Food & Wine editor describing the challenges of styling bird carcasses for magazine covers, in the New York Times via CJR's The Kicker.

Though any avid Top Chef viewer knows that the quickest way to get a thumbs-up from judge Padma Lakshmi is to appeal to her love of alcohol, it seems that one former contestant can outdo even Padma when it comes to his appreciation for the hooch. Yes, Wolverine-resembling Season 2 runner-up Marcel Vigneron has been …

American Express Publishing—the owner of rich-people mags Travel + Leisure and Food & Wine, plus really rich person travel mag Departures—has a diabolical plan to keep all of its employees safely within its corporate confines. When employees in-house go to the Conde Nast website and click on "careers," they don't end…