New York - July 28 - August 4, 2008

Times reports French are "incorporating Gallic flourishes like cornichons, fleur de sel, and fresh thyme" into cheeseburgers. Back off, France.

After nine incredibly successful years at Food & Wine magazine editing everyone from Jean-Georges Vongerichten to Joël Robuchon, Jane Sigal decided to heed the call of her other passion: books. As many of you know, before coming to F&W Jane lived in France, helped Patricia Wells research The Food Lover's Guide to France and she wrote her own cookbooks Backyard Bistros, Farmhouse Fare and Normandy Gastronomique (there's even a French edition!). The first project she'll tackle post F&W is influenced by her life here: it's a wine bar cookbook.

Since we never let talented people stray far from the magazine, we've gotten Jane to agree to becoming a Contributing Editor after she leaves the magazine at the end of December. In this capacity, she will continue to write for us, be our eyes and ears and mouth in France and hopefully also come in to do some editing on special projects.

Please join me in congratulating Jane.


Dana Cowin
Editor In Chief
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