PrintHarold McGee Ranks #143 on Time 100
Molecular gastronomist Harold McGee, author of the New York Times column "The Curious Cook," earned a #143 ranking on Time magazine's annual 100 most influential people list. Polling is entirely reader-generated, so the popularity contest has nothing to do with editorial opinions. Our food nerd hero beat out Oprah (#150), Steve Jobs (#174), Hillary Clinton (#183), Gawker overlord Nick Denton (#199), and the Dalai Lama (#207). McGee is the preeminent scholar of double-dipping, and the greater intersection of food and chemistry.
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7 Comments:
Congrats! Way to go. Food rules!.................................
Boscompb at 12:11PM on 05/05/08
Shouldn't they change the name to the 207 Most Influential People?
jamieforrest at 12:33PM on 05/05/08
@jamieforrest: I guess yeah. It's a little confusing - this is Time magazine's "Your TIME 100" : "TIME asked who you thought should be on the list of the 100 most influential people of the year."
I guess they wanted a user poll to match up with the Time's own 100 most influential list, but they ended up allowing 207 names in. My brain hurts.
Raphael at 1:14PM on 05/05/08
But what we really need to know is does he blog?
Karen Resta at 1:24PM on 05/05/08
Indeed he does!
http://news.curiouscook.com/
jackiecat at 7:08PM on 05/05/08
He's actually #46. Editorial choice. Check out this weeks magazine or http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733754_1735352,00.html
tomato at 10:57AM on 05/06/08
And, it should be noted that Alton Brown authored Time's #46 write-up for McGee.
DanaMc at 10:31AM on 05/07/08