Barbara Kafka

Barbara Kafka (1933–2018), who lived in New York and Vermont, was the author of many award-winning cookbooks including The Intolerant Gourmet, Vegetable Love , Roasting: A Simple Art, Party Food, Soup: A Way of Life, and The New York Times bestseller Microwave Gourmet. The Intolerant Gourment, "a cookbook about pleasure, not compromises, for those with these common food intolerances", was nominated for a James Beard Award in 2012. Vegetable Love was winner of the 2006 IACP award for Best Single Subject Cookbook and Barbara was twice honored with the James Beard Foundation lifetime achievement award, as well as being inducted into the foundation's Hall of Fame. She was a regular contributor to The New York Times and wrote extensively for food magazines in the United States, Great Britain, and Australia.