Adam Rapoport
{{short description|American Former magazine editor}}
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| education = University of California, Berkeley
| occupation = Magazine editor, food journalist
| known for = Editor-in-Chief, Bon Appetit (2010–2020)
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Adam Rapoport (born 1969) is an American former magazine editor. After serving as a style editor at GQ, Rapoport was the editor-in-chief of Bon Appétit magazine from 2010 until his resignation in 2020.{{cite news|author=Paula Forbes|title=Adam Rapoport Is Officially Bon Appétit's Next Editor-in-Chief|url=https://www.eater.com/2010/11/1/6712149/adam-rapoport-is-officially-bon-appetits-next-editor-in-chief|work=Eater|date=November 1, 2010|access-date=June 8, 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Instagram post by Adam Rapoport • Jun 8, 2020 at 11:21pm UTC|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CBMT4rVg0H4/|access-date=2020-06-08|website=Instagram|language=en}}
Early life and education
Rapoport was born in Washington, D.C., to Maxine and Dan Rapoport.{{Cite web|last=Whittle|first=Andrea|title=Bon Appétit Editor-in-Chief Adam Rapoport On Why D.C.'s Dining Scene Is Having a Moment|url=https://www.cntraveler.com/story/bon-appetit-eic-adam-rapoport-on-why-dc-dining-scene-is-having-a-moment|access-date=2020-06-08|website=Condé Nast Traveler|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Moskin|first=Julia|date=2010-11-02|title=A New Flavor for Bon Appétit|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/03/dining/03Kitchen.html|access-date=2020-06-09|issn=0362-4331}} His mother was born a Polish Catholic and later converted to Judaism.{{cite web | url=https://www.haaretz.com/holiday-recipes-from-a-food-trend-setter-1.5161901 | title=Rosh Hashanah Recipes From the Man Who Sets America's Food Trends | work=haaretz.com | date=13 September 2012 | accessdate=12 September 2020 | author=Guttman, Vered}} His father was a journalist, author, and publisher who founded a small publishing company.{{cite web | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/daniel-rapoport-journalist-author-and-publisher-dies-at-79/2012/05/08/gIQAqsspBU_story.html | title=Daniel Rapoport, journalist, author and publisher, dies at 79 | work=washingtonpost.com | date=8 May 2012 | accessdate=12 September 2020 | author=Barnes, Bart}} Rapoport was raised Jewish.{{Cite web|last=Rapoport|first=Adam|title=How I Learned to Embrace Easter (and Easter Food)|url=https://www.bonappetit.com/columns/letter-from-the-editor-columns/article/april-letter-from-the-editor|access-date=2020-06-24|website=Bon Appétit|language=en}} He attended Woodrow Wilson High School, graduating in 1987,{{Cite web|last=Rapoport|first=Adam|title=Summer '87 and the Livin' Is Easy|url=https://www.bonappetit.com/columns/letter-from-the-editor-columns/article/editor-letter-august-2016|access-date=2020-06-09|website=Bon Appetit|language=en}} and then attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1992.
Career
In 1994, Rapoport joined the James Beard Foundation as an assistant in the foundation's publication office. In 1997, he joined the New York division of Time Out magazine as a restaurant editor.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=StarChefs — Writer Adam Rapoport - Biography|url=https://www.starchefs.com/cook/chefs/bio/adam-rapoport|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822154603/http://starchefs.com/cook/chefs/bio/adam-rapoport |archive-date=August 22, 2013 |access-date=|website=}} In 2000, Rapoport became the Style Editor of GQ magazine.{{Cite news|last=Severson|first=Kim|date=2020-06-08|title=Bon Appétit Editor Adam Rapoport Resigns|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/08/dining/bon-appetit-adam-rapoport.html|access-date=2020-06-09|issn=0362-4331}}
Rapoport succeeded Barbara Fairchild as the editor-in-chief of Bon Appétit magazine in 2010.{{Cite web|last=Brion|first=Raphael|date=2010-12-21|title=Barbara Fairchild's Final Letter From the Editor in Bon Appétit|url=https://www.eater.com/2010/12/21/6705129/barbara-fairchilds-final-letter-from-the-editor-in-bon-appetit|access-date=2020-06-09|website=Eater|language=en}}
In 2017, Rapoport hosted the first season of Food Network's Best Baker in America.{{Cite web|title=Best Baker in America - Cake|url=http://www.foodnetwork.ca/shows/best-baker-in-america/episode-guide/cake/|access-date=2020-11-14|website=foodnetwork.ca|language=en}}
In June 2020, Rapoport drew criticism after a photo resurfaced of him in racial brownface on Halloween 2004. Originally posted by his wife on Instagram in 2013, the photo was also framed on his desk.{{cite news |last1=Premack |first1=Rachel |title=Adam Rapoport's assistant of nearly 3 years gives an up-close view of the fallen editor in chief — and how Bon Appétit failed its staffers of color |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/adam-rapoport-assistant-how-bon-apptit-fails-people-of-color-2020-6 |accessdate=28 October 2020 |work=Business Insider |ref=BIRapoport}} He was wearing a t-shirt, a do-rag, silver chains, and a baseball cap.{{cite news |author=Staff Writer |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52977039 |title=Adam Rapoport: Bon Appetit editor resigns over 'racist culture' |work=BBC News |date=2020-06-09 |accessdate=2020-06-09 }} His leadership was simultaneously brought into question after food editor Sohla El-Waylly accused the magazine of discriminating against employees of color.{{Cite twitter |title=In case you’ve missed it: Not only is Sohla one of the only front facing Bon Appetit editors to denounce EIC Adam Rapoport doing brown face, apparently only white BA editors are paid for their video appearances. Here’s her Instagram story just now |user=sarahmanavis |number=1270069650060083207 |date=8 June 2020 |access-date=2020-06-09|website=Twitter|language=en}} That day, Rapoport announced he would step down.
References
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Category:20th-century American Jews
Category:Writers from Washington, D.C.
Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni
Category:Woodrow Wilson High School (Washington, D.C.) alumni