Art ginsburg biography

Art Ginsburg, commonly known as Mr. Food, was an American television chef and best selling author of cookbooks.
Art Ginsburg (July 29, 1931 – November 21, 2012), commonly known as Mr. Food, was an American television chef and best selling author of cookbooks.
Art Ginsburg was born on July 29, 1931 in Troy, New York, USA. He died on November 21, 2012 in Weston, Florida, USA.

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Art Ginsburg dies at 78; founder of popular deli in Studio City

For Art Ginsburg, it started and ended with deli.

The founder of Art’s Deli and Restaurant in Studio City worked his way through junior college building triple-decker sandwiches at a cousin’s deli.

When he and his wife, Sandy, had a deli of their own, they would bring a meat slicer into their children’s classrooms and introduce young people, who were simultaneously repelled and fascinated, to the wonders of tongue sandwiches. Even after Ginsburg quit running the business himself, he showed up almost daily, greeting customers and kibbitzing — a light-hearted rotund presence amid the knishes and the kreplach.

Ginsburg, who joked that his sprawling deli’s huge photos of pastrami and corned beef platters were “Jewish pornography,” died Wednesday after a two-decade struggle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, family members said. He was 78.

Just a matzoh-ball’s throw from movie studios and stars’ homes, Art’s Deli became a show business schmoozing spot as well as a neighborhood institution. During a writers’ strike in 1988,

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Max Ginsburg

American, b. 1931

Max Ginsburg received his BFA from Syracuse University and his MFA from City College of New York. Since then, his true to life New York City sidewalk scenes have received numerous awards including, Christopher Award, Pauline Law Award, The Edith Lehman Prize, and honorable mentions from both Audubon and Salamagundi. Ginsburg Is an active member of the Allied Artists and the Society of Illustrators and his work has been commissioned by New York Times Magazine, Fortune Magazine, Harper Collins Publications, Dial Books/Penguin Publications and many others. His paintings also hang in many prominent collections, such as New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut, Martin Luther King Labor Center, H. J. Heinz Company and those of Jules Bernstein, Dom DeLuise, Edgar Bronfman, Harvey Fierstein, and David Brenner.

Artist’s Statement:

“I have lived and worked in New York all my life. As a New Yorker, I feel a personal and deep connection to this rich, energetic and beautiful city with its amazingly diverse population. My obje

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Mr. Food

This article is about an American television chef. For the comedy character Mr Food, see Steve Wright In The Afternoon.

American television chef

Art Ginsburg (July 29, 1931 – November 21, 2012), commonly known as Mr. Food, was an American television chef and best selling author of cookbooks. He was known for ending each of his TV segments with the catch phrase "Ooh! It's so good!"^[2] The signature phrase, as spoken by Mr. Food, is registered as a sound trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.^[3] Ginsburg was a pioneer of "quick & easy cooking" who, for over 30 years, paved the way for other TV food personalities to follow. With his enthusiastic style, Mr. Food specialized in practical food preparation techniques, using readily available ingredients. He extolled an "anybody can do it" philosophy of cooking and remains today as one of the early pioneers of cooking on modern television.

Career

Ginsburg was originally a butcher.^[4] He owned and ran a catering business prior to his work in television.