Deborah Madison

Madison grew up in Davis, California,{{cite web|title=Reader Store|url=http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/terra-brockman/the-seasons-on-henrys-farm/_/R-400000000000000237356|publisher=Sony Electronics|accessdate=June 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302062329/http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/terra-brockman/the-seasons-on-henrys-farm/_/R-400000000000000237356|archive-date=March 2, 2012|url-status=dead}} and earned a bachelor's degree with high honors in sociology/city planning in 1968 from Cowell College at the University of California, Santa Cruz.{{cite news|author=McNulty, Jennifer|title=Alumna chef Deborah Madison's new book reveals secrets of solo eating|url=http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=3055|date=June 24, 2009|publisher=UC Santa Cruz News, Regents of the University of California|accessdate=June 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528040441/http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=3055|archive-date=May 28, 2010|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=CV|url=http://deborahmadison.com/cv.html|publisher=Deborah Madison|accessdate=June 26, 2010}} She then cooked at Chez Panisse and was a student for eighteen years at the San Francisco Zen Center.{{cite web|title=The Greens Cookbook |url=http://www.greensrestaurant.com/display.aspx?catid=7&pid=4 |publisher=Greens Restaurant |accessdate=June 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202125312/http://greensrestaurant.com/display.aspx?catid=7&pid=4 |archivedate=December 2, 2010 }} She was the founding chef at Greens Restaurant in San Francisco which opened in 1979.{{cite web |author=Madison, Deborah |title=Deborah Madison |url=http://www.zesterdaily.com/deborah-madisons-home-page |work=Zester Daily |publisher=Gazander |accessdate=June 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501112556/http://www.zesterdaily.com/deborah-madisons-home-page |archivedate=May 1, 2010 }} She then cooked for a year at the American Academy in Rome, Italy.

Madison, whose work concentrates on local foods and farmers' markets, returned to the Bay Area to write The Greens Cookbook with co-author :Edward Espe Brown, and then wrote another 10 books on food and cooking, including Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, This Can't Be Tofu, Local Flavors, Cooking and Eating From America's Farmers' Market and Seasonal Fruit Desserts from Orchard, Farm and Market, and Vegetable Literacy.Denn, Rebekah (April 24, 2013). [http://blogs.seattletimes.com/allyoucaneat/2013/04/24/deborah-madison-on-vegetable-literacy/ "Deborah Madison on 'Vegetable Literacy'."] The Seattle Times. Retrieved October 13, 2013.

She has written for the magazines Gourmet, Saveur, Food and Wine, Kitchen Gardener, Fine Cooking, Orion, Organic Gardening and Eating Well, and for the Time-Life Cookbook Series. She has also written for Martha Stewart Living, Bon Appetite, Diversions, Kiplingers, Garden Design, Kitchen Garden, Cooks, Vegetarian Times, Metropolitan Home, East-West Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Home and Garden, and the International Slow Food Journal.{{cite web|title=What I Do|url=http://www.deborahmadison.com/what_I_do.html|publisher=Deborah Madison|accessdate=June 20, 2010}}

When she first moved to New Mexico, Madison managed the Santa Fe Farmers' Market and served on its board for a number of years.

Madison has been active in the Slow Food movement, founded the Santa Fe Chapter, was active on the ARK committee and served on the scientific committee of the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity.{{cite web |title=Retreat Leaders |url=http://www.sfzc.org/zc/display.asp?catid=4,19&pageid=114#dm |publisher=San Francisco Zen Center |accessdate=June 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927143845/http://www.sfzc.org/zc/display.asp?catid=4%2C19&pageid=114#dm |archivedate=September 27, 2011 }}

She is on the board of the Seed Savers Exchange and the Southwest Grassfed Livestock Association,{{cite web |title=Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity Scientific Committee |url=http://www.slowfoodfoundation.org/eng/comitato_scientifico.lasso |publisher=Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity |accessdate=June 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613014442/http://www.slowfoodfoundation.org/eng/comitato_scientifico.lasso |archivedate=June 13, 2010 }} and is the co-director of the Edible Kitchen garden at Monte del Sol Charter School in Santa Fe, New Mexico.{{cite web|author=Wanner, Irene |title=Featured Author |date=October 2009 |url=http://www.nmmagazine.com/featuredauthor_madison_oct09.php |publisher=New Mexico Magazine |accessdate=June 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717011221/http://www.nmmagazine.com/featuredauthor_madison_oct09.php |archivedate=July 17, 2011 }} She lives in New Mexico with her husband, artist Patrick McFarlin, who co-authored and illustrated their book What We Eat When We Eat Alone.{{cite web|author=Madison, Deborah|title=About|url=http://www.deborahmadison.com/about.html|publisher=Deborah Madison|accessdate=June 19, 2010}}{{cite book|title=What We Eat When We Eat Alone: Stories and 100 Recipes|isbn=978-1423604969| last1=Madison | first1=Deborah | last2=McFarlin | first2=Patrick | year=2009 }} She is the founding chef at Café Escalara in Santa Fe.{{cite news|author=Popoff, Katie|title=Deborah Madison offers fresh fruit dessert tips|url=https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Deborah-Madison-offers-fresh-fruit-dessert-tips-3263258.php|date=May 30, 2010|work=The San Francisco Chronicle|publisher=Hearst Communications|access-date=June 19, 2010}}

