I've got a new Magazine Whore column up over at Bookslut. This month's victim? The premiere issue of Food Network Magazine.
You may be surprised to discover that this is Food Network Magazine's
first issue. After all, the Food/Wine section of the newsstand has been
plastered with the faces of Food Network “stars” like Paula Deen and
Rachael Ray seemingly forever. It's almost as if someone in Food
Network upper management walked past the newsstand one day, picked up a
copy of Rachael Ray’s magazine, smacked their hand to their forehead
and exclaimed, "Dammit! Why didn’t we think of this?” A few marketing
meetings later, here we are.
Read the whole review.
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