Since joining Gourmet in 1972, Zanne Early Stewart’s been refining her palate. Early in her career, she took classes with Marcella Hazan, Jacques Pepin, Nina Simonds, and the late John Clancy, and she continues to relish every learning opportunity. Her knowledge of food and wicked sense of humor have kept the test-kitchens spicy for decades. Recently she added the word "media" to her food editor title and looks forward to expanding her role beyond the pages of the magazine.
Zanne Stewart
Media Food Editor

Photograph by Romulo Yanes
Zanne Stewart on gourmet.com
magazine
Cooking Schools: Ballymaloe Cookery School
You will surely leave Ballymaloe Cookery School a more confident cook, and you might even come away with a green thumb as well.
May 2008
- Keywords
- zanne stewart,
- cooking school,
- travel,
- europe,
- darina allen
food + cooking
A Dozen Eggs
Here’s a fresh look at 12 varieties of eggs you may know—and others you may never have imagined were edible.
03.19.08
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- christy harrison,
- adam houghtaling,
- zanne stewart,
- jessica su
food + cooking
Ethnic Food, Aisle 10
For a cook, discovering a new ingredient is like a painter discovering a new color. And that's the source of my fascination with what is labeled the "ethnic aisle" at the grocery store.
September 2007
- Keywords
- latino,
- ingredients,
- south america,
- middle east,
- zanne stewart
food + cooking
Classic Cookbooks: An Invitation to Indian Cooking
An Invitation to Indian Cooking, published in 1973, invited and seduced me to delve into a cuisine I had never yet tasted.
06.13.07
- Keywords
- zanne stewart,
- cookbooks,
- indian,
- madhur jaffrey
food + cooking
Classic Cookbooks: Good Things
Grigson's tone is so encouraging that a timid cook might be curious to attempt a recipe in which spinach absorbs a pound of butter.
05.23.07
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- cookbooks,
- food prep,
- zanne stewart,
- jane grigson
food + cooking
Classic Cookbooks: A Treasury of Great Recipes
If you judge a book solely by its cover, one of the most used cookbooks in
my library might look too outrageous for your kitchen.
05.03.07
- Keywords
- zanne stewart,
- culinary culture,
- cookbooks,
- mary price,
- vincent price
chefs + restaurants
Going Bananas Over a Plate of Pasta
The menu from chef Michael Voltaggio started with abalone and cuttlefish in an abalone shell and topped with a puff of "pad Thai" foam.
03.30.07
- Keywords
- restaurant notes,
- molecular gastronomy,
- seafood,
- new york,
- zanne stewart
food + cooking
Taking Stock
I need only a tasting spoon to tell you that Gourmet’s roast turkey will make a wonderful base for gravy and/or soup.
11.13.06
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- food prep,
- thanksgiving,
- behind the scenes,
- test kitchen
recipes
Caviar Pancakes
Even made with supermarket roe, this dish makes an elegant impression.
May 2004
- Keywords
- mother lode,
- pancakes,
- caviar,
- eggs,
- seafood
recipes
Buttermilk Pancakes
You can use these pancakes for the caviar pancakes (view recipes) and save the remaining batter for breakfast.
May 2004
- Keywords
- mother lode,
- pancakes,
- vegetarian,
- breakfast,
- zanne stewart