Corby Kummer is executive director of Food & Society at the

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, a senior editor of ''

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,'' and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science. Kummer is the author of ''The Joy of Coffee'' and ''The Pleasures of Slow Food'', the first book in English on the Slow Food movement, He has been called "a dean among food writers in America" by ''

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once said, "I think he's a very good food writer. He really does his homework. As a reporter and a writer he takes his work very seriously." He has received si
James Beard Journalism Awards

Early life

Corby Kummer is a son of Dr. Seymour I. Kummer of

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, and F. Ruth Kummer, and is a stepson of Joan Kummer. He attended high school at

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, and

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Career

Kummer is the executive director o
Food & Society
at the Aspen Institute which includes initiatives such as the Food Leaders Fellowship, Food is Medicine, Open Access, and Conversations on Food Justice. He has worked at ''The Atlantic'' magazine since the 1980s, currently as a senior editor. For years, he wrote a longstanding and influential column on food, cooking, with a special focus on Italy and sustainable farming and food-making processes. He has also been the restaurant critic of ''New York'', ''Boston'', and ''Atlanta'' Magazines and a food and food policy columnist for ''The New Republic''. Kummer appears frequently on television and radio programs with a weekly appearance on WGBH's Boston Public Radio as a featured food policy commentator and as a judge on The Food Network's Beat Bobby Flay. He is currently a senior lecturer at

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Friedman School.

Awards

Kummer is the winner of six James Beard Journalism Awards, presented by the

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for food writing. His most recent was in 2008. He has been a finalist for the

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Books

* ''The Joy of Coffee: The Essential Guide to Buying, Brewing, and Enjoying'' (2003) * ''The Pleasures of Slow Food: Celebrating Authentic Traditions, Flavors, and Recipes'' (2008)

References

External links

Official biography and articles at ''The Atlantic''

Official Twitter feed
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