kamman was recognized by food luminaries such as james beard for her discerning palate and knowledge of the history, culture and science of food, as well as her passion for celebrating the food cooked by women in the home as much as the masters of "haute cuisine""." she has been celebrated as a leader of what she called "cuisine personelle" — part of the nouvelle cuisine movement that reinvented the classics of french classical cuisine — and as one of the world's most authoritative and exacting teachers of cooking — a "teacher's teacher" — who has influenced the development of american chefs and the american cookery scene.