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.
Pasteurization Without Representation

Pasteurization Without Representation

A Tea Party for dairy lovers? If you think taxes get people riled up, try taking away their access to raw milk. More »

Count Me In: No More 'Veggies'

Count Me In: No More 'Veggies'

My friend Margo Howard has it right: it's time to retire a word that never should have taken root More »

Scenes from a Boil Order

Scenes from a Boil Order

A "boil-water order" in Massachusetts reminds residents and restaurants alike about the need for safe drinking water that they usually take for granted More »

If You're in Boston Friday

Come hear Food Channel writer and sustainability expert Helene York, baker and new author Joanne Chang, and me at the Museum of Science. More »

Chef John Besh: Steamed in the Gulf

Nobody knows Gulf fish and New Orleans restaurants like John Besh. And he's getting impatient for federal action. More »

The Horse Meat of the Coffee World

The Horse Meat of the Coffee World

An article calls kopi luwak, beans picked out of civet dung, the caviar of coffee. It doesn't mention the taste: fairly vile. More »

Good Friday Is Hot Cross Bun Day

Good Friday Is Hot Cross Bun Day

Lent is ending, so it's time for Britain's contribution to Easter breads. And soon (okay, next week), Passover will end too. More »

Calorie Labeling: Best Part of Health Care Reform

Calorie Labeling: Best Part of Health Care Reform

No need to read all 2,400 pages—a mandate to take calorie labeling national is very good news More »

Beard Award Nominations All Round

The James Beard Journalism Awards nominate many Food Channel contributors—congrats! More »

Video Highlights from the Atlantic Food Summit

Video Highlights from the Atlantic Food Summit

Here are videos of three meaty panels from last week's Atlantic Food Summit, featuring Food Channel contributors Josh Viertel and Zeke Emanuel More »

Thanks, Food Channel Contributors!

After less than a year, we were nominated for a National Magazine Award for best online magazine section. It's only because of our great writers and producers. More »

Food Summit Action

Food Summit Action

The Atlantic's first Food Summit was as provocative as we hoped it would be. And that Margaret Hamburg! More »

Issue March 2010

The Great Grocery Smackdown

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

Welcome to a New Look

Everything's here—you can just find it easier. More »

Every Day Is Hot Chocolate Day

I stock nine kinds, and can always get out my unbeatable recipe for cocoa. More »

What, Me Nice to Walmart?

I say nice things about its produce in the Atlantic, and on a new video. Let open season begin! More »

Welcome, Ian Knauer and Tom Mylan

WELCOME, IAN KNAUER AND TOM MYLAN A snow day late, a welcome to two terrific new voices on the Food Channel. More »

You'd Call It Panisse, Too

YOU'D CALL IT PANISSE, TOO At a sweepingly romantic musical, Alice Waters is inspired by Pagnol all over again. More »

School Gardeners Strike Back

EXTREME EXCEPTION II The leaders of the Edible Schoolyards strike back--and so do many of their friends and foes. More »

Calorie Labeling Works, II

CALORIE LABELING WORKS Good news for companies: it doesn't hurt--and can even help--Starbucks sales. More »

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