John Birdsall

John Birdsall

Food Writer

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John Birdsall is a food writer and ex-restaurant cook in Oakland, California. He received the James Beard Award for Food and Culture writing in 2014, and again in 2016.

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John's favorite cookbooks

Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook

Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook

Alice Waters

Distills the intelligence and playfulness of a movement that changed American food in the late 20th century. Jeremiah Tower goes essentially uncredited, though much of the book reflects him.

Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book

Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book

Jane Grigson

Grigson draws on history, literature, and horticulture to deliver on the central mission of the cookbook: to suggest what to do with that bag of spinach in the fridge.

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The Cuisines of Mexico

The Cuisines of Mexico

Diana Kennedy

In the 1970s, this book persuaded skeptical middle-class white Americans that Mexico has one of the world's great food cultures. It's a testament to Kennedy's immersion in her subject.

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