Norman Van Aken
{{short description|American chef and author}}
Norman Van Aken (born 1951 in Diamond Lake, IL) is an American chef and author.
Charlie Trotter named Van Aken the "Walt Whitman of American cuisine."[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/norman-van-aken-thank-way-we-dine-out-today-180951365/ Why We Have Norman Van Aken to Thank for the Way We Dine Out Today] Shaylyn Esposito, Smithsonian, MAY 29, 2014
Published works
- Feast of Sunlight 1988
- The Exotic Fruit Book 1995
- Norman's New World Cuisine 1997
- New World Kitchen 2003
- My Key West Kitchen 2012, (with Justin Van Aken)
- No Experience Necessary: The Culinary Odyssey of Chef Norman Van Aken, 2013[https://www.amazon.com/No-Experience-Necessary-Culinary-Odyssey/dp/1589799143 Amazon.com]
- My Florida Kitchen, 2017
Awards and honors
In 2006, Van Aken was honored as one of the "Founders of New American Cuisine," alongside Alice Waters, Paul Prudhomme, and Mark Miller at Spain's International Summit of Gastronomy.[http://www.dartagnan.com/chef-norman-vanaken.html Chef Norman Van Aken]
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Category:American food writers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:James Beard Foundation Award winners
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