2/27/2009
Despite the cold that has been dogging me for a week, I managed to make it to see Ruth Reichl, the editor of Gourmet, speak at Columbia University’s School of Journalism last evening.
I overheard a little snickering from a couple of students before the lecture; perhaps food writing holds not the gravitas of the other subjects featured in this weekly magazine lecture series, but it is worthy nonetheless.
After picking up a copy of the magazine on the way into the lecture hall, I was surprised to see just how much it has changed under her leadership.
Reichl’s Gourmet delves into the social and political ramifications of the food industry just as it gives you a rundown of its annual holiday cookie recipes.
But I was mostly distracted to the issue’s ode to bourbon, the stalwart of my liquor cabinet.
–CP
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