Norman Van Aken

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Norman Van Aken is an American chef and author. Charlie Trotter named Van Aken the "Walt Whitman of American cuisine."[1]

Published works[edit]

  • 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[2]
  • My Florida Kitchen, 2017

Awards and honors[edit]

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.[3]

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