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Richard Olney (food Writer)
Richard Olney (April 12, 1927 – August 3, 1999) was an American painter, cook, food writer, editor, and memoirist, best known for his books of French country cooking. Biography Olney was born in Marathon, Iowa. He lived in a house above the village of Solliès-Toucas in Provence, France, for most of his adult life, where he wrote many classic and influential cookbooks of French country cooking. He had first moved to France in 1951, to Paris, where he was close friends with (and painted many of) the American and English bohemian expatriate set, including James Baldwin, filmmaker Kenneth Anger, painter John Craxton, poet John Ashbery, and composer Ned Rorem. His deep knowledge of traditional classic French food and wine got him a job writing a column entitled ''Un Américain (gourmand) à Paris'' for the journal ''Cuisine et Vins de France'' beginning in 1962. After ''The French Menu Cookbook'' was published in English in 1970, his then-revolutionary approach of seasonal menu ...
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Marathon, Iowa
Marathon is a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States. The population was 230 at the time of the 2020 census. The food writer Richard Olney grew up in Marathon. Every year in June in Marathon, a marathon and 5k are held. The Marathon is a qualifier for the Boston Marathon. History A post office called Marathon has been in operation since 1882. The name of the city commemorates the Battle of Marathon. Geography Marathon is located at (42.860021, -94.981731). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census At the 2010 census there were 237 people in 121 households, including 62 families, in the city. The population density was . There were 150 housing units at an average density of . The racial makup of the city was 98.7% White, 0.4% from other races, and 0.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.5%. Of the 121 households 17.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, ...
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Nouvelle Cuisine
''Nouvelle cuisine'' (; ) is an approach to cooking and food presentation in French cuisine. In contrast to cuisine classique, an older form of haute cuisine, nouvelle cuisine is characterized by lighter, more delicate dishes and an increased emphasis on presentation. It was popularized in the 1960s by the food critic Henri Gault, who invented the phrase, and his colleagues André Gayot and Christian Millau in a new restaurant guide, the Gault-Millau, or ''Le Nouveau Guide''. History The term "nouvelle cuisine" has been used several times in the history of French cuisine, to mark a clean break with the past. In the 1730s and 1740s, several French writers emphasized their break with tradition, calling their cooking "modern" or "new". Vincent La Chapelle published his ''Cuisinier moderne'' in 1733–1735. The first volumes of Menon's ''Nouveau traité de la cuisine'' was published in 1739. And it was in 1742 that Menon introduced the term ''nouvelle cuisine'' as the title of ...
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1927 Births
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Observer Food Monthly
''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper. History Origins The first issue, published on 4 December 1791 by W.S. Bourne, was the world's first Sunday newspaper. Believing that the paper would be a means of wealth, Bourne instead soon found himself facing debts of nearly £1,600. Though early editions purported editorial independence, Bourne attempted to cut his losses and sell the title to the government. When this failed, Bourne's brother (a wealthy businessman) made an offer to the government, which also refused to buy the paper but agreed to subsidise it in return for influence over its editorial content. As a result, the paper soon took a strong line against radicals such as Thomas Paine, Francis Burdett and Joseph Priestley. 19th century In 180 ...
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The Good Cook
''The Good Cook'' was a series of instructional cookbooks published by Time-Life Books 1978-1980 and sold on a month-to-month basis until the early 1990s and edited by cookbook author Richard Olney. Each volume was dedicated to a specific subject (such as fruits or sauces) and was heavily illustrated with photos of cooking techniques. Recipes were drawn from a wide array of published sources, all scrupulously acknowledged. The 28 volumes were as follows: Beef and Veal Beverages Biscuits/Cookies and Crackers (US title) Bread Cakes and Pastries/Cakes (US) Confectionery/Candy (US) Desserts/Classic Desserts (US) Eggs and Cheese Fish and Shellfish (two separate volumes, US) Fruits Game (UK only) Grains, Pasta, and Pulses/Dried Beans and Grains (US) Hot Hors d'Oeuvres/Hors d'Oeuvres Lamb Offal/Variety Meats (US) Outdoor Cooking Pasta (US only) Patisserie/Pies and Pastries (US) Pork Poultry Preserving Salads and cold Hors-d'Oeuvre/Salads (US) Sauces Snacks and Canapes/Snacks and ...
