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Faces of Mexico

by Bruce Beck

"The Zocalo, Veracruz"

"downtown Puebla"

:   "Sunday market, Cuetzalan, Puebla State"

"Street scene, Mitla, Oaxaca State"

"Street scene, downtown Veracruz"

Bruce Beck grew up in Burlington, North Carolina, and earned a B.A. from Wake Forest University and the M.A. from Northwestern University, both in theatre. He has taught cooking at The New School, Peter Kump’s School of Culinary Arts, and other area schools for more than fifteen years.

            Bruce is the author of PRODUCE: A FRUIT AND VEGETABLE LOVERS’ GUIDE (Friendly Press, 1984), which was called “gorgeous” by The New York Times,  and “the most spectacular food book of the year” by The Boston Globe. Later he wrote THE OFFICIAL FULTON FISH MARKET COOKBOOK (E.P. Dutton, 1989), which was called “an absolute ‘must’” by A.J. McClane, and “a treasure” by Irene Sax of Newsday. Bruce has also contributed to THE EATING WELL COOKBOOK (Camden House, 1991) and Eating Well’s RECIPE RESCUE COOKBOOK (Camden House,1993) and has written for Food & Wine, Eating Well, Cooking Light, and Seafood Business.

            Bruce has made a number of media appearances including the Regis Philbin’s Morning Show and In Food Today with Donna Hanover and David Rosengarten. He has worked in a wide variety of other food related areas, including recipe development and food styling for photography. He is currently developing new desserts for a catering company in New York City. Recently in The New York Times Florence Fabricant called his work “first-rate”, and Eric Asimov called it “fabulous”.

            Bruce is also a photographer, and had a one-man show of his work in Manhattan in 1995 called FACES OF MEXICO. In his spare time he collects fine menswear and Mexican silver.

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