John Birdsall
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John Birdsall is a two-time James Beard Award-winning author and former restaurant critic. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.
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John Birdsall's biography of Beard takes us back to the story of his parents before James was born in Portland, Oregon in 1903. Beard became known as a proponent of a cuisine that was truly American. Though he was a huge fan(pun intended he weighted 300 lbs. or more) of French or Continental food traditions he realized that those didn't always translate to North American grown items. He made good food approachable and doable for millions. At the same time James Beard live a very careful and secret life as a gay man in a world that was still very hostile to him and other men like him. The author shows the reader a part of his life that Beard keep guardedly secret for most of his life. Only at the very end of his life did Beard become more open about his sexuality. Perhaps by the time he died in 1985 most people didn't really care if a person was gay.
Other food writers of the period are also mentioned in this book. Among them were Julia Child, Alice Waters and Helen Evans Brown. Beard knew all of them and many others too. The book thouched on some foods that are no longer seen. Beard was concerned that some of the fish that were a big part of his early cooking and eating were no longer available due to overfishing and other causes. One fish, Sand Dabs, were a poplular West Coast fish often featured on breakfast menus. I only remember having them once in the 1970s. Now few have heard of Sand Dabs something that I lament as much as Beard did. Now I think I will go find my copy of Beard's How to Eat Better for Less Money and make a Salad Nicoise.… (lisätietoja)