James Beard
<DIV>Until his death in 1985, James Beard was the nation's most acclaimed chef and food writer. The founder and director of the celebrated cooking classes in New York that still bear his name, Beard wrote <I>James Beard's New Fish Cookery</I>, <I>T</I><I>he James Beard Cookbook</I>, <I>Menus for Entertainin</I>g, <I>Beard on Bread</I>, <I>Beard on Food</I>, and other works on the gastronomic arts.</DIV>