James Beard on Food: Delights and Prejudices, 150 Recipes for sumptuous Treats, 0765198282

James Beard on Food: Delights and Prejudices by James Beard

Print Length: 352 Pages
Publisher: Smithmark Pub
Publication Date: June 1996
Language: English
ASIN: B00S5OJUTU
ISBN-10: 0765198282
ISBN-13: 978-0765198280
File Format: EPUB

This classic armchair read is the sixth volume in our James Beard Library of Great American Cooking and is considered by many to be the best of the collection. The closest the “Dean of American Cooking” ever came to writing an autobiography, Delights and Prejudices is full of insightful, entertaining stories that chronicle the development of one of America’s most discerning palates. Along the way, Beard shares more than 150 recipes for sumptuous treats like scalloped clams, potato gnocchi, and much more, including many recipes from his own mother’s kitchen. In the words of Julia Child, “It is a wonderful event for all lovers of good cooks and good food that Delights and Prejudices is with us again.”

Reviews
James Beard’s 1964 classic, Delights and Prejudices, has been reprinted in a newly illustrated edition. This is wonderful news for all who love food and food writing. Erudite yet intimate, Delights and Prejudices is, first, the memoir-with-recipes of a great American gastronome. It’s also fascinatingly panoramic on good meals taken worldwide; on ingredients as diverse as the potato and the truffle; on great food places, markets to restaurants; and on food people, from Beard’s cantankerous, food-muse mother to many of the stars of the last century’s food firmament, including Julia Child. This is not only Beard’s greatest work but also one of the best books we have on food and what we know about it.