Episode #43: Tara Cox, Executive Managing Editor, Rachael Ray In Season and Drew + Jonathan Reveal
10/27/21 • 23 min
In Episode #43, Hanna Lee and Michael Anstendig of Hanna Lee Communications chat with Tara Cox, Executive Managing Editor, Rachael Ray In Season and the new Drew + Jonathan Reveal magazine.
At Rachael Ray In Season, Tara writes the “We Tried It” column, where she samples unusual foods and wacky gadgets. She is also a fan of Spam, the edible kind, and wrote the foreword to “The Ultimate Spam Cookbook.”
From diners to Delmonico’s, Tara levels the playing field between highbrow and lowbrow, celebrating truly delicious and authentic foods in any form. A 24-year veteran of magazine editing, she is also the author of “Airstream: The Silver RV” and will appear in “Alumination,” a documentary about the Airstream trailer community.
Tune in to this fearless and omnivorous journalist who shares her thoughts on:
1. Why she finds magazine writing so rewarding by making someone else's life a little bit better and expanding their horizons.
2. How Rachael Ray Every Day evolved into Rachael Ray In Season while maintaining its integrity and top quality journalism.
3. How the “We Tried It” column came about and some of the quirkier things she has sampled, like cricket cookies and a cocktail-making robot.
4. What differentiates Drew + Jonathan Reveal, the new magazine by the hosts of HGTV’s “Property Brothers,” from other home publications.
5. Why she thinks everyday, hardworking bar and restaurant workers are moving hospitality forward with their bravery, perseverance and creativity.
Connect with Tara via IG at @misscox.
For more information on our agency, please visit www.hannaleecommunications.com. For a chance to win our agency's new book, "The Japanese Art of the Cocktail," please email [email protected] and share your favorite pitching tip from the show.
Connect with hosts Hanna Lee (@hannaleeny), Michael Anstendig (@michaelanstendig) and our agency (@hannaleepr) on IG.
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In Episode #43, Hanna Lee and Michael Anstendig of Hanna Lee Communications chat with Tara Cox, Executive Managing Editor, Rachael Ray In Season and the new Drew + Jonathan Reveal magazine.
At Rachael Ray In Season, Tara writes the “We Tried It” column, where she samples unusual foods and wacky gadgets. She is also a fan of Spam, the edible kind, and wrote the foreword to “The Ultimate Spam Cookbook.”
From diners to Delmonico’s, Tara levels the playing field between highbrow and lowbrow, celebrating truly delicious and authentic foods in any form. A 24-year veteran of magazine editing, she is also the author of “Airstream: The Silver RV” and will appear in “Alumination,” a documentary about the Airstream trailer community.
Tune in to this fearless and omnivorous journalist who shares her thoughts on:
1. Why she finds magazine writing so rewarding by making someone else's life a little bit better and expanding their horizons.
2. How Rachael Ray Every Day evolved into Rachael Ray In Season while maintaining its integrity and top quality journalism.
3. How the “We Tried It” column came about and some of the quirkier things she has sampled, like cricket cookies and a cocktail-making robot.
4. What differentiates Drew + Jonathan Reveal, the new magazine by the hosts of HGTV’s “Property Brothers,” from other home publications.
5. Why she thinks everyday, hardworking bar and restaurant workers are moving hospitality forward with their bravery, perseverance and creativity.
Connect with Tara via IG at @misscox.
For more information on our agency, please visit www.hannaleecommunications.com. For a chance to win our agency's new book, "The Japanese Art of the Cocktail," please email [email protected] and share your favorite pitching tip from the show.
Connect with hosts Hanna Lee (@hannaleeny), Michael Anstendig (@michaelanstendig) and our agency (@hannaleepr) on IG.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode #42: Wayne Curtis, Drinks Columnist, The Daily Beast, Imbibe and Garden & Gun
In Episode #42, Hanna Lee and Michael Anstendig of Hanna Lee Communications chat with Wayne Curtis, Drinks Columnist for The Daily Beast, Imbibe and Garden & Gun.
Wayne won the Spirited Award for Best Cocktail & Spirits Writing at this year’s Tales of the Cocktail, where he also earned top accolades in 2017. He is the author of “And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails” and was a long-time contributor to The Atlantic.
Lend an ear to this jovial, inquisitive and scholarly journalist who shares his thoughts on:
1. How The Daily Beast, Imbibe and Garden & Gun have different editorial points of view and audiences.
2. How his stories often come about by posing the simple question, “Why do you do something in the way you do?”
3. How rum continues to fascinate him, from its history to its politics to its vast spectrum of flavor profiles.
4. Why he believes cocktail books written by bars are a snapshot of our times and provide an important historical record.
5. Why he thinks Sazerac Company’s Mark Brown, one of the brightest people in the industry and the author of an indispensable e-newsletter, is bringing hospitality forward.
Connect with Wayne via his website, www.waynecurtis.com, and on IG at @wcurtis.
For more information on our agency, please visit www.hannaleecommunications.com. For a chance to win our agency's new book, "The Japanese Art of the Cocktail," please email [email protected] and share your favorite pitching tip from the show.
Connect with hosts Hanna Lee (@hannaleeny), Michael Anstendig (@michaelanstendig) and our agency (@hannaleepr) on IG.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode #44: David Graver, Editor in Chief, COOL HUNTING
In Episode #44, Hanna Lee and Michael Anstendig of Hanna Lee Communications chat with David Graver, Editor in Chief, COOL HUNTING, a design-focused lifestyle publication.
David covers hospitality, travel, art and style and is also a contributor to Vogue.com and Bloomberg Pursuits. His byline has appeared in T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Vanity Fair, Vice, Elle, Surface and Guernica. He also co-hosts “The Accutron Show,” a cultural podcast.
Have a listen to this eloquent and empathetic journalist who shares his thoughts on:
1. Why he enjoys being Editor in Chief and mentoring young writers.
2. How COOL HUNTING views the world through the lens of design.
3. How its writers are generalists who are deeply curious about the world and write from first-hand experience.
4. Why it is okay to reach out to him and directly ask for coverage of a breakthrough.
5. Why people who support innovation are the ones moving hospitality forward.
Connect with David on Twitter at @DaveyBarrett and on IG at @daveybarrett.
For more information on our agency, please visit www.hannaleecommunications.com. For a chance to win our agency's new book, "The Japanese Art of the Cocktail," please email [email protected] and share your favorite pitching tip from the show.
Connect with hosts Hanna Lee (@hannaleeny), Michael Anstendig (@michaelanstendig) and our agency (@hannaleepr) on IG.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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