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Mastering the Art of French Cooking is a two-volume French cookbook written by Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, both from France, and Julia Child, ...
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Volume 1 of Mastering the Art of French Cooking received overwhelmingly positive reviews when it was first released in 1961. In the New York Times, <anchor>Craig Claiborne</anchor> wrote that the recipes in the book "are glorious, whether they are for a simple egg in aspic or for a fish souffle," and that it "is not a book for those with a superficial interest in food...but for those who take a fundamental delight in the pleasures of cuisine."[17] Michael Field, writing for the New York Review of Books, praised Beck, Bertholle, and Child for "not limiting themselves to la haute cuisine," and stated that "for once, the architectural structure of the French cuisine is firmly and precisely outlined in American terms." Field's sole criticism of the book was that the authors suggested dry vermouth as a substitute for white wine, as he felt the domestic vermouth available to American home cooks, the book's target audience, was "bland and characterless."[22] Despite being a relatively expensive cookbook, retailing for $10 in 1965 (about $90 today), Mastering the Art of French Cooking Volume 1 did well commercially, selling over 100,000 copies in less than five years.[22][5] According to Julia Child biographer Noel Riley Fitch, the publication of Mastering the Art of French Cooking instantaneously changed the entire American cookbook industry, leading more cookbook publishers to place emphasis on clarity and precision, and away from the "chatty and sometimes sketchy" style that had typified American cookbooks.[23]
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Claiborne in 1981

Born(1920-09-04)September 4, 1920

[Sunflower, Mississippi](/wiki/Sunflower,_Mississippi "Sunflower, Mississippi"), US

DiedJanuary 22, 2000(2000-01-22) (aged 79)

New York City, US

Alma materUniversity of Missouri (B.A.)

[École hôtelière de Lausanne](/wiki/%C3%89cole_h%C3%B4teli%C3%A8re_de_Lausanne "École hôtelière de Lausanne") (Lausanne Hotel School)Occupations

- Newspaper columnist ( [restaurant criticism](/wiki/Restaurant_critic "Restaurant critic"))
- journalist
- book writer

**Craig Claiborne** (September 4, 1920 – January 22, 2000[\[1\]](#cite_note-1)) was an American [restaurant critic](/wiki/Restaurant_critic "Restaurant critic"), [food journalist](/wiki/Food_journalist "Food journalist") and book author. A long-time food editor and restaurant critic for _[The New York Times](/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times")_, he was also the author of numerous [cookbooks](/wiki/Cookbooks "Cookbooks") and an [autobiography](/wiki/Autobiography "Autobiography"). Over the course of his career, he made many contributions to [gastronomy](/wiki/Gastronomy "Gastronomy") and food writing in the United States.[\[2\]](#cite_note-nyt1-2)

## Early life

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Born in [Sunflower](/wiki/Sunflower,_Mississippi "Sunflower, Mississippi"), [Mississippi](/wiki/Mississippi "Mississippi"), Claiborne was raised on the region's distinctive cuisine in the kitchen of his mother's [boarding house](/wiki/Boarding_house "Boarding house") in [Indianola, Mississippi](/wiki/Indianola,_Mississippi "Indianola, Mississippi").\[ _[citation needed](/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")_\]

He essayed in premedical studies at the [Mississippi State College](/wiki/Mississippi_State_University "Mississippi State University") from 1937 to 1939. Finding it to be unsuitable, he then transferred to the [University of Mississippi](/wiki/University_of_Mississippi "University of Mississippi"), where he majored in journalism and got his B.A. degree.[\[3\]](#cite_note-3)

Claiborne served in the [U.S. Navy](/wiki/United_States_Navy "United States Navy") during [World War II](/wiki/World_War_II "World War II") and the [Korean War](/wiki/Korean_War "Korean War"). After deciding that his true passion lay in cooking, he used his [G.I. Bill](/wiki/G.I._Bill "G.I. Bill") benefits to attend the [École hôtelière de Lausanne](/wiki/%C3%89cole_h%C3%B4teli%C3%A8re_de_Lausanne "École hôtelière de Lausanne") (Lausanne Hotel School), located in [Lausanne](/wiki/Lausanne "Lausanne"), [Switzerland](/wiki/Switzerland "Switzerland").\[ _[citation needed](/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")_\]

