Jan Longone

Julia Child, James Beard, and New York Times food editor Craig Claiborne were all early fans of Longone's out-of-print cookbook collection.

[2] Their enthusiasm prompted her to create The Wine and Food Library in 1972, which offers books by mail order or private appointment and remains one of the most important antiquarian culinary resources in the world.

She recalled lively family dinners when her father would quiz the children over traditional Jewish dishes like gefilte fish and stuffed cabbage rolls.

When Wes Vivian lost reelection, Longone and her husband began teaching classes on food and wine at the University of Michigan Extension.

As graduate students, the Longones had little money, but they managed to scrape together the forty-eight dollars needed to buy a subscription.

[6] In 2014 Longone revisited the impact Gourmet had on several generations of readers by organizing an exhibition on "The Life and Death of Gourmet—The Magazine of Good Living" at the Hatcher Library at the University of Michigan.

[8] Between 2001 and 2003 she was the major writer and planner of Michigan State University's Feeding America digital cookbook project.

In June 2000 Longone received the Food Arts Silver Spoon Award for her work in uncovering and preserving American culinary history.