Christy Harrison

Web Editor

Christy Harrison
Christy Harrison joined Gourmet in 2007. She was previously a senior editor and food editor at Plenty, a green lifestyle magazine, and she has written about food and environmental issues for publications including CHOW.com, Grist.org, and Natural Health.

Christy Harrison on gourmet.com

food politics

The White House Chef Wars

A recent flap about the first family’s chef demonstrates why that position needs to be redefined.
01.15.09
food + cooking

Kernels of Wisdom

Learning to love popcorn and the country that invented it.
09.04.08
food politics

The Gourmet Q + A: Daphne Miller

An integrative doctor on the problems with Americanized ethnic cuisine and why al dente penne is less likely to give you diabetes than mushy spaghetti.
05.06.08
chefs + restaurants

Challenging Tastes

The world is full of rowdy events sponsored by food companies. But the D’Artagnan Duckathlon is a little different. Here were some of the highlights.
05.05.08
chefs + restaurants

The Gourmet Q + A: Grant Achatz and Heston Blumenthal

The chefs discuss the process of writing their forthcoming cookbooks, the audiences they hope to reach, and the term “molecular gastronomy.”
03.24.08
food + cooking

A Dozen Eggs

Here’s a fresh look at 12 varieties of eggs you may know—and others you may never have imagined were edible.
03.19.08
food + cooking

Heirlooms-to-Be

Two new potato varieties worthy of canonization.
02.21.08
food + cooking

Behind the Blog: Ideas in Food

Gourmet’s Christy Harrison spoke to the bloggers of Ideas in Food about the allure of hydrocolloids and the frustrations of cooking for a New York audience.
02.14.08
food politics

The Gourmet Q + A: Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan speaks with Gourmet’s Christy Harrison about whale blubber, fake milk, and his new book, In Defense of Food.
01.08.08

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