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John Hess was born in New York City, New York, United States on December 27, 1917. He was a journalist, writer, and food critic. He was the founder of the New York Times' food section and wrote for the paper for over 40 years. Hess was a graduate of Columbia University and began his career as a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune. He later joined the New York Times in 1952 and wrote for the paper until his retirement in 1993. He was the founder of the New York Times' food section and wrote for the paper for over 40 years. Hess was a prolific writer and wrote several books on food and cooking, including The Taste of America, The Taste of France, and The Taste of Italy. He was also a frequent contributor to Gourmet magazine. Hess was awarded the James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993. He died on April 15, 2006, at the age of 88. John Hess had an estimated net worth of $2 million at the time of his death. He earned most of his wealth from his career as a journalist, writer, and food critic.

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Occupation Journalist, Writer, Food critic
Age 88 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 27 December 1917
Birthday 27 December
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Date of death January 21, 2005,
Died Place New York City, New York, USA
Nationality United States

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2014

Hess was born in New York City, and studied history at City College of New York. He began in journalism with the Bisbee Daily Review in Bisbee, Arizona, a town controlled by the Phelps Dodge copper company, but he left the newspaper — also owned by Phelps Dodge — when it interfered with his reporting. He served in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II.

2005

John Hess died in Manhattan on January 21, 2005 of pneumonia at the age of 87.

1974

In 1974, he won a citation from the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare for an investigation into corrupt nursing home operators. Dave Lindorff wrote that Hess's "expose of New York State's nursing home scandals stands today as a model of what an aggressive and uncompromising Fourth Estate can do if it wants to."

1972

He returned to New York City in 1972 and was briefly the Times' food editor. Hess hated the term "gourmet" because he believed that those who used the term sought or advertised prestige and price rather than quality and taste. He once gave the neighborhood of Chinatown four stars - the only four stars he awarded while the Times food editor. The Taste of America, which he co-wrote with his wife Karen Hess, excoriated American cooking and singled out such celebrity chefs as Julia Child and Craig Claiborne as contributing to the decline of the American palate.

1954

After jobs with United Press, the Associated Press, New York Daily News, and The New York Post, Hess started working at the Times in 1954; first on the foreign copy desk, later becoming a night-shift reporter. In 1964, he moved to Paris to help start a European edition of the International Herald Tribune.

1917

John L. Hess (December 27, 1917 – January 21, 2005) was a prominent American investigative journalist who worked for many years at The New York Times. He left the Times in 1978 and wrote a memoir about his years there, My Times: A Memoir of Dissent.