Gastronomica on the media's mind
Summer is soon upon us, and food and Gastronomica are on the media's mind: SF Weekly's SFoodie, in naming "The 10 Coolest Specialty Food and Drink Magazines" says "2... Gastronomica is the leading American publication for intellectual musings on food, yet it's rarely eggheady enough to alienate the enthusiastic general reader" (click here to read more), while across the country, New York Magazine asks "What Do Chefs Read?" and the answer for Neal Harden of NYC's Pure Food and Wine is Gastronomica, where he learns about "the cultural role of food" (click here to read more). Not to be outdone, Twitterers (Tweeters?) say of Gastronomica: "Nerdy foodie porn all the way" and a "national culinary treasure."

The Orchestration of the Meal
Gastronomica Editor-in-Chief Darra Goldstein will be speaking about the history of dining at the Cincinnati Art Museum on May 6th. Click here to listen to an interview with Cincinnati radio station WNKU in which she discusses her appearance.

Eating Chinese: Comestibles, Cuisine, Commerce and Culture
On Thursday, April 23, Brown University's Center for Race and Ethnicity and The Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson & Wales University will be joining forces to present "Eating Chinese: Comestibles, Cuisine, Commerce and Culture," including Darra Goldstein and Mark Swislocki's Keynote Forum, "Thinking About Food in a Globalized Century." Conference sessions are free and open to the public, but space is limited and advance registration required. See more at http://eatingchinese2009.blogspot.com/.

Gastronomica named 2009 UTNE Independent Press Awards nominee
We are proud to announce that Gastronomica has been nominated for 2009 UTNE Independent Press Awards in the categories of "Social/Cultural Coverage" and "Best Writing".

Winners will be announced at a celebration in Boulder, Colorado, during the Magazine Publishers of America's Independent Magazine Group conference (May 17-19) and published in the July-August issue of Utne Reader.

See the full list of nominees by clicking here.

Fifth Gastronomica Forum Set for May: Marshmallow Fluff
The next Gastronomica Forum will take place on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at Astor Center in New York City, from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

This fifth forum is inspired by Katie Liesener's article "Marshmallow Fluff" from the forthcoming Spring 2009 issue. We will explore what Fluff is, why it is so beloved by many, and how sticky an issue the nostalgia for childhood foods can be. Tasty Fluff-inspired treats will be served.

Tickets and more information are available at http://www.astorcenternyc.com/.

Suicide Food
"Young & Hungry" blogger Tim Carman considers Animal Mascots That Offer Themselves Up to Eat, the subject of Mark Morton's Orts and Scantlings in Gastronomica 9:1.

Gastronomica has won the AAP/PSP PROSE award for Best Design in Print
We are very pleased to announce that Gastronomica has won the AAP/PSP PROSE award for Best Design in Print (Journals Category).

The Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) announced the winners of the 2008 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (The PROSE Awards) at a luncheon yesterday in Washington D.C. Presented since 1976, the 2008 PROSE Awards received a record-breaking 439 entries - over 100 more than in 2007 and more than ever before in its 33-year history - from 60 professional and scholarly publishers across the country. Please join us in congratulating editor Darra Goldstein, designer Frances Baca and production coordinator Cheryl Owen Swope.

Runners up were Cultural Anthropology (AAA) and BJU International (Wiley-Blackwell).

Gastronomica named "Top Food Favorite"
From The Zest food blog's "top food favorites from 2008":

2. Gastronomica--Its replaced the New Yorker as the reading that keeps me up at night, and that I tote around with me to read at red lights/in the school pickup line/during other situations when I can peruse in snatches. This academic journal is a delightful study of all things food, even those that touch the world of food in a peripheral way."

http://thezest.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/and-finally/

Feast for the Eyes at Gastronomica Forum: The Art of Nina Katchadourian
What happens when food and marketing collide, while an artist turns her critical gaze towards the crash?

In the cheeky installation piece Genealogy of the Supermarket, artist Nina Katchadourian identifies relationships between mass-market brands, connecting characters (such as the Quaker Oats Man and Aunt Jemima) who stand in for common products from the grocery store. Each iconic face is treated to its own frame and all are laid out in a large family tree. In creating these relationships the artist raises questions about heritage, lineage, and how ethnicity equates with authenticity in the way we interact with both food and packaging.

