The Resource The man who ate too much : the life of James Beard, John Birdsall
The man who ate too much : the life of James Beard, John Birdsall
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- Summary
- "The definitive biography of America's best-known and least understood food personality, and the modern culinary landscape he shaped. After World War II, a newly affluent United States reached for its own gourmet culture, one at ease with the French international style of Escoffier, but also distinctly American. Enter James Beard, authority on cooking and eating, his larger-than-life presence and collection of whimsical bow ties synonymous with the nation's food for decades, even after his death in 1985. In the first biography of Beard in twenty-five years, acclaimed writer John Birdsall argues that Beard's struggles as a closeted gay man directly influenced his creation of an American cuisine. Starting in the 1920s, Beard escaped loneliness and banishment by traveling abroad to places where people ate for pleasure, not utility, and found acceptance at home by crafting an American ethos of food likewise built on passion and delight. Informed by never-before-tapped correspondence and lush with details of a golden age of home cooking, The Man Who Ate Too Much is a commanding portrait of a towering figure who still represents the best in food"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 449 pages ,16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393635713
- Label
- The man who ate too much : the life of James Beard
- Title
- The man who ate too much
- Title remainder
- the life of James Beard
- Statement of responsibility
- John Birdsall
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The definitive biography of America's best-known and least understood food personality, and the modern culinary landscape he shaped. After World War II, a newly affluent United States reached for its own gourmet culture, one at ease with the French international style of Escoffier, but also distinctly American. Enter James Beard, authority on cooking and eating, his larger-than-life presence and collection of whimsical bow ties synonymous with the nation's food for decades, even after his death in 1985. In the first biography of Beard in twenty-five years, acclaimed writer John Birdsall argues that Beard's struggles as a closeted gay man directly influenced his creation of an American cuisine. Starting in the 1920s, Beard escaped loneliness and banishment by traveling abroad to places where people ate for pleasure, not utility, and found acceptance at home by crafting an American ethos of food likewise built on passion and delight. Informed by never-before-tapped correspondence and lush with details of a golden age of home cooking, The Man Who Ate Too Much is a commanding portrait of a towering figure who still represents the best in food"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10925868
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Birdsall, John
- Dewey number
-
- 641.5092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TX649.B43
- LC item number
- B57 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Beard, James
- Cooks
- Gay men
- HOUSE & HOME / General
- Beard, James
- Cooks
- Gay men
- United States
- Target audience
- general
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the life of James Beard
- Label
- The man who ate too much : the life of James Beard, John Birdsall
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-433) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1137854573
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 449 pages ,16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393635713
- Lccn
- 2020015582
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1137854573
- Label
- The man who ate too much : the life of James Beard, John Birdsall
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-433) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1137854573
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 449 pages ,16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393635713
- Lccn
- 2020015582
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1137854573
Subject
- Beard, James, 1903-1985
- Biographies
- trueBiography
- trueCooking, American
- Cooks
- trueCooks -- United States
- trueCooks -- United States -- Biography
- Gay men
- trueGay men -- United States
- trueGay men -- United States -- Biography
- HOUSE & HOME / General
- United States
- Beard, James, 1903-1985
- Biographies
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