Craig Claiborne — American Editor born on September 04, 1920, died on January 22, 2000

Craig Claiborne was an American restaurant critic, food journalist and book author. A long-time food editor and restaurant critic for The New York Times, he was also the author of numerous cookbooks and an autobiography. Over the course of his career, he made many contributions to gastronomy and food writing in the United States... (wikipedia)

He was an innovator, an experimenter, a missionary in bringing the gospel of good cooking to the home table.
Man is born to eat.