Join us for our next Gastronomica Forum--Wednesday, February 18 at New York City's Astor Center--where we'll tackle the subject of food marketing with a panel including Katchadourian, Gastronomica Editor-in-Chief Darra Goldstein, and Graphic Designer/Food Culture scholar Cory Bernat.

For tickets and more information, please see http://www.astorcenternyc.com/class-gastronomica-forum-feast-for-the-eyes.ac

Gastronomica editor to give keynote address at Food Sustainability + Food Security conference
With international conflicts over hunger, food prices, and genetic engineering, the matter of food has become central to both environmental and economic policymaking. A three-day conference at UC Santa Barbara will bring together scholars from around the country to address topics related to the global food system.

The keynote address will be given by Darra Goldstein, editor-in-chief of the food and culture journal Gastronomica. She will speak on the topic "Can Food Be a Force for Social Change?" on Thursday, February 5, at 4:30 p.m.

Click here for more information.
Click here to read an article about the conference in the Santa Barbara Independent.

At Supper with Leonardo
John Varriano's article "At Supper with Leonardo" (Gastronomica 8:1) has raised eyebrows across the media landscape with his surprising finding-- revealed through the conservation of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece--of a Renaissance haute cuisine Last Supper menu of grilled eel garnished with orange slices, instead of the more traditional lamb and bread most observers had come to believe.
Click here to read the article.

Media mentions from London to San Francisco include:

The Food Section
http://www.thefoodsection.com/appetizers/2008/09/the-last-supper.html

Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1065948/Revealed-Jesus-eating-EEL-Last-Supper-painting-bread-lamb-according-art-historian.html

The San Francisco Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/x-1062-Orlando-Restaurant-Examiner~y2008m9d30-The-Last-Supper-was-a-slippery-affair

The New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10012008/news/worldnews/last_supper__eel_131520.htm

The Amherst Bulletin:
http://www.amherstbulletin.com/story/id/115465/

Gastronomica articles selected for anthology
The following articles have been selected for Holly Hughes' 2008 edition of Best Food Writing:

Sarah DiGregorio, "The Salami Maker Who Fought the Law"
(from 7:4, November 2007, info)
Eve Tai, "Roadtrip to Chinatown: Tasting Your Heritage, One Bite at a Time"
(from 8:2, May 2008, info)
Khyber Oser, "Losing My Carnivirginity: The Diary of a Lapsed Vegetarian"
(from 7:4, November 2007, info)

Gastronomica Editor to Host an Evening of NYC Readings
On Tuesday, Sept. 9 the Writing Program at the New School is hosting an evening of Gastronomica readings. It will be at 6:30 in Wolman Hall at the New School, 65 W 11th St., 5th floor, in NYC. Editor Darra Goldstein will moderate the evening, with readings by Gastronomica contributors Arlo Crawford and Sarah Odishoo.

Click here for more information.

Gastronomica Forum at NYC's Astor Center
The Gastronomica Forums, launched by Darra Goldstein, Founder and Editor-In-Chief of Gastronomica, are quarterly events featuring important articles from the journal as a platform for engaging in deeper conversations about food and culture.

The most recent Gastronomica Forum took place at Astor Center in New York City on Tuesday, October 28, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Gwen Hyman, author of "The Taste of Fame: Chefs, Diner, Celebrity, Class," discussed the meaning of celebrity with an impressive panel of New York City chefs.

Additional panelists included:

Andrew Carmellini, formerly the chef at New York City's A Voce and author (with Gwen Hyman) of "Urban Italian: Simple Recipes and True Stories from a Life in Food." A Voce won 3 stars from the New York Times as well as a Michelin star. Carmellini has won numerous awards, including Best Chef: New York City honors from the James Beard Foundation. Read more about their book.

Mitchell Davis, Vice-President of the James Beard Foundation, where he has worked since 1993. An adjunct professor and doctoral candidate in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, he studies restaurant criticism and its power to shape taste. Davis is the author of four cookbooks and has just finished writing about the role of restaurants and food culture in New York City.

David Chang is the owner and head chef of the Momofuku restaurants in New York City. After graduating from Trinity College in Hartford, CT, Dave attended the French Culinary Institute and began cooking at Jean-George Vongerichten's Mercer Kitchen. He then joined the opening staff at Tom Colicchio's Craft. In 2003 Dave moved to Japan, where he studied at various kaseki, izakaya and ramen restaurants. After returning to New York, he opened his first restaurant, Momofuku Noodle Bar, in 2004, followed by Momofuku Ssäm Bar in 2006 and then Momofuku Ko, a 12-seat space with a collaborative kitchen run by the Momofuku team chefs.

