Carol Field (March 27, 1940 – March 10, 2017) was an American cookbook author, writer, and librarian. She is known for introducing Americans to the variety of Italian breads with her book The Italian Baker.[1]
She married John Field, an architect who died in February 2017.[1][2] Together, they had a son named Matt and a daughter named Alison.[1][3]
Careeredit
Field worked as a librarian at the San Francisco Public Library. She opened Minerva's Owl bookstore with a partner in 1962.[1]
After traveling with her husband to Italy, Field learned Italian and began to explore Italian cooking, though her first book, Hill Towns of Italy (1983), explored the history of towns in the Italian regions of Tuscany and Umbria.[1][4]The Italian Baker was first published in 1985.[1] A year later, the International Association of Culinary Professionals honored the work with an award. After it had gone out of print, a bookseller from New York told her "It's like not being able to find Jane Austen," and Field worked to republish her best known work, releasing it for a second time in 2011.[5]
A prolific writer, she wrote for numerous publications including Gourmet and Bon Appétit.[3] In 1994, Italy in Small Bites was named the winner of the Italian Book James Beard Foundation Award. Sixteen years later, The Italian Baker was designated one of the James Beard Foundation's Baker's Dozen, a collection of "indispensable baking books."[5] Field was elected a foreign member of the Accademia Italiana della Cucina in 1993 and the government of Italy named Field a Knight of the Order of Merit in 2004.[1][3]
Selected worksedit
Field, Carol. Celebrating Italy. New York: Morrow, 1990. ISBN0688070930OCLC 260151454
Field, Carol. Italy in Small Bites. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993, 2004.
Field, Carol, and Richard Kauffman. The Hill Towns of Italy. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1983, 1996. OCLC 681347079
Field, Carol. In Nonna's Kitchen: Recipes and Traditions from Italy's Grandmothers. New York: HarperCollins, 2000. ISBN0060171847
Field, Carol. Focaccia: Simple Breads from the Italian Oven. San Francisco: Chronicle, 2003.
Field, Carol. Mangoes And Quince. New York: Bloomsbury, 2001, 2008.
Field, Carol. The Italian Baker, Revised; The Classic Tastes of the Italian Countryside--Its Breads, Pizza, Focaccia, Cakes, Pastries, and Cookies. Ten Speed Press, 2011.
Deathedit
She died of a stroke at home in San Francisco on March 10, 2017, aged 76.[1][3]
Referencesedit
^ abcdefghiGrimes, William (March 10, 2017). "Carol Field, Italian Food Expert, Dies at 76". New York Times. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
^King, John (March 1, 2017). "John Field, architect of Bay Area shopping centers, dies at 87". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
^ abcdDuggan, Tara (March 10, 2017). "Carol Field, Italian baking expert and cookbook author, dies". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
^Saekel, Karola (July 2, 1997). "A Lifelong Love Affair With Italy". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
^ abBrickman, Sophie (November 3, 2011). "Carol Field's 'The Italian Baker' republished". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
External linksedit
Official website
January 01, 1970
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