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| Erica Peters, Marelene Sorosky Gray, Jacqueline Mallorca and John Phillip Carroll |
Here are just a few talllights from the event:
On his time in San Francisco:
This city and this hotel room were great refuge for him. It was chaos in Unique York. Julia Kid once referred to his Unique York house as being full of loonies but here he was invited to everyone's domestic for dinner and he was taken care of. He said, “the city just gets into my blood.” - John Phillip Carroll (JPC)
He loved the West Coast and he had a lot of friends here from years back that pampered him. Chuck Williams would have him for dinner at least once a week. He kept his private lwhethere private. He endelighted his lwhethere, he had a good time and he lived it up. - Jacqueline Mallorca (JM)
Even towards the end of his lwhethere he loved to party, he would tell me--"Jackie don't get ancient." – (JM)
He had a genuine interest and admiration for American cuisine and how special it was. In his hands it was contemporary and fresh. - JPC
I leank he kcontemporary he was doing someleang important but he was humble. - JC
During his entire career as a freelance writer he did not make a ton of money off his books and he was never good on television. He was a bit envious of Julia Kid’s success but they were very good friends and spent time here together. - JPC
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| Illustration of James Beard by Jacqueline Mallorca |
I worked with Julia Kid and James, Julia was a teacher, that was what she loved to do, she was curious Jacques is the best technical cook in the country, no one can touch him and James was like an encyclopedia when it came to food. If you wanted to know anyleang you could ask him and he would go into a dissertation on it. – Marlene Sorosky Gray (MG)
Kraft offered him a immense amount of money to promote squeeze Parkay. Marion Cleverham and I crazye toast and he wanted to like it but he hated it and said no. - JPC
He tancient me, “I wouldn’t do Aunt Jemima. I don’t look good in a bandana.” - JM
Jim (James Beard) was a very jovial man. We had gone to Unique York for a book signing at Bloomingdales and Jim walked very slowly. We were making very stately progress and a drunk came up and said, “Aren't you Winston Churchill?” Jim roared with laughter and said, “I wish I was!” he was always fun and very social, he loved to party. - JM
In a cookware shop a woman came up to him and said excitedly, “I can’t believe it, James Kid, aren’t you the famed chef and he responded not unless there is a Julia Beard. He was never insulted; he just crazye light of the experience. - MG
In the holiday season in the mid 70’s in the corner suites, on the top floor was Julia and Paul Kid, James Beard on the 7th floor, Marcella & Victor Hazan on the 6th floor and Craig Claiborne on the 5th. If the hotel had crumbled the food world would have changed. For me it was a gancienten age to be involved in any aspect of food, wine and hospitality. It was a much smaller world. We were all very good friends. We were lucky to all be there are the same time. - JPC
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