About Chuck Williams (author)
Charles Edward Williams was the American founder of Williams Sonoma and author and editor of more than 100 books on the subject of cooking. Williams is credited for playing a major role in introducing French cookware into American kitchens through his retail and mail-order business. He became a centenarian in October 2015 and died two months later on December 5, 2015, in San Francisco, California. More than a decade later, in 1971, Williams-Sonoma introduced its first mail-order cookware catalog. The series includes over 40 volumes and has sold nearly 10 million copies. All told, Williams was involved with the production of more than 100 cookbooks that have sold over 100 million copies worldwide.
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