Christy Harrison
Online Editor

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
- Keywords
- blogs,
- culinary culture,
- tv,
- cooking + technique
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
- Keywords
- health + science,
- nutrition/diet,
- obesity,
- christy harrison
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
- Keywords
- christy harrison,
- robert kenner,
- food policy,
- farming,
- q + a
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
- Keywords
- agriculture,
- farming,
- health + science,
- christy harrison
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
- Keywords
- farming,
- agriculture,
- health + science,
- christy harrison
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
- Keywords
- christy harrison,
- david kessler,
- health + science,
- q + a,
- nutrition/diet
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
- Keywords
- cooking + technique,
- christy harrison,
- corky pollan,
- kitchen,
- food prep
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
- Keywords
- christy harrison,
- food policy,
- chefs,
- barack obama,
- alice waters
food + cooking
Kernels of Wisdom
Learning to love popcorn and the country that invented it.
09.04.08
- Keywords
- christy harrison,
- culinary culture,
- farms + fish,
- nutrition/diet,
- produce
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
- Keywords
- christy harrison,
- daphne miller,
- health + science,
- q + a,
- nutrition/diet