Entries from The Amateur Gourmet tagged with 'Ruth Reichl'
A Response To C. Kimball
[Last week, Christopher Kimball of Cook's Illustrated wrote a rather nasty Op-Ed in the NYT, linking the closing of Gourmet Magazine to the proliferation of food blogs. Obviously, this hit a nerve with me, so I penned my own Op-Ed in response. I share it with you below, but recommend you read his first (click here), so you get the context.] A few years ago, as my relatively new food blog began to gain in popularity, I turned to a mentor, John Kessler of The Atlanta Journal Constitution and asked him how I might break into mainstream food media. “Should I pitch stories to the Times? To Gourmet? Where do I start?” Mr. Kessler’s response was surprising. “Adam,” he said, “What you’re already doing is what every newspaper and magazine is desperately trying to do, unsuccessfully. So just keep doing it and you’ll be ok.”...
Gourmet Chutzpah
When I read "Garlic & Sapphires," Ruth Reichl's memoir of being a restaurant critic, I craved a video or at least a portrait gallery of her in her many get-ups. Now there's something better: a hilarious video on Gourmet.com of Ms. Reichl in action that you shouldn't let anyone spoil for you--it's funny, surprising, and definitely brave....
Scavenger Hunt Updates
* The kind people at Children of Bellevue have awarded our 2nd place winner, Stephanie Krasinski, two $150 passes to the charity event for her scavenger hunt efforts. (Rachel, the 1st place winner, gets two $450 tickets. I don't really understand the difference.) Now everyone's happy! * Bonnie Slotnick points out, in the comments, that the dog in the pictures is not hers: "He belongs to my friend Mike, and I was babysitting while Mike was away. Rollins LOVED hearing about all the food!" * Finally, Ruth Reichl commented on Twitter: "No guys participated? I'm fairly stunned. What does that mean, I wonder. Any ideas?" Well, male readers, what say you? Why did you disappoint the editor-in-chief of Gourmet Magazine?!? While I was in Austin, my camera battery overheated so I'm headed into the city today to get my camera fixed. Expect an Austin post tomorrow!...
Video Podcast: Let's Read This Month's Gourmet
[Here's my attempt at Reichl's almond tart. Looking back, I think I'd do a better job with it now--the biggest problem was my inability to roll out the pastry. But I also remember the filling being unpleasantly grainy from all those ground up almonds.]...
Charlie Rose Food Interviews
Charlie Rose just put his entire archive of interviews online and there's a wonderful section devoted to food. For example, this interview with Ruth Reichl (she's wearing a disguise):...
