Jan Murray(October 4, 1916 – July 2, 2006)   Jan Murray was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and game show host. Murray was born as Murray Janofsky in The Bronx, New York. Hisinterest in comedy began during his childhood, when he would often act out comedy routines he’d se en at the local theatre for his bedridden mother.   Murray began performing on the vaudeville... 

:Fernand Point (1897 – 1955)   French Chef born in Louhans Fernand Point is considered Master of la grand cuisine and “Father of Novelle Cuisine”. Fernand Point was one of the greatest chefs that ever lived. His culinary teaching and mentorship left a legacy of world renowned chefs that carry his torch. They include Paul Bocuse, Alain Chapel, Francois Bise, Louis Outhier,... 

~Mark Twain (1835-1910) Better known by his pen name Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), was an American author and humorist. His novels “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)”, and its sequel, “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885)”, the latter often called “The Great American Novel” are well appreciated among the readers and that is... 

Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper. -Adelle Davis (1904-1974) Daisie Adelle Davis was born to Charles and Harriette Davis in Lizton, Indiana, USA, on February 25, 1904, is popularly known as Adelle Davis. She was an American author and nutritionist who later became well known as an advocate for specific nutritional postures such as unprocessed food andvitamin... 

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. [Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)] Virginia Woolf, an English author, feminist, essayist, publisher, and critic who wrote “A Room of One’s Own (1929)”;   was born in London. She was the daughter of Julia Jackson Duckworth, a member of the Duckworth publishing family and Sir Leslie Stephen, a literary critic and... 

“I was thirty two when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.” -Julia Child, Celebrity Chef and Cook book Author Julia Child was born on 15th August 1912 in Pasadena, California as Julia McWilliams. She was the eldest of three children of her parent’s John McWilliams, Jr. and Julia Carolyn Weston. Her father was a Princeton graduate and investor in California Real Estate and her... 

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. ~ G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London on May 29, 1874 into a middle class family. The son of Edward and Marie-Louise, Chesterton did not learn to read until he was over eight years of age, but later he could quote whole passages of book from memory. One of his teachers told him, “If we... 

A recipe has no soul.  You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe. :Thomas Keller Thomas Keller was born on October 14, 1955 at Camp Pendelton in Oceanside, California to Edward, a Marine drill instructor, and Betty Keller, a restaurant manager. Four years after his parents divorced, the family moved to Palm Beach, Florida. During his teenage summers Keller worked at the Palm Beach Yacht... 

Hunger is the best sauce in the world. :Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), a Spanish novelist, poet & playwright born in Alcalá de Henares was the son of a surgeon who presented himself as a nobleman, although Cervantes’s mother seems to have been a descendant of Jewish converts to Christianity. Because of financial problem he worked as a purveyor and also a tax... 

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut. :Channing Pollock Channing Pollock (1880–1946), born in Washington, D.C., but raised in Omaha and Salt Lake City was a playwright and a critic. His theatrical career began when he returned to his birthplace to become a drama critic for the Washington Post and later for the Times and the Dramatic Mirror.... 

“A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that’s when cuisine is truly exciting.”: Chef Charlie Trotter Charlie Trotter opened Charlie Trotter’s (Chicago) in 1987 with his father, Bob Trotter as his partner. Chef Trotter did not come from a “food focused” family....