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James Villas

Biography

James Villas

James Villas was
the food and wine editor of Town & Country magazine
for twenty-seven years. His work has also appeared in Esquire,
Food & Wine
, Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Saveur,
New York Times and the Atlantic Monthly, among
other publications. Two of his cookbooks have been nominated for a
James Beard Award. He's also won a James Beard Award for journalism
and received Bon Appetit's Food Writer of the Year Award
in 2003. James Villas is the author of more than a dozen cookbooks
and books on food, including MY MOTHER’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN and
THE GLORY OF SOUTHERN COOKING. He lives in East Hampton, NY and is
currently working on his next novel for Kensington due in
2009.