Luke Barr

A James Beard Foundation Book Award nominee, Luke Barr has edited and written for magazines including Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, GQ, and Spy, and was the founder of KGB, a 1990s NYC-based pop culture magazine. His critically-acclaimed books on the French history of cooking include, Provence, 1970: M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and The Reinvention of American Taste and Ritz & Escoffier: The Hotelier, the Chef & the Rise of the Leisure Class. He came onto the podcast to discuss his newest book: The Secret History of French Cooking The Outlaw Chefs Who Made Food Modern.