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Editor's note: Say what you will about Gourmet Magazine, this is the real Ruth Reichl - passionate and opinionated - which makes it required reading for anyone at all interested in food and cooking.
Reichl on newspaper food sections: My basic feelings haven't changed, except to say that these days newspaper food sections are more relevant and more needed than ever before..."

A row has broken out in France over whether wine bottles should carry public health warnings. A report drawn up for the French Health Ministry recommended that wine should carry labels similar to warnings given on cigarette packets.

This is exactly how it should be done. If you are thinking of purchasing a chef's knife, start here.

"Handing over a diary of what my children eat in an average week would be, I feared, an exercise in humiliation because I know they don't get the ideal diet. I try hard on breakfast because I am there to cook it, but lunches and dinners are a different matter."