Ruth Reichl salutes yesterday's 'Gourmet' with 'Gourmet Today'
With an introduction by Miami Herald food editor, radio and TV personality, syndicated columnist and bestselling author of low-carb cookbooks Linda Gassenheimer at the 2009 Miami Book Fair International, America's queen of gourmet cooking Ruth Reichl began her book event with a reading from the introduction to her new cookbook, Gourmet Today (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; September, 2009). Exclaiming over the 'new bounty' of fresh food diversity in supermarkets, Reichl examined the new sustainable food ethics emerging in today's gourmet markets and the growing trend toward local farming and farmer's markets, coupled with an increasing American appetite for vegetables and baking, revealing her own passion for Elvis Pound Cake. Unable to avoid the topic most on everyone's minds, Reichl then reflected on the demise of Gourmet magazine and what it means for the future of cookbooks and the professional passion for perfecting the pleasures of food. The former editor-in-chief of the now defunct Gourmet magazine wrapped her book event by taking questions from the audience on food writing and recipe testing; her 'adventures' with her PBS television network series; Gourmet magazine's last issueR and the one that died on the press; the effects of increased media competetion on gourmet cooking; gourmet recipes for Chinese cooking; and new trends in small farms, fish farms, and men cooking.
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Ruth Reichl salutes yesterday's 'Gourmet' with 'Gourmet Today'
