Bruce Beck

Bruce Beck grew up in Burlington, North Carolina, and studied theater at Wake Forest University and at Northwestern University.  He moved to New York in 1975 and has been in the food business since 1979, baking cookies, running his own small catering business, writing two cookbooks, teaching thousands of cooking classes at The New School, writing for various magazines, rolling thousands of chocolate truffles, baking hundreds of cakes and pies, and appearing on TV and radio with some of New York's favorite hosts.  Recently he owned and operated two Mexican restaurants, the casual Taco Sueño followed by Yucatán. 
          Bruce is working on several cookbooks and memoirs.  He is also a photographer and webmaster, showcasing his work at prideview.com and brucebeck.com.  In his spare time he collects culinaria, Native American jewelry and textiles, and African art.