Burt Wolf is an American journalist

Journalist

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, writer

Writer

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, chef

Chef

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 and TV producer. He is the host of the PBS series Travels and Traditions.

He has written or edited more than 60 books, authored a weekly column for The Washington Post

The Washington Post

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 and is a columnist at Salon.com

Salon.com

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Awards

Wolf was the first recipient of the James Beard Foundation

James Beard Foundation

The James Beard Foundation is a New York-based national professional non-profit organization named in honor of James Beard that serves to promote the culinary arts by honoring chefs, wine professionals, journalists, and cookbook authors at annual award ceremonies and providing scholarships and...

 Award for "Best Television Food Journalism" and has been nominated for two cable Ace Awards and an Emmy in connection with travel and cultural history.

Selected books

• Real American Food: Restaurants, Markets, and Shops Plus Favorite Hometown Recipes by Burt Wolf and Andrew F. Smith (Hardcover - Jul 18, 2006)
• The New Cooks' Catalogue (Hardcover - Oct 24, 2000)
• Good to Eat: Flavorful recipes from one of television's best known food and travel journalists (Hardcover - April 6, 1999)
• Gatherings and Celebrations (Hardcover - Nov 1, 1996)
• Burt Wolf's Menu Cookbook (Hardcover - Jul 1, 1995)
• Eating Well (Paperback - Jun 1, 1994)
• Burt Wolf's Table (Hardcover - Jul 1, 1994)
• What's Cooking (Hardcover - Jan 1989)
• What's Cooking with TV Food Reporter Burt Wolf (Paperback - 1989)
• The Best of What's Cooking (Paperback - 1985)

Owen Brennan's Restaurant, (Memphis, Tennessee)

• In 1989, Burt Wolf and a group of investors approached the Brennan's
  Brennan's
  Brennan's is a creole restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is known for its lavish breakfast and for the creation of Bananas Foster.-History:...
  
   Restaurant and obtained a license to open a New Orleans inspired restaurant called Owen Brennan's. Brennan's was the first restaurant of the dynasty of Brennan Family Restaurants
  Brennan Family Restaurants
  The Brennan Family Restaurants are a group of restaurants owned or operated by family members of Owen Brennan of New Orleans, Louisiana. The Brennan family is well known in New Orleans for their successful restaurant dynasty. Not all of the restaurants on this list are financially affiliated with...
  
  . Owen Brennan's opened its doors to Memphis, TN in 1990 under the partnership of investors. Burt Wolf was the general partner. In 1991, James (Jim) Austin Baker, Jr. became the general partner after buying Burt Wolf's share and forming a new partnership. Jim later bought out all of the investors with his son, James Austin Baker, III under BakCO LLC. Today, Owen Brennan's is a family-owned and operated restaurant much like the original Brennan's.

• In 1993, John Grisham
  John Grisham
  John Ray Grisham, Jr. is an American lawyer and author, best known for his popular legal thrillers.John Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University before attending the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981 and practiced criminal law for about a decade...
  
  's book-to-movie, "The Firm" featured Owen Brennan's in a business lunch meeting between Tom Cruise
  Tom Cruise
  Thomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards....
  
   & Gene Hackman
  Gene Hackman
  Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman is an American actor and novelist.Nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two, Hackman has also won three Golden Globes and two BAFTAs in a career that spanned five decades. He first came to fame in 1967 with his performance as Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde...
  
   in cocktail area of the restaurant. Owen Brennan's commemorated the filming by placing plaques on the two cocktail chairs where Tom Cruise
  Tom Cruise
  Thomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards....
  
   and Gene Hackman
  Gene Hackman
  Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman is an American actor and novelist.Nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two, Hackman has also won three Golden Globes and two BAFTAs in a career that spanned five decades. He first came to fame in 1967 with his performance as Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde...
  
  sat.

External links

• Burt Wolf website