Jeffrey L. "Jeff" Smith (January 22, 1939 – July 7, 2004) was the author of several best-selling cookbooks and the host of The Frugal Gourmet, a popular American cooking show which began in Tacoma, Washington in 1973 as Cooking Fish Creatively and later moved to WTTW in Chicago, and Natan Katzman's A La Carte Communications, where it aired nationally on PBS from 1983 to 1997.
This cookbook features 160 pages with complete recipes for drying foods along with hint and tips. The book has a several sections on fruit, fruit leathers, vegetables, herbs & spices, nuts & seeds, meat, and fish. It also covers history, methods, and equip..
