David Rosengarten
David Rosengarten (born January 25, 1950) is an American chef, author and television personality, who hosted or co-hosted more than 2500 television shows on the Food Network from 1994 to 2001. Personal life. Rosengarten was born in New York City to Leonard Rosengarten, a garment industry executive, and Lorraine Stein. He married Constance Childs on October 15, 1983, in a wedding catered by Martha Stewart. His wife is the granddaughter of photographer Shirley Burden and actress Flobelle Fairbanks, who is a niece of actor Douglas Fairbanks. She is also a descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt through her mother , who is a great-granddaughter of Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly and the last surviving granddaughter of the Vanderbilt family's patriarch. His two daughters, Andrea and Sarah, appeared frequently on Rosengarten's Food Network cooking show, which he called "Taste." His son, Bjorn Rosengarten-Bowser, has appeared on Martha Stewart's collaborative "Emeril's Table" cooking show. Rosengarten attended Colgate University where he earned a B.A. in 1971, holds a doctorate in dramatic literature from Cornell University (1980), and was an assistant professor of theater at Skidmore College. Print. Rosengarten was a contributing editor for "Gourmet" Magazine from 1995 to  1999, and was that magazine's New York restaurant critic. He published articles in several US newspapers including "The New York Times", the "New York Daily News," and "The New York Observer", and he was the weekly wine columnist of "Newsday." Other magazines and web sites for whom he has written include "Food & Wine," "Bon Appetit," "Harper's Bazaar," "Departures," "The Wine Spectator," "Wine & Spirits," and "The Wine Enthusiast;" currently, he writes for "Saveur," the Huffington Post, and "Forbes." From 2001 to 2007, Rosengarten wrote and published "The Rosengarten Report," which in 2003 won a James Beard Award for "best  food and wine newsletter." At its height, "The Rosengarten Report" had 50,000 paid subscribers. Television. Rosengarten's first hosting opportunity on the US channel Food Network was "Food News & Views." He then created and hosted the program "Taste," which premiered in February 1994 and ran for eight years on the Food Network, and co-hosted "In Food Today" with Donna Hanover He has also appeared frequently on NBC's "Today" show. "Entertainment Weekly" had the following to say about "Taste:" "Call it culinary voyeurism, but "Taste" is a cooking show even take-out addicts will find enthralling. David Rosengarten's  orgasmic ruminations on 'lobster synergy' and the textural differences between Lebanese and Portuguese pine nuts will give 'bring to a boil' a whole new meaning." In the middle of 2012, Rosengarten created a YouTube channel, "RosengartenTV." Travel. Since October 2006, Rosengarten has been organizing and hosting food tours in regions such as the Mediterranean, India and Iceland.