Ariane batterberry biography examples

In , after five years as an editor on a restaurant trade magazine in Chicago, I was ready to move to New York.

So I put the word out to everyone I knew in food publishing: I needed a job. And word came back that Michael and Ariane Batterberry were starting a new magazine for chefs and restaurateurs.

I flew out to meet with them in their gorgeous, objet-filled Madison Avenue apartment.

It was aristocratic, refined, a bit over the top—just like them. "The Bats" told me tales of the old days at Food & WineI was sure I'd break or mispronounce something, tipping off this erudite couple that I was the hayseed I clearly was.

I felt totally out of my element: baffled, awkward, intrigued.

Ariane batterberry biography examples

Is that a Tiffany lampshade? Isn't that tablecloth really a rug? Is that an ascot he's wearing? Who on earth are these people?

The Bats were unlike anyone I'd ever come across. They called each other "darling," shared a fabulous sense of humor, and quickly