Gail Simmons handles special projects at Food & Wine, including management of the annual Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, the country's premier culinary event. Before joining Food & Wine, she worked as the special events manager for Chef Daniel Boulud's restaurant empire. Gail began her culinary career writing about food for Toronto Life magazine and the National Post; she then worked as a recipe and research assistant to Jeffrey Steingarten at Vogue. She has held apprenticeships at Le Cirque 2000 and Vong restaurants and is currently a permanent judge on BRAVO's hit reality series Top Chef, now in its fifth season.

The inaugural Gastronomica Forum in February 2008 took us to the front lines of the struggle in New York City between artisans attempting to preserve traditional foods and the regulators determined to modernize and standardize the workplace. Writer Sarah DiGegorio, charcutier Marc Buzzio, and a representative from the USDA presented their perspectives. The evening included a tasting of Marc's artisanal dry-cured meats from Salumeria Biellese, paired with Italian wines.

The second Gastronomica Forum explored the concept of taking care of the land and farming it to serve God, as seen from both the Islamic (tayyib) and Jewish (eco-kosher) perspectives. Writer Leah Koenig discussed the role of faith with farmers Zaid Kurdieh and Anna Stevenson. There was also a tasting of farm products and Middle Eastern foods.

A Summer Feast with Meatpaper and Gastronomica
On July 20, Meatpaper and Gastronomica, two independent-minded magazines that explore the intersections of food and culture, hosted a celebration the publication of their summer issues with a lively evening of artistic food and food-centric art at Perbacco Restaurant in downtown San Francisco. This event featured tastings from local chefs, as well as cocktails, an art exhibition, and live music.

Click here to view pictures from the event.

FEATURED PARTNERS
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Chef Chris Kronner of Serpentine and Slow Club
Chef Leif Hedendal
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and more

ART
Photographs by Charlie Grosso

MUSIC
Gaucho "Gypsy Jazz"

TASTE3
Gastronomica Editor-In-Chief Darra Goldstein spoke on "food as a path to peace in the Middle East" Saturday, July 19, as part of TASTE3, the annual conference exploring the intellectual pursuit of wine, food, and art presented by Robert Mondavi Winery.

http://www.taste3.com/program

TASTE3 brings together more than forty of the most compelling writers, thinkers, chefs, winemakers, journalists, artisans, and executives as speakers and hosts, joining 400 attendees who are every bit as tapped-in. TASTE3 will thrill, tantalize, engage, intrigue, provoke, and inspire both its audience and its speakers. The single-track program is broken into themed sessions filled with hard-hitting, engaging short-format presentations. Sessions are interwoven with breaks with networking opportunities and interactive exploration.

TASTE3 is presented by Robert Mondavi Winery. In the spirit of founder Robert Mondavi's vision, passion and leadership, TASTE3 aims to push the exploration and marriage of wine, food and art. Join us in the intellectual pursuit of wine, food, and art.

"Departures" with Gastronomica
Gastronomica was the subject of a feature-length article in the May/June 2008 issue of "Departures" magazine, an official publication of the American Express corporation. The article, entitled "Food for Thought," is an in-depth look at the history, founding, and appeal of Gastronomica.

Click here to download the article in PDF.

Recent media mentions for Gastronomica
In Utne Reader:
http://www.utne.com/2008-06-09/Arts/Chrissy-Caviar-That-Takes-Ovaries.aspx?blogid=32

In The New Yorker online:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2008/06/eat-that-metaph.html

In The Kitchn online:
http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/roundup-magazines/reading-gastronomica-economy-gastronomy-and-the-guilt-of-a-fancy-meal-052368

In Slow Food, Aprile 2008:
Click here to download the article in PDF.

In The Paupered Chef:
http://www.thepauperedchef.com/2008/04/some-more-obscu.html

In New York Magazine:
http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/04/food_magazines_you_should_be_reading.html

Gastronomica articles selected for Anthology
Ame Gilbert's essay "Around the World to Our Kitchen Table" (from 6:4, December 2006, info) and Carolyn Thériault's "Waiting for a Cappuccino" (from 7:1, February 2007, download) have been included in the Best Food Writing 2007 anthology.

