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Posts Written OnJanuary 29, 2007

Mario Batali has a new website

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In case you missed it, uber-star chef Mario Batali has launched a new website. Normally, I’d barely care and certainly wouldn’t mention it here, but this time I’m proud of the relaunch because a good friend of mine is the designer behind it. The cool thing was that I got to see this thing from the inception-from design proposals all the way through to launch. At one point, they wanted her to visit at least one of the restaurants to get a feel for the cuisine, but as a strict vegan and busy mother of two, that hasn’t happened quite…

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Leaving the Long Island Wine Gazette

It is with much disappointment-but no regret-that I stepped down as editor of the Long Island Wine Gazette today. The reasons for this decision are as varied and complex as a mature glass of North Fork merlot, but creative (and business) differences with the publisher, increasing demands on the home front with my soon-to-arrive first child and a desire to pursue other wine-related projects all played a part. Although I only edited one and a half issues, I learned a lot-both about my own writing and my editing skills. And I also learned that it takes a lot of work…

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