1.   Culinary Institute graduates now take jobs in corporate dining management, product research and development and food writing, to name just a few areas.

2.   If you want to salivate over food writing, if you seek transcendent symbolism and metaphor, stick to M.F.K. Fisher.

3.   Jacobs might be called the William Safire of food writing, and it has nothing to do with his politics.

4.   John Thorne is the antidote to trendy food writing, a literate man who produces pleasurable, instructive, even profound prose, along with satisfying recipes.

5.   She has been honored by the governments of Italy, France, and the Netherlands for her food writing and her contributions to culture.

6.   This week he becomes executive editor of Gourmet magazine, arguably one of the most powerful jobs in the world of food writing.