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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.
Zanne Stewart
11.13.06
Keywords
ingredients,
food prep,
thanksgiving,
behind the scenes,
test kitchen
food + cooking

The Joan Rivers Effect

A couple of readers have criticized the "burned-looking turkey" on our November cover. If you think that turkey was burned, you’ve been bamboozled.
Maggie Ruggiero
11.10.06
Keywords
cooking + technique,
food styling,
behind the scenes,
thanksgiving,
maggie ruggiero
food + cooking

What's for Dinner?

Test kitchen work is mythical stuff. Shedding light on our corner of the magazine is not an easy task. Many of the rumors are true, some are not.
Ian Knauer
11.03.06
Keywords
culinary culture,
behind the scenes,
ian knauer
food + cooking

The Plane, the Plane

In a lucky turn of events I became the new muse of Kitchen Notebook. There was one issue that no one had yet thought of.
Maggie Ruggiero
10.17.06
Keywords
culinary culture,
behind the scenes,
maggie ruggiero
magazine

70s Introduction

The 1970s were intimately connected with getting, spending, and the self.
Anne Mendelson
September 2001
Keywords
anne mendelson,
behind the scenes
magazine

80s Introduction

Before American food lovers had finished absorbing the meaning of the 1970s, the noisy contradictions of the next decade were ringing in their ears.
Anne Mendelson
September 2001
Keywords
anne mendelson,
behind the scenes
magazine

90s Introduction

America limped toward the end of the century amid much pious rhetoric about swapping the expensive fripperies of the past 20 years for old-fashioned values.
Anne Mendelson
September 2001
Keywords
anne mendelson,
behind the scenes
magazine

Gourmet's First Decade

Contrary to later opinion, January of 1941 was a fine moment to launch a magazine that celebrated civilized and even luxurious dining.
Anne Mendelson
September 2001
Keywords
anne mendelson,
culinary culture,
behind the scenes
magazine

60s Introductions

Race riots, antiwar protests, assassinations, the summer of love, bra burnings, the Beatles.
Anne Mendelson
September 2001
Keywords
anne mendelson,
behind the scenes,
restaurants
magazine

50s Introduction

With the war behind it and the cheery face of Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Oval Office, the nation enjoyed a period of unprecedented prosperity.
Anne Mendelson
September 2001
Keywords
anne mendelson,
behind the scenes,
travel