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It was considered Beard's seminal work, published in 1959, and was described as a kitchen bible that included a wide range of recipes. It was also notable for featuring the chef on the cover, which was uncommon for cookbooks at that time.
Wrote a lot of books from 1940 to 1983. He had 20 cookbooks, including in 1959, sort of his seminal work, the James Beard cookbook that had, it was kind of like a kitchen Bible, which apparently he wa...
— Episode: James Beard: Food Legend
Episode: James Beard: Food Legend
It was considered Beard's seminal work, published in 1959, and was described as a kitchen bible that included a wide range of recipes. It was also notable for featuring the chef on the cover, which was uncommon for cookbooks at that time.
Wrote a lot of books from 1940 to 1983. He had 20 cookbooks, including in 1959, sort of his seminal work, the James Beard cookbook that had, it was kind of like a kitchen Bible, which apparently he wasn't a big fan of those kinds of books.
And this was not even close to his favorite of his own.
But it was the best-selling and had everything in there from how to make like a French cassoulet to how to boil water and was, I think, the first cookbook to feature the chef on the cover.
It was just unheard of to do at the time. It was just, you know, the joy of cooking or whatever. You would just have text.
And he was the first person to put his mug on there.