Edward Behr is an American
food writer
Food writing is a genre of writing that focuses on food and includes works by food critics, food journalists, chefs and food historians.
Definition
Food writers regard food as a substance and a cultural phenomenon. John T. Edge, an American food ...
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Biography
His books include ''The Artful Eater'' (1992, revised edition 2004), ''The Art of Eating Cookbook: Recipes from the First 25 Years'' (2011), ''50 Foods: The Essentials of Good Taste'' (2013), and ''The Food and Wine of France: Eating and Drinking from Champagne to Provence'' (2016). Behr is the editor and publisher of a quarterly food magazine,
The Art of Eating'. First published as an eight-page newsletter in 1986, it is now one of the most respected magazines about food and wine. Behr's writing and magazine focus on taste, especially the connection between taste and the place food and wine come from. He has written about many of the best farmers and food artisans in France, Italy, and the United States.
His article "The Lost Taste of Pork," when it appeared in the magazine in 1999, caused Steve Ells, founder of the
Chipotle fastfood chain, to turn from conventional to humanely raised pork. Chipotle became the first large-scale U.S. buyer of naturally raised meats.
Behr speaks internationally on food and culture. He has been featured in publications ranging from ''The New York Times'' and ''The Atlantic'' to ''Forbes'' and ''The Financial Times''. In 2014, he was inducted into the James Beard Foundation's Who's Who of Food and Beverage. He writes and publishes from the
Northeast Kingdom
The Northeast Kingdom (also, locally, "The Kingdom" and abbreviated NEK) is the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Vermont, approximately comprising Essex, Orleans and Caledonia counties and having a population at the 2010 census of 64,764. ...
of Vermont, where he lives with his wife, Kimberly, and two sons Maximillian and Zane.
When the foreign correspondent
of the same name died in 2007, some news reports confused the two.
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In 2014, Behr won a
James Beard Foundation Award
The James Beard Foundation Awards are annual awards presented by the James Beard Foundation to recognize chefs, restaurateurs, authors and journalists in the United States. They are scheduled around James Beard's May 5 birthday. The media award ...
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References
External links
The Art of Eating homepage
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American food writers
American publishers (people)
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)