I . Gertrude Stein
(1874–1946)
a US writer who lived mainly in Paris after 1903. Her home there became a centre for writers, including Ernest Hemingway and Ford Madox Ford , and artists such as Picasso and Matisse. She wrote in an unusual style, often repeating words and using no punctuation. Her best-known work is The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas (1933), which is really an account of her own life. She also wrote poetry, including the famous line: ‘A rose is a rose is a rose.’
II . Rick Stein
(1947– )
an English chef, cookery writer and television presenter who is best known for cooking fish and who owns a popular restaurant in Padstow in Cornwall .