## Career

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Returning to the U.S. from Europe, he worked his way up in the food-publishing business in [New York City](/wiki/New_York_City "New York City"), [New York](/wiki/New_York_(state) "New York (state)"), as a contributor to _[Gourmet](/wiki/Gourmet_(magazine) "Gourmet (magazine)")_ magazine and a food-product publicist, finally becoming the food editor of _The New York Times_ in 1957 following the Times' first food editor, [Jane Nickerson](/wiki/Jane_Nickerson "Jane Nickerson"). Journalism historian Kimberly Wilmot Voss said Nickerson had laid the foundation for modern professional food writing and that while Claiborne has been credited with modernizing the profession, Nickerson had started down that path years before he was hired as her replacement.[\[4\]](#cite_note-siftonNYT8apr2021"-4)[\[5\]](#cite_note-:2-5) According to Voss, Nickerson "discovered" both Claiborne and [James Beard](/wiki/James_Beard "James Beard").[\[6\]](#cite_note-:3-6)

Claiborne was the first man to supervise the food page at a major American newspaper and is credited with broadening _The New York Times'_ s coverage of new restaurants and innovative chefs. A typical food section of a newspaper in the 1950s was largely targeted to a female readership and limited to columns on entertaining and cooking for the upscale homemaker. Claiborne brought his knowledge of cuisine and own passion for food to the pages, transforming it into an important cultural and social bellwether for New York City and the nation at large.

Claiborne's columns, reviews and cookbooks introduced a generation of Americans to a variety of ethnic cuisines – particularly [Asian](/wiki/Asian_cuisine "Asian cuisine") and [Mexican cuisines](/wiki/Mexican_cuisine "Mexican cuisine") – at a time when average Americans had conservative tastes in food, and what little gourmet cooking was available in cities like New York was exclusively [French](/wiki/French_cuisine "French cuisine") (and, Claiborne observed, not terribly high quality). Looking to hold restaurants accountable for what they served and help the public make informed choices about where to spend their dining dollars, he created the four-star system of rating restaurants still used by _The New York Times_ and which has been widely imitated. Claiborne's reviews were exacting and uncompromising, but he also approached his task as a critic with an open mind and eye for cooking that was different, creative and likely to appeal to his readers.

Inspired by food writers including [M. F. K. Fisher](/wiki/M._F._K._Fisher "M. F. K. Fisher"), Claiborne also enjoyed documenting his own eating experiences and the discovery of new talent and new culinary trends across the country and across the world. Among the many then-unknown chefs he brought to the public's attention was the [New Orleans](/wiki/New_Orleans "New Orleans"), [Louisiana](/wiki/Louisiana "Louisiana"), chef and restaurateur [Paul Prudhomme](/wiki/Paul_Prudhomme "Paul Prudhomme"). At the time, few people outside America's [Deep South](/wiki/Deep_South "Deep South") had any awareness of Louisiana's [Cajun](/wiki/Cajun "Cajun") culture or [its unique culinary traditions](/wiki/Cajun_cuisine "Cajun cuisine").

Along with chef, author and television personality [Julia Child](/wiki/Julia_Child "Julia Child"), Claiborne has been credited with making the often intimidating world of French and other ethnic cuisine accessible to an American audience and American tastes. Claiborne authored or edited over twenty cookbooks on a wide range of foods and culinary styles, including some of the first best-selling cookbooks dedicated to healthy, low- [sodium](/wiki/Sodium "Sodium") and low- [cholesterol](/wiki/Cholesterol "Cholesterol") diets. He had a long-time professional relationship and collaborated on many books and projects with the French-born New York City chef, author and television personality [Pierre Franey](/wiki/Pierre_Franey "Pierre Franey"). Claiborne was an advocate of a [fad diet](/wiki/Fad_diet "Fad diet") known as the _Gourmet Diet_. With Franey, he worked out two hundred low-sodium, low-cholesterol recipes for this diet.[\[7\]](#cite_note-7)

