Corby Kummer

Corby Kummer's work in The Atlantic has established him as one of the most widely read, authoritative, and creative food writers in the United States. The San Francisco Examiner pronounced him "a dean among food writers in America." More

Corby Kummer's work in The Atlantic has established him as one of the most widely read, authoritative, and creative food writers in the United States. The San Francisco Examiner pronounced him "a dean among food writers in America." Julia Child once said, "I think he's a very good food writer. He really does his homework. As a reporter and a writer he takes his work very seriously." Kummer's 1990 Atlantic series about coffee was heralded by foodies and the general public alike. The response to his recommendations about coffees and coffee-makers was typical--suppliers scrambled to meet the demand. As Giorgio Deluca, co-founder of New York's epicurean grocery Dean & Deluca, says: "I can tell when Corby's pieces hit; the phone doesn't stop ringing." His book, The Joy of Coffee, based on his Atlantic series, was heralded by The New York Times as "the most definitive and engagingly written book on the subject to date." In nominating his work for a National Magazine Award (for which he became a finalist), the editors wrote: "Kummer treats food as if its preparation were something of a life sport: an activity to be pursued regularly and healthfully by knowledgeable people who demand quality." Kummer's book The Pleasures of Slow Food celebrates local artisans who raise and prepare the foods of their regions with the love and expertise that come only with generations of practice. Kummer was restaurant critic of New York Magazine in 1995 and 1996 and since 1997 has served as restaurant critic for Boston Magazine. He is also a frequent food commentator on television and radio. He was educated at Yale, and came to The Atlantic Monthly in 1981. He is the recipient of five James Beard Journalism Awards, including the MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award.

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Issue October 2011

Gluttony Without Gluten

It’s easy, with the help of good new products and even better books.

Issue July/August 2011

Chef City

Famous Las Vegas restaurateurs are finally making meals to match the hype.

Issue March 2010

The Great Grocery Smackdown

Will Walmart, not Whole Foods, save the small farm and make America healthy?

Issue October 2009

Sugar and Spice

Reinventing old-fashioned candy, naturally

Issue July/August 2009

Fixing Lunch

Tony Geraci is determined to get healthy food to the kids in Baltimore's public schools

Issue May 2009

Lambs to the Slaughter

Shoppers are finding more ways to buy humanely raised meat from close-to-home farms.

Issue March 2009

Not So Guilty Pleasure

If only somebody could get the cupcake right

Issue December 2008

Cheese Balls

Mozzarella’s American renaissance

Issue November 2008

Torch Song

Remembering the language of lyrics

Issue October 2008

Half a Loaf

When bakers break up, who gets custody of the recipes?

Back to The Jungle

"The food-tainting scandals, as much as the economic crisis, are the result of predictably unreliable 'voluntary' industry self-regulation that leaves the foxes guarding the henhouse."

Issue September 2008

Dining with Dionysus

A cooking school in the Greek islands shows that simplicity plus necessity equals great cuisine.

The Joyous Peculiarity of David Carr

Corby Kummer—David Carr's editor at The Atlantic—takes stock of Carr's gritty new memoir, The Night of the Gun.

Issue June 2008

Cooking for a Sunday Day

At Irma’s in Houston, Mexican food is in the right hands—mothers’ and grandmothers’.

Issue May 2008

Beyond the McIntosh

One man’s mission to save abandoned (and glorious) apples by helping people plant for the future

Issue April 2008

A Papaya Grows in Holyoke

A crime-plagued mill town in Massachusetts has discovered the roots of urban renewal.

Issue March 2008

Simple Pleasures

Three Tuscan recipes to welcome spring

Issue January/February 2008

Slow Food, High Gear

A new university in Italy aims to elevate gastronomy to an academic discipline—and put its students through a humbling workout.

Issue December 2007

The Magic Brewing Machine

Cool new coffeemakers bring out the deeper pleasures of a light roast.

Issue December 2007

Do It Yourself

The Biggest Story in Photos

2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

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