Part 1: A Cosmopolitan Life

A Cosmopolitan Life

(Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/business/media/30batterberry.html Links to an external site.)

The contemporary landscape of food magazines in America would not be what it is without the contribution of Michael Batterberry. To this day, Food & Wine and Food Arts remain very important in the culinary world, the former among consumers, the latter especially among culinary professionals. The success of Batterberry’s work is a testament to his ability to understand what was lacking at any given time in the current conversations about food, providing outlets for new ideas and approaches to develop. Andy Smith introduces us to his life and work.

Ariane Batterberry, Michael’s wife, talks about her husband’s life in Rome in the late 1950s, at the time of the Dolce Vita, and about writing about the history of restaurants in NYC.

Beverly Stephen, editor of Food Arts, gives us more information about Batterberry, and discusses the memorial issue of the magazine.

We can hear Michael’s talk about food, charities, and trends in this video. Links to an external site.

Here Links to an external site. you can read the Food and Arts report on Batterberry's memorial ceremony, and here Links to an external site. what food critic Gael Green wrote right after his death.

TNS_Logo3_Small_RGB-(1).jpg