At the height of Jeff Smith’s fame, seven million Americans tuned in to watch his cooking show, The Frugal Gourmet, and he’d sold about 12 million cookbooks. Then in 1997, he was sued by seven men who ...
Three decades after allegations that the chef Jeff Smith assaulted boys, a documentary series delves further into his story. By Julia Moskin Twenty years before the #MeToo movement led to accusations ...
Do you remember “The Frugal Gourmet”? For millions of viewers in the ‘80s and ‘90s, the TV show once conjured images of cheerful thrift, simmering sauces and a charismatic Tacoma chef who made ...