BARBARA FAIRCHILD is Editor in Chief of Bon Appétit magazine. She joined the magazine's staff in 1978 as an editorial assistant, and spent almost fifteen years as the executive editor before being promoted to Editor in Chief in 2000. She is a frequent guest on radio and television programs about food, restaurants, travel, and popular culture, and has been inducted by the James Beard Foundation into "Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America."