Barbara Fairchild

Barbara Fairchild joined Bon Appétit in 1978 as an editorial assistant typing (yes, on a typewriter) recipes. Today, she runs the magazine, and with the closure of Gourmet last month, has become one of the most watched women in food publishing. After all, her Los Angeles-based magazine is the sibling that survived in Condé Nast's bloodletting. She's a powerful executive who splits her time between homes in Studio City and New York, when she's not at one of the many events she runs or attends all year.

Barbara Fairchild joined Bon Appétit in 1978 as an editorial assistant typing (yes, on a typewriter) recipes. Today, she runs the magazine, and with the closure of Gourmet last month, has become one of the most watched women in food publishing. After all, her Los Angeles-based magazine is the sibling that survived in Condé Nast's bloodletting. She's a powerful executive who splits her time between homes in Studio City and New York, when she's not at one of the many events she runs or attends all year.

BON Appetit is 50 years old, and Barbara Fairchild, the magazine's editor in chief, is celebrating. She'll be playing hostess this weekend at a splashy series of events called the Bon Appetit Culinary and Wine Focus Beverly Hills.

BON Appetit is 50 years old, and Barbara Fairchild, the magazine's editor in chief, is celebrating. She'll be playing hostess this weekend at a splashy series of events called the Bon Appetit Culinary and Wine Focus Beverly Hills.

Molly O'Daniel Danielson, 74, Santa Barbara philanthropist and community leader. The daughter of former Texas Gov. W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel, she was the widow of Richard E. Danielson Jr. of International Harvester. In addition to Santa Barbara, Danielson had homes in Los Angeles and Miami. In California, she served on the board of United Way of Santa Barbara, Fairchild Tropical Garden and the American Red Cross. She was also on the board of Miami's Vizcaya Museum. On Monday in Santa Barbara.

Total time: 45 minutes Servings: 4 Note: From "The Bon Appetit Cookbook" by Barbara Fairchild. For a variation, use a mixture of golden and red cherry tomatoes. Serve with crusty bread to soak up the sauce. 24 ounces whole cherry tomatoes (about 4 cups), stemmed 1/4 cup olive oil 5 garlic cloves, pressed 1 1/4 teaspoons dried crushed red pepper 2 tablespoons chopped fresh marjoram, divided 4 bone-in chicken breasts (10 to 12 ounces each) Salt and freshly ground pepper 1.

Robert P. Lieb, 88, a veteran character actor on Broadway, television and film, died Saturday in Los Angeles of complications from intestinal surgery earlier this year. Lieb, who was a native of Pelham, N.Y., attended New York University before becoming an actor. He made his quiet debut on Broadway, he often joked, as a body falling out of a closet in the 1940s hit "Mr. and Mrs. North." Roles followed in the original casts of "Two Blind Mice" and "Inherit the Wind."

Total time: 35 minutes Servings: 6 Note: From "The Bon Appétit Cookbook" by Barbara Fairchild. French green beans called haricots verts are perfect for this salad, but if you can't find them, look for the skinniest American green beans you can find. The recipe does not indicate thickness of steaks. We used steaks about one-half- to three-fourths-inch thick and changed the grilling time accordingly for medium rare. Salt 1 pound slender green beans, trimmed 6 cups baby arugula (about 6 ounces)

Total time: 45 minutes, plus 45 minutes standing time Servings: About 18 cookies Note: From "The Bon Appetit Cookbook" by Barbara Fairchild. You can refrigerate the batter overnight. 1/2 cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 pound bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, chopped 1/4 cup ( 1/2 stick) unsalted butter 1 3/4 cups (packed) golden brown sugar 4 large eggs 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 5 (1.

Bruce David Colen, who reviewed restaurants for Los Angeles magazine from 1974 to 1995, chronicling an era of emerging chefs and the city's growing culinary influence, has died. He was 81. Colen, of Sherman Oaks, died Tuesday of emphysema at Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles, said his wife, Jane Summer. "Bruce was an elegant and eloquent writer," Barbara Fairchild, editor in chief of Bon Appetit magazine, said in a statement. He "covered the L.A.

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