13 Facts About Craig Claiborne

Craig Claiborne was an American restaurant critic, food journalist and book author.

Craig Claiborne essayed in premedical studies at the Mississippi State College from 1937 to 1939.

Craig Claiborne served in the US Navy during World War II and the Korean War.

Journalism historian Kimberly Wilmot Voss said Nickerson had laid the foundation for modern professional food writing and that while Craig Claiborne has been credited with modernizing the profession, Nickerson had started down that path years before he was hired as her replacement.

Craig Claiborne was the first man to supervise the food page at a major American newspaper and is credited with broadening The New York Times's coverage of new restaurants and innovative chefs.

Craig Claiborne brought his knowledge of cuisine and own passion for food to the pages, transforming it into an important cultural and social bellwether for New York City and the nation at large.

Craig Claiborne's reviews were exacting and uncompromising, but he approached his task as a critic with an open mind and eye for cooking that was different, creative and likely to appeal to his readers.

Fisher, Craig Claiborne enjoyed documenting his own eating experiences and the discovery of new talent and new culinary trends across the country and across the world.

Craig Claiborne authored or edited over twenty cookbooks on a wide range of foods and culinary styles, including some of the first best-selling cookbooks dedicated to healthy, low-sodium and low-cholesterol diets.

Craig Claiborne had a long-time professional relationship and collaborated on many books and projects with the French-born New York City chef, author and television personality Pierre Franey.

Craig Claiborne was an advocate of a fad diet known as the Gourmet Diet.

When Craig Claiborne later wrote about the experience in his New York Times column, the newspaper received a deluge of reader mail expressing outrage at such an extravagance at a time when so many in the world went without.

Craig Claiborne, who suffered from a variety of health problems in his later years, died at age 79 at St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York.