James Beard, the Original Foodie

Taking your time has never been trendier – at least when it comes to food. While diners may not wish to wait hours for dinner to arrive, they revel in the thought of "slow food" – each ingredient sourced with care and fashioned into delectable courses worthy of buzzwords such as "artisanal" and "farm-to-table." But long before this mentality took hold, James Beard was extolling the virtues of "slow" cooking.