it started with homemade yogurt and was cemented in a tiny kitchen.
Wahhh. According to Gawker, my favorite food journalist/recipe writer & tester/stylist/web cooking show host, Jill Santopietro is leaving T: The New York Times Style Magazine.
(photo: The Moment)
It was about a year ago that I found the piece on homemade yogurt. And since then, it’s like she pops up on my radar to remind me how much I dig her work. Even though I’m on The Moment all day every day, I have to click on her name on just to see if I’ve missed anything she’s written. It’s been six months since the last Kitchen 4B, formerly Tiny Kitchen, webisode and I, still, look at the videos list on the NYT Dining & Wine page like one could appear any day now between Bittman clips. I’m glad that I found Jill and I hope that leaving means amazing things are on her horizon.
It was because of those eight short webisodes, I wanted to know more. More about Jill’s take on things, more about food, more about cooking. One of the reasons I liked TK/K4B is that I got excited about cooking in an environment that was all too familiar. Jill and Jenny Woodward made the dreaded tiny NYC kitchen fun. Watching the videos, I laughed a lot, learned a lot and was challenged. I felt pushed to step up my game and get organized. I had to think about efficient use of space, not just cost or want/need. Instead of making due with less, it celebrated being creative and inspired by what you have.
Jill, wherever you go, I will follow. Please tell me that NYT will let you and Jenny take K4B somewhere, anywhere. Give me 30 minutes regularly and I’ll get back in bed with Time/Warner Cable. I promise.
Nikki♥
I felt the very same way when I hear Jill was leaving the NYT. I loved seeing her cook in her little kitchen and was always hoping for more.