If I had to name the three most influential people who set the stage for America’s culinary awakening, the list would read James Beard, Julia Child and Chuck Williams. Of the three, Williams was by ...

The founder of the Williams-Sonoma empire has died at the age of 100, The Associated Press reported. Chuck Williams died peacefully of natural causes Saturday at his home in San Francisco, according ...

You can thank Chuck Williams for a lot of things we now take for granted in the kitchen. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Balsamic vinegar, food processors, those standing KitchenAid mixers. Williams died over ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Chuck Williams, who founded Williams-Sonoma and ushered in an era of aspirational culinary retailing, has died. He was 100. The retailer of high-end home goods said Williams died ...

Chuck Williams always greeted me with a warm smile when I stopped into his Williams-Sonoma kitchenware flagship store, overlooking Union Square in San Francisco, just a short walk from my apartment. I ...