In 1987, Madison received the André Simon Memorial Prize.{{cite book|author=Madison, Deborah with Brown, Edward Espé|title=The Greens Cookbook|date=2001|publisher=Broadway Books|page=jacket|isbn=978-0-7679-0823-8}} Madison was awarded the 1994 M. F. K. Fisher Mid-Career Award.{{cite web|title=MFK Fisher|url=http://www.ldei.org/index.php?com=awards&c=mkf|publisher=Les Dames d' Escoffier International|accessdate=June 28, 2010}} Madison's books have received awards from the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) and Les Dames d'Escoffie. Her first two both were named the Julia Child Cookbook of the Year by the IACP.{{cite web|title=Deborah Madison|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=18635&view=full_sptlght|publisher=Random House|accessdate=June 20, 2010}}

She received five James Beard Foundation Awards, including a general award for "Cookbook Hall of Fame" in 2016. She received four additional nominations.[https://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/search?year=&keyword=Deborah+madison James Beard Awards and Nominations] She was also inducted into the James Beard Foundation's "Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America" in 2005.{{cite web|title=Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America|url=http://www.jamesbeard.org/index.php?q=james_beard_awards_whos_who|publisher=James Beard Foundation|accessdate=June 20, 2010}}

• {{cite book |last= Madison |first= Deborah |author2= Edward Espe Brown |author2-link= Edward Espe Brown |title= The Greens Cookbook |year= 1987 |isbn= 978-0553051957 |url= https://archive.org/details/greenscookbookex00madi }}
• {{cite book |last= Madison |first= Deborah |title= The Savory Way |year= 1990 |isbn= 978-0553057805 |url= https://archive.org/details/savoryway00madi_1 }}
• {{cite book |last= Madison |first= Deborah |title= The Vegetarian Table |year= 1996 |isbn= 978-0811808880 |url= https://archive.org/details/vegetariantablea00madi }}
• {{cite book |last= Madison |first= Deborah |title= Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone|year= 1997 |isbn= 978-0767900140}} (James Beard Award Winner)
• {{cite book |last= Madison |first= Deborah |title= This Can't Be Tofu! |year= 2000 |isbn= 978-0767904193 |url= https://archive.org/details/thiscantbetofu00debo }} (James Beard Award Nominee)
• {{cite book |last= Madison |first= Deborah |title= Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmers' Markets |year= 2002 |isbn= 978-0767903493}} (James Beard Award Winner)
• {{cite book |last= Madison |first= Deborah |title= Vegetarian Suppers from Deborah Madison's Kitchen |year= 2005 |isbn= 978-0767916271 |url= https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780767916271 }} (James Beard Award Nominee)
• {{cite book |last= Madison |first= Deborah |title= Vegetable Soups From Deborah Madison's Kitchen |year= 2006 |isbn= 978-0767916288 |url= https://archive.org/details/vegetablesoupsfr00debo }} (James Beard Award Nominee)
• {{cite book |last1= Madison |first1= Deborah |first2=Patrick |last2=McFarlin |title= What We Eat When We Eat Alone |year= 2009 |isbn= 978-1423604969}}
• {{cite book |last= Madison |first= Deborah |title= Seasonal Fruit Desserts |year= 2010 |isbn= 978-0767916295}}
• {{cite book |last= Madison |first= Deborah |title= Vegetable Literacy |year= 2013 |isbn= 978-1607741916}} (James Beard Award Winner)
• {{cite book |last= Madison |first= Deborah |title= In My Kitchen |year= 2017 |isbn= 978-0-399-57888-5}} (James Beard Award Nominee)
• {{cite book |last= Madison |first= Deborah |title= An Onion in My Pocket |year=2020 |isbn= 978-0525656029}}

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