He has written individual books on everything from ribs to beer can chicken to Latin cuisine, and in the process won five coveted James Beard Awards, a Julia Child Award, and was named Cooking Teacher of the Year by Bon Appetit magazine.

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The James Beard Foundation, which sponsors the awards, was created in 1986 by Julia Child and the late Peter Kump to preserve the culinary philosophy, ideals and practices of cookbook author and well-known chef James Beard, who died in 1985.

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My interviews with people such as Warren Beatty, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Lemmon, Barbra Streisand, Mel Brooks, Jimmy Stewart, Bette Davis, James Caan, Robin Williams, Christian Slater, Lucille Ball, Meryl Streep, Sharon Stone, Julia Roberts, Sir Ian McKellen, Lynn Redgrave, Tom Cruise, Carrie Fisher, Whoopi Goldberg, Lauren Bacall, and Bruce Willis (just to name a few) have enlightened me about the art of acting and the history of Hollywood.

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