David Kamp

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1. Michael Ruhlman

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

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. Anthony Bourdain

   Author of Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines, The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones

4. Mark Kurlansky

   Author of The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell, The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food--Before the National Highway System, Before Chain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, When the Nation's Food Was Seasonal, Choice Cuts: A Savory Selection of Food Writing from Around the World and Throughout History

5. The American Society of Magazine Editors

   Author of The Best American Magazine Writing 2003, The Best American Magazine Writing 2002, The Best American Magazine Writing 2000

6. Jeffrey Steingarten

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

7. Laura Shapiro

   Author of Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America, Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century

8. David Kamp

   Author of The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation, The Rock Snob's Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Rockological Knowledge, The Film Snob's Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Filmological Knowledge

9. Kimberly Witherspoon

   Author of Don't Try This At Home: Culinary Catastrophes from the World's Greatest Chefs

10. 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

11. Thomas McNamee

    Author of Alice Waters and Chez Panisse

12. Judith Jones

    Author of The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food

13. Molly O'Neill

    Author of American Food Writing: An Anthology: With Classic Recipes

14. Julie Powell

    Author of Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen

15. The American Society of Magazine Editors

    Author of The Best American Magazine Writing 2007, The Best American Magazine Writing 2009, The Best American Magazine Writing 2010

16. M. F. K. Fisher

    Author of The Art of Eating

17. Michael Pollan

    Author of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

18. Jennifer 8 Lee

    Author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food

19. Russ Parsons

    Author of How to Pick a Peach: The Search for Flavor from Farm to Table

20. Julia Child

    Author of My Life in France