James Peterson is an American
writer
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and cookery teacher. He studied chemistry at the
University of California at Berkeley
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Washington Post
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The Intuitive Cook; James Peterson Says Technique Will Set You Free
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After traveling the world and moving to Paris, he apprenticed at Paris' Cordon Bleu. He worked at Le Vivarois, then moved to Vonnas to work at Chez La Mere Blanc (now Restaurant Georges Blanc).[''Vegetables'', William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1998.]
In 1979, he returned to New York City
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, becoming a partner at Greenwich Village
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's Le Petit Robert. Starting in 1984, he taught for four years at the French Culinary Institute, where he wrote the advanced curriculum.
His first book, ''Sauces'', written in 1990, won an award for best single subject and the Cookbook of the Year Award from the James Beard Foundation
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. He went on to write 14 more cookbooks and win an additional five James Beard Awards
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, making for seven in all. Peterson is responsible for virtually all the photography in his books.
Since 2011, James has been studying perfumes in his home laboratory. In 2011, he launched Brooklyn Perfume Company
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He resides today in Brooklyn, New York
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, where he is actively developing new perfumes and running a small business.[Essentials of Cooking, Artisan, 1999.]
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* Winner, 1992 James Beard Foundation, Cookbook of the Year for ''Sauces''[Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making (Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998).]
* Winner, 1992 James Beard Foundation, Single Subject Cookbook for ''Sauces''
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Living people
American chefs
American food writers
University of California, Berkeley alumni
James Beard Foundation Award winners
Year of birth missing (living people)