The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard by John Birdsall

The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard

John Birdsall

464 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography food and drink lgbtqia+ informative slow-paced
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In the first portrait of James Beard in twenty-five years, John Birdsall accomplishes what no prior telling of Beard's life and work has done: He looks beyond the public image of the "Dean of American Cookery" to give voice to the gourmet's comple...

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