Women of Taste — Recipes & Profiles of Famous Women Chefs
By Beverly Russell
(John Wiley & Sons, 1997)

This unusual tribute book to women chefs presents an abundance of glossy photo portraits, mini-bios and interviews with 32 women of remarkable culinary talent. Each chef gives a full menu of recipes; from Diane Forley (of Verbena, New York) is a four-course Provencale dinner, from Carrie Nahabedian (Four Seasons Hotel - LA), a Hollywood Star Dinner. The structure is frustratingly difficult to follow, but it's rich with good recipes, and pretty enough to present as a special gift.

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