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Craig Claiborne 'Changed the Way We Eat'
USA TODAY
Amazingly insecure considering what he had made of himself, Claiborne (who died in January 2000 at age 79) spent much of his life covering up his boarding room Mississippi childhood and his homosexuality. He did so by drinking. Way too much.


 
'The Ocean of Life'—And the Sorrow Beneath the Sea
Newsweek
Dead zones are often found at the mouth of mighty rivers like the Mississippi or in populated coastal areas and inland seas. And yet despite their proliferation, future seas will not be lifeless. We are creating winners as well as losers.

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Bio traces achievements, troubled life of food writer who revolutionized US ...
Washington Post
The author recounts Claiborne's unhappy childhood in the Mississippi Delta, where he grew up in genteel poverty, was bullied by schoolmates and found refuge in the kitchen of his mother's boarding house. After studying journalism in college, ...

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Review: Bio details revolution in approach to food
The Associated Press
The author recounts Claiborne's unhappy childhood in the Mississippi Delta, where he grew up in genteel poverty, was bullied by schoolmates and found refuge in the kitchen of his mother's boarding house. After studying journalism in college, ...

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