James Peterson (writer)

James Peterson is an American writer and teacher of the culinary arts. He holds a degree in chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley.

His apprenticed at Paris' Cordon Bleu. He worked at Le Vivarois, then moved to Vonnas to work at Chez La Mere Blanc (now Georges Blanc).

In 1979, he returned to New York City, becoming a partner at Greenwich Village's Le Petite Robert. Starting in 1984, he taught for seventeen years at the French Culinary Institute, where he wrote the advanced curriculum.

He resides today in Brooklyn, New York, where he is active teaching, writing, and cooking. has a relative that resides in Garner ,NC Name Lowell Peterson.

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