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Laura Shapiro
wine + spirits + beer
Mondavi + America’s Wine Problem
The late vintner helped transform this country into the world’s largest market for wine. So why do so few Americans bother drinking it?
01.07.09
- Keywords
- laura shapiro,
- wine,
- culinary culture,
- robert mondavi
chefs + restaurants
The Lord is My Chef
Fall on your knees, and hear the angel voices, for here are three cookbooks that give new meaning to the term “kitchen bible.”
11.25.08
- Keywords
- ferran adria,
- el bulli,
- grant achatz,
- alinea,
- heston blumenthal
food + cooking
Fear Cuisine
During the Depression, comfort food meant marshmallow-spiked salads. What culinary disasters will the current economic crisis bring?
10.13.08
- Keywords
- laura shapiro,
- culinary culture,
- cookbooks,
- dessert,
- meat
food + cooking
Why Does America Hate Ratatouille?
Made from some of the season’s best produce, the dish should be a summer staple—but our national aversion to it runs deep.
08.27.08
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- best of gourmet,
- laura shapiro,
- french,
- thomas keller
food politics
Campaign Cookies
Candidates’ wives are high-level political operatives without a lot of free time. So why do we expect them to don aprons and bake?
07.22.08
- Keywords
- food policy,
- culinary culture,
- cookies,
- laura shapiro,
- best of gourmet
chefs + restaurants
Where Are the Women?
A look at why so few female chefs have risen to the top of the restaurant scene.
06.12.08
- Keywords
- laura shapiro,
- culinary culture,
- chefs,
- alice waters,
- gabrielle hamilton
food + cooking
What Ever Happened to James Beard?
James Beard was a colossus in American cookery, and now he’s barely a memory. What happened?
04.29.08
- Keywords
- laura shapiro,
- culinary culture,
- james beard,
- cookbooks
food + cooking
Dream Factories
The idea of a delicious, soul-nourishing meal that requires no work has long been a fantasy for women.
03.10.08
- Keywords
- laura shapiro,
- culinary culture,
- food prep,
- shopping
food + cooking
Culinary Sanity
Food was nowhere near the heart of Peg Bracken’s greatness; what she gave the home cook was freedom.
01.23.08
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- cookbooks,
- laura shapiro
magazine
Staying on Alone
They were a startling couple. But even today, nearly two years after Edna Lewis's death, Scott Peacock says that she still makes him the man—and the chef—that he is....
January 2008
- Keywords
- scott peacock,
- edna lewis,
- laura shapiro,
- southern u.s.