Bert Greene (cookbook author)
# Bert Greene (cookbook author)

Bert Greene (October 16, 1923 – June 10, 1988) was a cookbook author and food columnist. He was the food columnist for the New York Daily News from 1979 until his death in 1988. He was born in New York City.

He co-founded The Store in Amagansett, a gourmet take-out shop on Long Island, New York, in the Summer of 1966, with his then partner, Denis Vaughan and three friends, Jacqueline Allison a fashion illustrator, Ralph Rofheart an art director and advertising executive and his wife, Martha Rofheart a former actress.

His books include Greene on Greens, Honest American Fare, and The Grains Cookbook, all of which won the Tastemaker's Award.

The International Association of Culinary Professionals has a Food Journalism prize named in his honor.

