Corby Kummer

Corby Kummer

Corby Kummer is a journalist who writes primarily about food. He is a senior editor at The Atlantic magazine, where he writes a monthly food column, restaurant critic for Boston Magazine, and curator of The Atlantic Food Channel, a blog devoted to food. He has been called "a dean among food writers in America" by The San Francisco Examiner. Julia Child once said of him, "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." [1] He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Early life and career

Kummer attended high school at Loomis Chaffee, a private boarding school in Windsor, Connecticut. Graduating in 1974, he then went to Yale University from 1974 to 1978. In 1981 he joined The Atlantic, where he still works. In 1995 and 1996 he was a restaurant critic for New York Magazine, leaving in 1997 to write restaurant reviews for Boston Magazine.

Awards

Kummer is the winner of five James Beard Journalism Awards,[2] presented by the James Beard Foundation for food writing. His most recent was in 2008. He has been a finalist for the National Magazine Awards.[3] He is a program advisor for Yale Publishing Course.

Books

  • The Pleasures of Slow Food: Celebrating Authentic Traditions, Flavors, and Recipes (2008)
  • The Joy of Coffee: The Essential Guide to Buying, Brewing, and Enjoying (2003)

External links

References

  1. ^ Boston University Food and Wine Seminars, notes. http://www.bu.edu/foodandwine/seminars/special_events.html
  2. ^ The James Beard Foundation award search page: http://www.jamesbeard.org/index.php?q=james_beard_past_award
  3. ^ ASME Searchable Database: http://www.magazine.org/asme/magazine_awards/searchable_database/index.aspx

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