The Recommender: Jill Bernstein, Fast Company's Editorial Director (Not Iron Chef Judge)

The three best things Fast Company's Editorial Director found on the Internet this week. More Recommendations Christina Chaey on bygone beers and Beyoncé Jessica Hullinger, Founder/Editor-In-Chief/Ace Reporter At "The Hullinger News" Miles Kohrman, The Cat-Juggling Intern Name: Jill Bernstein Role at Fast Company: Editorial Director Twitter: @jill_bernstein Titillating Fact: Twice, about six or seven years ago, Jill was invited to be a judge on Iron Chef America. "One of the episodes has aired repeatedly ever since, and people think that somehow it's what I do for a living, which is funny. Cooking has definitely always been interesting to me, though. One of my favorite things to do is read old cookbooks, like "The Picayune's Creole Cookbook" from 1901, which a friend gave me recently. Few of the recipes in these books are anything I'd ever want to try myself, but taken together they offer this amazing window into a particular time and place--what technology was available, what foods were accessible and in fashion, how things were presented--and served by whom, to whom. Even "The Joy of Cooking," which is originally from the 1930s, has, amid the sponge cakes and casseroles, a recipe for how to skin, fillet, and cook a muskrat.Read Full Story     Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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