Five Pioneering Female Chefs whose Names You Should Know

[BainsBane]

From the National Women's History Museum

1. Cristeta Comerford

2. Julia Child

3. Lidia Bastianich

4. “B.” Smith (Barbara Smith)

5. Alice Waters

Alice Louise Waters is a well-known American chef, author, restaurateur, and activist. She is the owner of Chez Paisse, in Berkley, California. The restaurant is known for its locally-grown and organic ingredients. Waters opened the restaurant in 1971 and its has consistently ranked among the world’s best restaurants.

Others described at: http://www.nwhm.org/blog/foodiefriday-five-pioneering-female-chefs-whose-names-you-should-know/

[niyad]

1. thank you for this article. I had the great good fortune to meet and talk with both julia and

lidia.

[BainsBane]

2. Cool. Do you cook much?

[niyad]

3. I love to cook. cookware stores are my favourite toy stores, and I read cookbooks like they

are novels. playing in the kitchen is FUN.

[BainsBane]

4. awesome

I like to cook too. I'm not as devoted as you, however.

[Warpy]

5. I do the same thing with my cookbooks.

The plot is usually better than those found in best sellers.

This is the time of year I can't wait until the weather turns and I can go back to soups.

[niyad]

6. don't have to wait--there are wonderful cold soups--cucumber, melon, gazpacho, just a few of

my favourites.

but I know what you mean--we had a slightly cooler, cloudy and rainy day on wednesday, and I made chicken noodle soup from scratch (and it isn't bad cold, either)

[ismnotwasm]

7. Cool!

You ever noticed that for the longest time women were 'cooks' and men were 'chefs'?

I'm not much of a cook, but I love people who are..