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Related: About this forumAmerican cooking legend Marion Cunningham dies at 90
Marion Cunningham, considered the doyenne of American home cooking and mentor and confidante to many of the nation's top chefs, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease Wednesday morning at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek {CA.} She was 90.
She is perhaps best known as the woman who rewrote "The Fannie Farmer Cookbook." It was published in 1979 and became one of the nation's best-selling cookbooks. That was followed by "The Fannie Farmer Baking Book," "Learning to Cook," "The Breakfast Book" and several others.
Mrs. Cunningham, a longtime Walnut Creek resident, grew up in the kitchen at her Italian grandmother's knee, but it wasn't until she was 50, pushed by a friend to take a cooking class with the master American cook James Beard, that she started a professional food career. Beard eventually tapped her as his assistant, which led her to a career of teaching people to cook through classes and books.
She is perhaps best known as the woman who rewrote "The Fannie Farmer Cookbook." It was published in 1979 and became one of the nation's best-selling cookbooks. That was followed by "The Fannie Farmer Baking Book," "Learning to Cook," "The Breakfast Book" and several others.
Mrs. Cunningham, a longtime Walnut Creek resident, grew up in the kitchen at her Italian grandmother's knee, but it wasn't until she was 50, pushed by a friend to take a cooking class with the master American cook James Beard, that she started a professional food career. Beard eventually tapped her as his assistant, which led her to a career of teaching people to cook through classes and books.
http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/American-cooking-legend-Marion-Cunningham-dies-at-3699716.php
more on her career at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Cunningham_%28author%29
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American cooking legend Marion Cunningham dies at 90 (Original Post)
Gormy Cuss
Jul 2012
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LaurenG
(24,841 posts)1. That's sad
I think cooking is becoming a lost art in many homes across the country.
Warpy
(111,118 posts)2. A lot of people are finding out it's time to learn how
between the diseases that accompany a diet heavy in processed foods and the lack of money to buy them.
sorcrow
(415 posts)3. I loved her breakfast book
I think I kept it checked out for months on end where I used to live.
Crow