### The $4,000 meal

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In 1975, he placed a $300 winning bid at a charity auction for a no-price-limit dinner for two at any restaurant of the winner's choice, sponsored by [American Express](/wiki/American_Express "American Express"). Selecting Franey as his dining companion, the two settled on [Chez Denis](/w/index.php?title=Chez_Denis&action=edit&redlink=1 "Chez Denis (page does not exist)"), a noted restaurant located in [Paris](/wiki/Paris "Paris"), [France](/wiki/France "France"), where they racked up a $4,000 tab (equivalent to $22,600 in 2023) on a five-hour, thirty-one-course meal of [foie gras](/wiki/Foie_gras "Foie gras"), [truffles](/wiki/Truffles "Truffles"), [lobster](/wiki/Lobster "Lobster"), [caviar](/wiki/Caviar "Caviar") and rare wines. When Claiborne later wrote about the experience in his _New York Times_ column, the newspaper received a deluge of reader mail expressing outrage at such an extravagance at a time when so many in the world went without. Even the [Vatican](/wiki/Holy_See "Holy See") and [Pope Paul VI](/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI "Pope Paul VI") criticized it, calling it "scandalous."[\[8\]](#cite_note-carmel-8) It was also noted that he and Franey ordered nearly every dish on the menu, but they took only a few bites of each one. Despite its scale and expense, Claiborne gave the meal a mixed review, noting that several dishes fell short in terms of conception, presentation or quality.

### Death and legacy

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Claiborne, who suffered from a variety of health problems in his later years, died at age 79 at [St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital](/wiki/St._Luke%27s-Roosevelt_Hospital "St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital"), New York. No cause of death was given.[\[8\]](#cite_note-carmel-8) In his will, he bequeathed his estate to [The Culinary Institute of America](/wiki/The_Culinary_Institute_of_America "The Culinary Institute of America"), located in [Hyde Park](/wiki/Hyde_Park,_New_York "Hyde Park, New York"), New York.

## Bibliography

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- _The New York Times Cookbook_ (1961) [Harper & Row](/wiki/Harper_%26_Row "Harper & Row")
- _The New York Times Menu Cook Book_ (1966) Harper & Row  [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [006010791X](/wiki/Special:BookSources/006010791X "Special:BookSources/006010791X")
- _The New York Times International Cookbook_ (1971) Harper & Row [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [006010788X](/wiki/Special:BookSources/006010788X "Special:BookSources/006010788X")
- _Craig Claiborne's Favorites from The New York Times_ Vol. 1 (1975) Times Books [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [0517324180](/wiki/Special:BookSources/0517324180 "Special:BookSources/0517324180")
- _Craig Claiborne's Favorites from the New York Times_ Vol. 2 (1976) Times Books [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [0517324180](/wiki/Special:BookSources/0517324180 "Special:BookSources/0517324180")
- _Craig Claiborne's Favorites from the New York Times_ Vol. 3 (1977) Times Books [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [0812907086](/wiki/Special:BookSources/0812907086 "Special:BookSources/0812907086")
- _Craig Claiborne's Favorites from the New York Times_ Vol. 4 (1978) Random House Trade [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [081290768X](/wiki/Special:BookSources/081290768X "Special:BookSources/081290768X")
- _Cooking with Herbs and Spices_ (1977) Bantam Books [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [0553230751](/wiki/Special:BookSources/0553230751 "Special:BookSources/0553230751")
- _Veal Cookery_ (1978) (with Pierre Franey) Harper-Collins [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [0060107731](/wiki/Special:BookSources/0060107731 "Special:BookSources/0060107731")
- _Classic French Cooking_ (1978) Time-Life Foods of the World [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [0809400472](/wiki/Special:BookSources/0809400472 "Special:BookSources/0809400472")
- _Craig Claiborne's The New New York Times Cookbook_ (1980) with [Pierre Franey](/wiki/Pierre_Franey "Pierre Franey"), New York Times Books, [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [0-517-12235-9](/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-517-12235-9 "Special:BookSources/0-517-12235-9")
- _A Feast Made for Laughter_ (1982) autobiography, Doubleday [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [0385157002](/wiki/Special:BookSources/0385157002 "Special:BookSources/0385157002")
- _The Master Cooking Course_ (1982) (with Pierre Franey), Putnam Pub. Group [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [0399505865](/wiki/Special:BookSources/0399505865 "Special:BookSources/0399505865")
- _Cooking with Craig Claiborne and Pierre Franey_ (1985) Ballantine Books [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [0449901300](/wiki/Special:BookSources/0449901300 "Special:BookSources/0449901300")
- _Craig Claiborne's Memorable Meals Menus, Memories and Recipes from over Twenty Years of Entertaining_ (1985) E P Dutton [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [0525243526](/wiki/Special:BookSources/0525243526 "Special:BookSources/0525243526")
- _Craig Claiborne's The New York Times Food Encyclopedia_ (1985) Crown Books [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [0812912713](/wiki/Special:BookSources/0812912713 "Special:BookSources/0812912713")
- _Craig Claiborne's Gourmet Diet_ (1985) (with Pierre Franey), Ballantine Books [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [0345336356](/wiki/Special:BookSources/0345336356 "Special:BookSources/0345336356")
- _Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking_ (1987) New York Times Books [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [0517077574](/wiki/Special:BookSources/0517077574 "Special:BookSources/0517077574")
- _Elements of Etiquette: A Guide to Table Manners in an Imperfect World_ (1992) William Morrow & Co [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [0688074022](/wiki/Special:BookSources/0688074022 "Special:BookSources/0688074022")
- _The Chinese Cookbook_ (1992) (with Virginia Lee) [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [0060922613](/wiki/Special:BookSources/0060922613 "Special:BookSources/0060922613")
- _Craig Claiborne's Kitchen Primer_ (1993) Random House [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [9780517093627](/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780517093627 "Special:BookSources/9780517093627")
- _The Best of Craig Claiborne: 1,000 Recipes from His New York Times Food Columns and Four of His Classic Cookbooks_ (1999) Times Books [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [0812930894](/wiki/Special:BookSources/0812930894 "Special:BookSources/0812930894")

