Awards & Recognition
★TIME 100 Most Influential People
★Bon Appetit Food Writer of the Year 2005
★James Beard Foundation's Who's Who in American Food (1995)
Notable Facts
→Author of seminal book 'On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen' (1984, revised 2004)
→Visiting scholar/lecturer at Harvard University
→PhD from Yale in English Literature, BS from Caltech
→Pioneered food science writing for general public
→Influenced molecular gastronomy movement and world-renowned chefs like Heston Blumenthal and Thomas Keller
→Former literature instructor at Yale who transitioned to food science writing
→Author of 4 books including recent 'Nose Dive: A Field Guide to the World's Smells'