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James Beard
James Andrews Beard (May 5, 1903 – January 23, 1985) was an American chef, cookbook author, teacher and television personality. He pioneered television cooking shows, taught at The James Beard Cooking School in New York City and Seaside, Oregon, and lectured widely. He emphasized American cooking, prepared with fresh, wholesome, American ingredients, to a country just becoming aware of its own culinary heritage. Beard taught and mentored generations of professional chefs and food enthusiasts. He published more than twenty books, and his memory is honored by his foundation's annual James Beard Awards. Early life and education Family James Andrews Beard was born in Portland, Oregon, on May 5, 1903, to Elizabeth and John Beard. His British-born mother operated the Gladstone Hotel, and his father worked at the city's customs house. The family vacationed on the Pacific coast in Gearhart, Oregon, where Beard was exposed to Pacific Northwest cuisine. Common ingredients of thi ...
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Bandol AOC
Provence (Provençal) wine comes from the French wine-producing region of Provence in southeast France. The Romans called the area ''provincia nostra'' ("our province"), giving the region its name. Just south of the Alps, it was the first Roman province outside Italy. Wine has been made in this region for at least 2,600 years, ever since the ancient Greeks founded the city of Marseille in 600 BC. Throughout the region's history, viticulture and winemaking have been influenced by the cultures that have been present in Provence, which include the Ancient Greeks, Romans, Gauls, Catalans and Savoyards. These diverse groups introduced a large variety of grapes to the region, including grape varieties of Greek and Roman origin as well as Spanish, Italian and traditional French wine grapes.J. Robinson (ed) ''"The Oxford Companion to Wine"'' Third Edition pg 551 Oxford University Press 2006 Today the region is known predominantly for its rosé wine, though wine critics such as Tom St ...
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Domaine Tempier
An estate is a large parcel of land under single ownership, which would historically generate income for its owner. British context In the UK, historically an estate comprises the houses, outbuildings, supporting farmland, and woods that surround the gardens and grounds of a very large property, such as a country house, mansion, palace or castle. It is the modern term for a manor, but lacks a manor's now-abolished jurisdiction. The "estate" formed an economic system where the profits from its produce and rents (of housing or agricultural land) sustained the main household, formerly known as the manor house. Thus, "the estate" may refer to all other cottages and villages in the same ownership as the mansion itself, covering more than one former manor. Examples of such great estates are Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, England, and Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England, built to replace the former manor house of Woodstock. In a more urban context are the "Great Estates" in ...
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Lucie Peyraud
Lucie "Lulu" Peyraud (11 December 1917 – 7 October 2020) was a French winemaker and cook. Biography Lucie Tempier was born in Marseille to a family of traders in December 1917. Her father, Alphonse Tempier was a leather importer and owner of the Domaine Tempier vineyard and her mother was Eugénie Roubaud. The family had owned ''Domaine Tempier'' since 1834. In 1940, Tempier and her husband, Lucien Peyraud, took charge of a Tempier family farming and wine estate in Le Castellet (Var). The couple kept developing their estate and they and other growers were key in having the Bandol "protected designation of origin" ( appellation d'origine contrôlée, AOC) recognized in 1941, and had the ambition of making it one of the great wines of France. By 1943, ''Domaine Tempier'' released its first bottled wines of rosé, prior to that selling their wine in bulk to wine merchants. After World War II, Peyraud traveled the world with her husband to learn about foreign wine and techniques, ...
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Kermit Lynch
Kermit Lynch (born December 1941 Bakersfield, California) is an American wine importer and author based in Berkeley, California. He is the author of ''Adventures on the Wine Route,'' which won the Veuve Clicquot Wine Book of the Year award, as well as ''Inspiring Thirst''. He also co-owns Domaine Les Pallières in Gigondas along with the Brunier family of Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. He is married to photographer Gail Skoff, whose photographs illustrate his books. Career Richard Olney introduced LynchKermit Lynch Interview - Terrance Gelenter
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Berkeley, California
Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emeryville to the south and the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington to the north. Its eastern border with Contra Costa County generally follows the ridge of the Berkeley Hills. The 2020 census recorded a population of 124,321. Berkeley is home to the oldest campus in the University of California System, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which is managed and operated by the university. It also has the Graduate Theological Union, one of the largest religious studies institutions in the world. Berkeley is considered one of the most socially progressive cities in the United States. History Indigenous history The site of today's City of Berkeley was the territo ...
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