaret Visser

    Author of The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners, Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary

16. Harold McGee

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

17. Craig Claiborne

    Author of The New York Times Cook Book, Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking, Craig Claibornes: A Feast Made for Laughter

18. Annie Dillard

    Author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, An American Childhood, Living by Fiction

19. Alec Waugh

    Author of Wines and Spirits / Recipes: Wines and Spirits, Recipes: Wines and Spirits

20. Anne Fadiman

    Author of Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader, Rereadings, The Best American Essays 2003