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Cooking is at once one of the simplest and most gratifying of the arts, but to cook well one must love and respect food.

Craig Claiborne

Give me a platter of choice finnan haddie, freshly cooked in its bath of water and milk, add melted butter, a slice or two of hot toast, a pot of steaming Darjeeling tea, and you may tell the butler to dispense with the caviar, truffles and nightingales' tongues.

Craig Claiborne

Craig Claiborne

Craig Claiborne

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Born: September 4, 1920

Died: January 20, 2000 (aged 79)

Bio: Craig Claiborne was an American restaurant critic, food journalist and book author. A long-time food editor and restaurant critic for The New York Times, he was also the author of numerous cookbooks and an autobiography.

Known for:

The New York Times Cookbook (1990)
The Chinese Cookbook (1972)
A kitchen primer (1969)

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