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- (story on $4000 meal is anthologized in) _American Food Writing: An Anthology with Classic Recipes_, ed. [Molly O'Neill](/wiki/Molly_O%27Neill "Molly O'Neill") (Library of America, 2007) [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [1-59853-005-4](/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-59853-005-4 "Special:BookSources/1-59853-005-4")

## Quotes

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- "Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love."
- "I am simply of the opinion that you cannot be taught to write. You have to spend a lifetime in love with words." ( _A Feast for Laughter_, p. 150)

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## References

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)**["Craig Claiborne, 79, Times Food Editor And Critic, Is Dead"](https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/24/nyregion/craig-claiborne-79-times-food-editor-and-critic-is-dead.html). _[The New York Times](/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times")_. January 24, 2000. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
2. **[^](#cite_ref-nyt1_2-0)**Wells, Pete (May 8, 2012). ["When He Dined, the Stars Came Out"](https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/dining/craig-claiborne-set-the-standard-for-restaurant-reviews.html). _[The New York Times](/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times")_.
3. **[^](#cite_ref-3)**Mortiz, Charles (1970). _Current Biography 1969_. New York: The H. W. Wilson company. p. 96.
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8. ^ [_**a**_](#cite_ref-carmel_8-0) [_**b**_](#cite_ref-carmel_8-1)"Craig Claiborne, pioneering New York Times food critic, dies at 79" (January 24, 2000) _Mount Carmel Daily Republican Register_, Mount Carmel, Illinois

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- Miller, Bryan (January 24, 2000). ["Craig Claiborne, 79, Times Food Editor And Critic, Is Dead"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120411162459/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/24/nyregion/craig-claiborne-79-times-food-editor-and-critic-is-dead.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm). _[The New York Times](/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times")_. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
- [Obituary](https://web.archive.org/web/20040221075900/http://myweb.lsbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/craigclaiborne.html) at the [London South Bank University](/wiki/London_South_Bank_University "London South Bank University").
- [Jenna Orkin Interviews New York Food Critic Craig Claiborne](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_WwqGZpGRg), circa 1985. Includes a discussion of his homosexuality.

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