Cordon d'Or - Gold Ribbon

is pleased to present the Bios and Photographs of the Winners in the

Annual International CookBooks and 'Culinary Arts' Awards - 2008

 

                                 

 

            

Cookbooks and Culinary Arts Award

  
 

CULINARY LITERATURE

  
"BEANS:  A HISTORY"
 
Ken Albala  
   

 

 Bio:

Ken Albala

Professor of History at the University of the Pacific in Stockton California, is the author of 9 books about food, including Eating Right in the Renaissance, The Banquet, and Beans: A History. He is also editor of the Food Culture Around the World series for Greenwood Press and co-editor of the journal Food, Culture and Society. He is currently revising a textbook for the CIA on World Cuisines, and completing a cookbook entitled The Antiquated Kitchen to be published by Penguin/Perigee.

 

 

 

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