Gastronomica Editor interviewed for Utne
An interview with Darra Goldstein appears in the "Great Writing" section of "Utne Blogs," a section of the Utne Reader's web site. She discusses, among other things, the origins and evolutions of Gastronomica, and what makes for good food writing. "For instance, in the May issue there will be an article that I find very disturbing, and I think readers will, too. It's about an artist who harvests her own eggs. It's a social commentary on caviar and the egg as a luxury good and the way women sell their eggs to make money. It's a perfect Gastronomica article because it's looking at food, but it's also horrifying and pushing against the edges of good taste."

For the full interview, click here.

Gastronomica makes Saveur's Top 100
Gastronomica has been included in Saveur magazine's "Top 100," the annual list of their favorite foodie people, places, and things. "Part high-brow food 'zine, part scholarly journal, the quarterly publication Gastronomica has been at the top of our bedside reading pile since its inception, in 2001. Rarefied but unpretentious, each issue is an artfully curated collection of essays, poems, art, and journalistic reportage . . . Gastronomica's fare never fails to nourish us." View the complete list here.


Gastronomica wins Utne Independent Press Award!
Gastronomica has received a 2007 Independent Press Award from Utne Reader, in the category of "Social/Culture Coverage." The awards honor the very best in independent media from the pool of more than 1,300 sources Utne uses to cull its content. "In a word: sumptuous," says Utne. Read their review here.

Gastronomica article in Utne Reader
Julie Guthman's article "Can't Stomach It: How Michael Pollan et al. Made Me Want to Eat Cheetos," from the Fall 2007 issue of Gastronomica, has been reprinted in the January/February 2008 issue of the Utne Reader. For more on the article, click here.

Gastronomica nomimated for World Food Media Award
Gastronomica has been nominated for a 2007 World Food Media Award in the category of "Best Food Magazine." The World Food Media Awards are presented by Le Cordon Bleu in Australia, and include entrants from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Belgium, Switzerland, New Zealand, South Africa, Germany and Malaysia. For more information, click here.

Gastronomica wins Gold Ink Award
Gastronomica has received a prestigious Gold Ink Award. Issue 7:1 won a Pewter award in the specialty magazines section. (More Info on this issue)

Graduate Student Award Won
"Selling the Storied Stone Crab" by Nicolaas Mink, Fall 2006, has been named Best Essay in Florida History by a graduate student. (More Info) (Buy this Article)

Best Food Writing of 2006
Two articles from Gastronomica have been selected for inclusion in the 2006 edition of Best Food Writing, edited by Holly Hughes. The articles are:

"Fulton Street Fish Market" by Maria Finn Dominguez, Fall 2005 (More Info) (Buy this Article)
"Italian Butcher Shop Blues" by Matthew Gavin Frank, Winter 2006 (More Info) (Buy this Article)

Gastronomica Editor Curates Exhibition
"For sophistication in implements few will have suspected we ever needed, the show [Feeding Desire] takes the cake."
Wall Street Journal, September 27, 2006

Click here to visit the exhibition's Web site.

Gastronomica editor Darra Goldstein, is the guest curator for the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum's presentation of "Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005," a rich, contextual journey through the evolution of dining from 1500 to 2005. More than 600 objects, including historic and modern flatware from the museum's permanent collection, are featured in the one-floor exhibition, on view from May 5 through Oct. 29, 2006 in New York. "Feeding Desire" offers a scholarly yet celebratory overview of the history of culinary culture, exploring the physical forms and social meanings of eating utensils and serving tools.
Download the press release here. (pdf)
Read a review of the exhibition (from the New York Times).

Darra appeared on KCRW's "Good Food" program with Evan Kleiman. To download a podcast, visit the KCRW podcast page and click on "Good Food". For more on "Good Food," click here. (July 29, 2006)
Click here for coverage of the "Feeding Desire" exhibition on the WCBS News morning show.
(July 29, 2006)
Listen to an interview with Darra on The Leonard Lopate Show. Scroll down the page to the Feeding Desire entry. (May 18, 2006, WNYC, New York)
Listen to an interview with Darra on The Faith Middleton Show. (April 10, 2006, WNPR, Connecticut)

Gastronomica Back Issue Sale
For a limited time only, issues from the first six years of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture are on sale! Individual back issues are only $8.00 each, and back volumes (4 issues per volume) are only $26.00; a savings of almost 40%! Don't miss out on this special opportunity. Click here to get started.

