Edward Behr (food writer)
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Eduardo Behr is an American
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 food writer. His books include "The Art of Eating Cookbook: Essential Recipes from the First 25 Years", and The Artful Eater". Behr publishes a quarterly food magazine, The Art of Eating. From the first modest eight-page issue published in 1986, it has grown to become one of the most respected magazines about food and wine.

Behr’s writing and magazine focus on taste, especially the connection between taste and the place food and wine come from. He has written about many of the best farmers and food artisans in France, Italy, and the United States.

Behr has taught writing at the University of Vermont
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, served on the first international jury for the Slow Food
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 awards, and speaks internationally on food and culture. He has been featured in publications ranging from The New York Times and The Atlantic to Forbes and The Financial Times. He writes and publishes from the Northeast Kingdom
Northeast Kingdom
The Northeast Kingdom is a term used to describe the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Vermont, comprising Essex, Orleans and Caledonia Counties and having a population of 62,438. In Vermont, the written term "NEK" is often used. The term is attributed to the late George D. Aiken, former...

 of Vermont, where he lives with his wife, Kimberly, and two stepsons, Maximillian Buckminster and Zane Buckminster.

When the foreign correspondent of the same name died in 2007, some news reports confused the two. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070527/ap_en_ot/obit_behr

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