Christy Harrison

Online Editor

Christy Harrison
Christy Harrison joined Gourmet in 2007. She was previously a senior editor and food editor at Plenty, a green lifestyle magazine, and she has written about food and environmental issues for publications including CHOW.com, Grist.org, and Natural Health.

Christy Harrison on gourmet.com

food + cooking

Food Online: A to Z

Twenty-six useful, enduring, or simply fascinating food sites, trends, and other Web phenomena.
08.20.09
food politics

Reduce Debt to Lose Weight?

A new study suggests that owing money (regardless of your income level) makes you fat.
08.07.09
food politics

The Gourmet Q + A: Robert Kenner

The director of Food, Inc. discusses how “veggie libel laws” have silenced critics of the food industry, why travel is horrible, and more.
06.19.09
food politics

Space Farming Comes Down to Earth

Faced with budget cuts, NASA plant researchers are turning their attention to this planet—and they could be shaping the future of agriculture.
05.20.09
food politics

Slideshow: Space Food Through the Years

From freeze-dried powders to freshly picked greens, dining in orbit has come a long way.
05.20.09
food politics

The Gourmet Q + A: David Kessler

Author and former FDA commissioner David Kessler discusses the need for a nationwide eating-education campaign; why adults are addicted to baby food; and more.
05.11.09
food + cooking

20 Tools and Technologies That Have Changed the Way We Cook

In the years since WWII, a seemingly endless stream of gadgets and inventions has paraded through our kitchens, but these are the 20 that have had the most lasting impact.
02.24.09
food politics

The White House Chef Wars

A recent flap about the first family’s chef demonstrates why that position needs to be redefined.
01.15.09
food + cooking

Kernels of Wisdom

Learning to love popcorn and the country that invented it.
09.04.08
food politics

The Gourmet Q + A: Daphne Miller

An integrative doctor on the problems with Americanized ethnic cuisine and why al dente penne is less likely to give you diabetes than mushy spaghetti.
05.06.08
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