Rene Redzepi Graces Cover Of 'Time' Magazine, In Most Parts Of World

Time magazine doesn't often feature food-related topics for its cover, so it's a fairly safe assumption that when a chef graces the cover, he is officially a Big Deal. Chef Rene Redzepi appears on the March 26 issue of Time in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the South Pacific. He's not on the cover of the U.S. edition, but the story, written by Lisa Abend, appears inside.

Rene Redzepi has not exactly been desperate for media attention. Noma, his Copenhagen restaurant that features foraged cuisine, has received accolade after accolade, and boasts two Michelin stars. Some people think the restaurant was snubbed this year by not receiving a third star.

So why didn't Redzepi make the U.S. cover? The magazine's editors must think American readers are more interested in the fact that women are overtaking men as America's breadwinners than they are in an influential figure in the food world.

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Comments

[cabinetmaniac]

11:09 AM on 03/19/2012

Raising foraged foods to the gourmet level. Good job.

I live in Florida and there are many foods available for forage. Many of them right in my own yard. For instance purslane is sold in markets around the world and it grows as a weed most everywhere. Its comparable to spinach in nutrition and has the most Omega 3 fatty-acids of any leafy vegetable.

This site has a lot of info for the central Florida area about foraging.
http://www.eattheweeds.com/archive/

As far as Time having a different cover for North America it happens all the time. It's very likely that the cover of one region is different from the other three regions.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/europe/0,9263,901120326,00.html
(Just press the "Previous Issue" button to scroll back through time.)

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[Karl Wilder]

12:26 PM on 03/18/2012

They did not want to offend their corporate advertisers by putting such a 'radical' on the cover.

[Kevin73]

07:19 PM on 03/17/2012

I hope "forraging" becomes more popular so i can read more stories of people dying from mushroom poisoning.

[sabelmouse]

08:44 AM on 03/18/2012

i am so very sorry for you.

[Pavarti Ben]

02:40 PM on 03/18/2012

Me too. Sometimes ignorance is bliss, other times it's just stupid.

[watch out world]

04:40 PM on 03/17/2012

His not being on the US version of the magazine has nothing to do with the fact the magazine believes readers are more interested in learning how women are overtaking men as America's breadwinners. Please! It has everything to do with the fact that the powersthat-be in America -corporations, Big Pharma and Big Ag- don't want to give any of us any harebrained ideas that there are other things to eat in the world that haven't been processed ocovered in chemicals or doused in ammonia.

[Pavarti Ben]

02:42 PM on 03/18/2012

You hit the nail right on! My sentiments exactly fanned & faved.

[watch out world]

03:34 PM on 03/18/2012

great minds think alike!!

[victorzeller]

01:13 AM on 03/17/2012

"an influential figure in the food world"

Really? Americans can't wrap their heads around real food. But if McDonald's sells it then they know everything about it.

[robertsandimas]

07:04 PM on 03/17/2012

You are naive and probably an idiot. I am 70 years old, American, and have never eaten a thing from McDonalds.

[Francois G]

09:13 AM on 03/20/2012

Cobgratulations....

[Casa-Giardino]

10:36 AM on 03/18/2012

I am a 68 yr. old, Italian cook and never ate at McDonalds. When many Americans spend more time watching cooking shows than cooking and eating fresh food, perhaps Rene Redzepi should be on the US version of Time Magazine.
http://casa-giardino.blogspot.com/2011/07/locavore-before-term-existed.html