A look back at the recipients of the James Beard Foundation's Outstanding Chef Award from 1991 to 2010, featuring profiles, recipes, and photos.An inspiration for a generation of chefs, James Beard set the standard through his cooking, teaching, consulting, writing, and media appearances. In honor of Beard's unrivaled legacy as the father of the gourmet movement, the James Beard Foundation established the annual James Beard Awards, which recognize excellence in food...

Jeremiah Tower's Flavors of Taste captures the genius of one of America's great chefs, and the food that changed American cooking through superlative recipes, memories, rare menus, and extraordinary photography. It is illustrated by 75 recipes and 75 photographs. Tower is a purist, obsessed with ingredients, what are the best and how to treat them.Widely recognized as the godfather of modern American cooking and a mentor to rising chefs, Jeremiah Tower is one of the most influentia...