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Jeff Smith

Biography

Jeffrey L. Smith (January 22, 1939 – July 7, 2004) was an American chef who was author of several cookbooks and host of The Frugal Gourmet, a popular cooking show. The show began in Tacoma, Washington, as Cooking Fish Creatively on local PBS station KTPS, where it aired from 1973 to 1977. It then moved to WTTW in Chicago, and finally to KQED in San Francisco, where it aired from 1984 to 1997. His career effectively ended with a series of sex abuse allegations made public in 1997.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

527 releases · 94 albums · active 1973–2026

  • Performance · 599
  • Other credits · 104
  • Production · 44
  • Engineering · 5

Studios: Shakedown Sound Studios · The Hit Factory · Soundtrack Studios · Sorcerer Sound

Frequent collaborators

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