EDITOR’S NOTE
SO WHERE WAS I 25 YEARS AGO? Right here. Not in the same physical location (Saveur’s got much swankier digs now), and certainly not in the same position atop the masthead. No, back when this magazine launched, I manned the reception desk outside editor-in-chief Dorothy Kalins’ office. And let me tell you, my eyes and ears were open wide. I may have been hired to answer phones and fetch coffee, but what I did was eavesdrop, and watch, as this brilliant woman conjured up this groundbreaking food bible with a little help from her friends, Christopher Hirsheimer and Colman Andrews. Basically, I had a ringside seat at Saveur’s birth. It was messy, in a most fascinating and educational way. Middle-aged grown-ups passed out in office chairs after pulling all-nighters. Knock-down drag-out fights…