Gastronomica Presents: A Tribute to Julia Child
The August 2005 issue is devoted solely to remembering Julia Child and honoring her legacy. Julia, who died last year at the age of 91, changed the way America thinks about food, cooking, and the culinary world as a whole. An extraordinary roster of contributors has provided their thoughts, memories, and perceptions about the life and legacy of Julia Child, and many speak to how she affected their lives. Many of them are instantly recognizable to any food maven: Jacques Pépin. Anne Willan. Jasper White. Sara Moulton. Just as important are the less familiar contributors who have not written publicly about Julia before, such as Julia's longtime personal assistant, Stephanie Hersh.
Download the press release here. (pdf)
View the table of contents.

RSS Feed Now Available
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Gastronomica Awards

Winner, 2007 Utne Reader Independent Press Award
Winner, Gold Ink Award
Nominated for 2007 World Food Media Award
First prize (Prix D'Or), print media category, at the Gourmet Media Festival in Cannes, 2004.
Nominated for the 2005 and 2002 Utne Reader Independent Press Award
Named one of Library Journal's Best New Magazines of 2001
Winner of the Bronze prize at the Jacobs Creek World Food Media Awards in Australia, 2001

Gastronomica Reviews

For Issue 5:3:
"A keeper . . . Die-hard fans will want to get their oven mitts on Gastronomica.
Kansas City Star, September 7, 2005

"A loving tribute . . . filled with charming photos."
San Jose Mercury News.

"A cutting-edge magazine . . . the August 2005 issue features the same high level of writing."
La Voz, Pomona, CA

"I recommend that you run, not walk, to the Gastronomica site and get this commemorative issue before they run out of copies. If you have a passion for food, it is worth every cent."
Jennifer Iannolo, www.gastronomicmeditations.com, August 2005

"Julia will always live within us, but these articles will be with us forever."
Betsy Oppenneer, Certified Culinary Professional
The Breadworks, Inc.

"Intellectual Gastronomica vs. Low-Brow CHOW," Bookslut, February 2006
"The 'Thinking Person's' Food Magazine". The Daily Hampshire Gazette. January 16, 2004
Miriam Hospodar, in Food and Home magazine, Spring 2005
Critique: La gastronomie (revue générale des publications françaises et étrangères), Juin-Juillet 2004
Kate Muir, "Fraught and Social," London Times, 9 February 2002
Michael Prager, "Hungry for thought and the meaning of life," Boston Globe, January 9, 2002
pekopeko, a zine about food, Number Four
William Powers, "Belly and Brain," National Journal, 9/1/01
Paul Levy, in Times Literary Supplement, November 9 2001
Rosario Scarpato, in Divine Food & Wine (Australia), June/August 2001.
Patricia Unterman, "Serious Food, at Last," San Francisco Chronicle, April 8, 2001
Jens Linder, in Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm), 7 April 2001.
Margo True, "Words of Mouth," Saveur, April 2001
William Brantley, "Gastronomica Feeds Your Head," San Francisco Examiner, March 28, 2001
Cynthia Killian, New York Post, March 5, 2001
Judith Moore, in San Diego Weekly Reader, February 22, 2001
Marlene Parrish, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 15, 2001
Nigel Kendall, in eat 08

Gastronomica in the Media

"A Tool for Every Treat". The New York Times. April 26, 2006
Darra Goldstein on The Faith Middleton Show, WNPR, Connecticut. April 10, 2006
"Back from the fair with Julia and Martha in the kitchen". Fort Wayne News Sentinel. September 29, 2005
"OffBeat". Vidette Times, Valparaiso, IN, August 19, 2005
"Fast-food film turns thoughts to slow cookin'". The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. May 11, 2005
"One nation, overfed". Los Angeles Times. January 20, 2005.
"The Culture of Food" (by Gastronomica editor Darra Goldstein). The Women's Times. November 2004
"Dieting: suddenly, it's a guy thing." The Washington Post. September 29, 2004
"Foodisle". Monday Magazine, Vancouver, BC. September 16, 2004.
"MoCA offers 'Taste of Russia'". The Advocate, Williamstown, MA. January 22, 2004
"Food books expand their market". Daily Commercial Record, Dallas, TX. December 2, 2003
"Pilgrim's Progress". Better Nutrition. November 2003
"Phi Beta Food". Food Arts. October 2003
"House Hunter: Schooled". San Francisco Bay Guardian. September 24, 2003
"The Food Geek". The Wall Street Journal. September 19, 2003

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