Barbara Gibbons, author of "The Slim Gourmet" syndicated column and 16 books, died March 26, the New York Times reported. She was 79. Her first book, The Slim Gourmet Cookbook, was honored by the International Association of Culinary Professionals in 1976 with its cookbook-of-the-year Tastemaker Award, which she won again in 1978 for The International Slim Gourmet Cookbook.
