# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harold-mcgee
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:47:07.224Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harold-mcgee"
name: "Harold McGee"
slug: "harold-mcgee"
description: "Harold James McGee is an American author who writes about the chemistry and history of food science and cooking. He is best known for his seminal book On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, first published in 1984 and revised in 2004."
tagline: "American food writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harold_McGee.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1951-10-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.430708
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "harold_mcgee"
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    url:       "http://www.curiouscook.com"
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    title: "Harold McGee"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_McGee"
    title: "Harold McGee"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_McGee"
    title: "Harold McGee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Harold McGee"
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    title: "Гарольд Мак-Ґі"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump