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Before an hour ago, I’d never even heard of The Food Magazine. After a quick Google search, I learned it came out earlier this year, it’s independently published, the editor is a woman named Candus Jane Zanghi, and most people think it’s pretty darn awful.
FNH reader Amy thought the magazine was so awful, in fact, that she went to their website and wrote them this intelligent, compelling letter. And let me just state this up front for the record: you will never believe the response she got back from the editor.
To Whom It May Concern,
I just read your premier issue and, wow, all I have to say is, “How embarrassing.”
The opening Letter From the Editor was terrible and not improved by the Facebook-online-dating-type photographs. My first thought, “Please don’t let this be the Cosmo of the food industry.”
Being an optimist, I continued into the magazine hoping my initial impression would improve, but it did not. I was disgusted by the poor quality of the writing, including several glaring errors (“plant,” instead of “planet.”) In most cases, it reminded me of my freshman year of college, when we first learned how to formulate a paragraph. It seems like such an amateur effort, I am surprised you were able to attract so many of the Food Network chefs. I guess I am assuming then, either the publisher or editor, must be related to someone who thought this ‘little effort’ was charming…or it is being funded entirely by advertisers.
The recipes were uninspired, with most of them available in cookbooks I already own. I guess I should be thankful you didn’t include any canned soups in your recipes, but you did stop just short of doing so, by using powdered salad dressing, dried spices and granulated garlic. Recipes of that caliber I can get from my local Junior League cookbook or a campy church potluck. The article about Piccino seemed fine until the premise of the article revealed that pizzas were the claim to fame of this little joint, but you, oddly ignored those, and included a recipe for hummus (sadly, without the tahini.)
All in all the magazine seemed as if it was formulated by a group of people, who for some unknown reason imagined themselves to be publishers, editors and writers. I’ve never felt compelled to write a letter to a magazine before, but I found this magazine so annoying, I had to.
I am hoping your efforts improve, and I am sure the huge outpouring of feedback you are sure to receive, should support this endeavor.
-Amy
The next day, Amy got a reply back that simply said, “Too funny.” That’s it! Wow, way to be condescending, Food Mag.
Amy received that ridiculous, borderline insulting reply on June 9th, 2009. Since then, she laughed it off, put it behind her, and totally forgot about her icky experience with The Food Magazine.
That is, UNTIL TODAY.
Three months later, literally out of the clear blue, Amy got this e-mail from Candus Jane Zanghi, the editor of the magazine. It read:
Hi!!! Did you see the new issue out yet? Check out my picture…it’s even cuter than the one in the first issue! I actually feel really sorry for you that you had time in your life to write such a jealous and harassing email, but I couldn’t help pointing out how cute I am. Attached is a pic for you of Eric, Seth and Daniel Boulud (maybe you’ve heard of him)…I am ok with the fact you don’t like my mag…I am happy with these guys loving it! Have a good day!
Um, I believe the response we’re all looking for here is: “WHATCHU TALKIN’ BOUT, WILLIS?” Where’s Ashton? Is Amy being punked?!
We don’t know who the hell Candus Jane Zanghi is, but she’s clearly out of her egomaniacal mind. First, who (other than Elmo) goes around telling strangers how “cute” they are? Is she eight years old? Second, why did it take her three months to reply? Did she have to look each word up in the dictionary as she was typing? Third, someone at her office seriously needs to rip the exclamation mark key off of her keyboard. And fourth, did we mention SHE’S THE EDITOR?!
For those wondering what she looks like, here’s her Facebook photo.
Candus Jane Zanghi needs a reality check. On what planet is it okay for the editor of a magazine to talk to the public in this juvenile, disrespectful way? These are your readers, you idiot! Face it: she only wrote a letter like that because she figured no one would ever see it. Well we saw it, and we’re appalled.
As for Amy, she hasn’t replied to Candus’ petty letter, and doesn’t plan to. Good for you, Amy.
Bottom line: Candus Jane Zanghi should be embarrassed for herself, and should apologize to Amy and to all the good people who work at her magazine whom she just humiliated with that correspondence.
And when she’s done with that, she should shove a gigantic piece of humble pie down her bony throat.
(Thanks for sharing your story with us, Amy. We’ve got your back! Hat tip to Syd for the Kanye photo idea.)
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290 Responses
She must be a freshman at my alma matter’s journalism program. Their school newspaper S-U-C-K-E-D. Everybody I knew hated it. I keep up with it online every now and again, and the quality has only gone further south. It infuriates me how these inarticulate, vapid, and shallow KIDS want to be professionals, especially in journalism.
Claudius Jane Zanghi should be standing in the unemployment line.
Oh wow this woman makes me gag. Ha, I’ve never seen such a horrible writer become and EDITOR[?] for a magazine, especially for one for such a popular channel as the Food Network.
I am 16 years old and I write for a few different websites, taking in around $90 or so for every 100 small articles I do. Considering I am going to a culinary school after high school and don’t plan on being an editor, novelist, or anything of that sort I am purely discouraged. This chick seriously puts a bad rap on writers and editors everywhere.
BURN HOE BURN[even though you are soooooo cute and like 25+yrs old]
PS; doesn’t anyone know is Candus, which I may say is a crappy spelling of that name, in college for literature and writing or has she graduated or anything?
Wow grammar fail for typing so fast. *an
Whose bright idea was it to start up yet another food magazine in an oversaturated market, anyway (let alone a crappy one edited by a no-nothing)?
Ok… I think I just threw up in my mouth. I want to punch this c**t in her throat, maybe she would spit out some more appropriate manners after that.
Thankyou for the heads up, this is one person who will not be reading this child’s magazine.
“On what planet is it okay for the editor of a magazine to talk to the public in this juvenile, disrespectful way”
If you were writing for the Food Magazine, planet would be plant!
F’ing unbelievable.
And it IS a crappy magazine!
Oh, and her hair needs serious help!
wow…
Cutty Parker Media – publishes Miss Candy’s mag. From their website: The FOOD Magazine is the creation of Candus Jane Zanghi, an independent publisher with Seattle roots—she came up with the idea two years ago while looking for a good food magazine at Metropolitan Market in West Seattle.”
So much for customer service.
At least someone got something. She just has my $12 and refuses to respond to any email or phone call. I finally had to report her to the postal services but I’d rather have my money back. It’s the principle of the thing.
Theft is theft.
like, omg…i bet she ends all of her sentences with an upper inflectionnn? like she’s aways asking a questionnnn? but she’s like waaaaay cuter that you. like surriosly.
Miss Candy looks like Casey Anthony – the young “mother” who might have murdered her own daughter.
Duh! Everyone knows people with crooked and/or quirky and/or half face photos on Facebook only pose like that because they’re ugly!
But really now. She should be embarrassed. I can not even believe her reply. You’re the editor of a magazine! A shitty magazine, but still! A magazine! Stop writing letters to people like you’re mad at them for stealing your 8th grade boyfriend.
Guy’s point of view: TOTALLY NOT HOT.
carry on.
Well, we’ll all enjoy a nice slice of schadenfreude pie (recipe here: http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/26/how-to-make-a-schadenfreude-pie/) when her magazine inevitably fails.
In this day and age where folks are eschewing printed media in favor for online content, if one wishes to start up a magazine in a niche that is already saturated with content, they have to offer something that nobody can get already from surviving magazines. Is Little Miss Tzatziki or whatever her name is focusing purely on the Seattle and/or Pacific Northwest food scene? That could get her a small yet dedicated readership, although plenty of food magazines give that particular area of the U.S. its culinary due. From what it sounds like, she’s Aunt (hic) Sandy, Jr. and we already have one of those.
Either way, she won’t be able to build that small yet dedicated readership because people expect quality for their money. If I’m buying a magazine, I expect the staff, especially the editor, to be literate. The editor shouldn’t be making the mistakes of a second-grader and then acting like a 13-year old when she gets called out on them.
She was asked why her magazine is so special that it should be purchased by anybody and her answer was that she’s cute. Well, being “cute,” (completely subjective, BTW) is not magazine editor credentials. Especially for a food magazine. Maybe Cosmo or one of the many teen magazines out there can use a vapid, barely on this side of attractive whore like you, but the legitimate culinary niche is all full. Thanks for playing, though!
And no, nobody knows who the fuck “Eric, Seth and Daniel Boulud” are. I hung out with the cast of One Tree Hill when I went to college in Wilmington and I’m sure a hell of a lot more people knows who they are. Who gives a shit?
i’m so glad you posted this. it was the right thing to do. the “little people” as you said, get bullied just like this every day in the real world. and i bet this woman never worked a day for anything in her life! “daddy, i want a magazine! wah!”
Gotta back up my main man Neo. She’s like the total antithesis of all things cute. No one likes a shallow bitch.
Automne, BRAVO, well said.
My favorite line: “The editor shouldn’t be making the mistakes of a second-grader and then acting like a 13-year old when she gets called out on them.” Could not have said it better myself.
How did they ever land CHEF SETH LEVINE? What a celebrity! You may remember him from the challenging 5th season of Hell’s Kitchen, where he was eliminated in the 4th round.
Totally awesome…I love it…feel free to keep making people aware of my magazine! Too cool! It’s in 40,000 stores right now. Somebody super nice just emailed me and told me about your conversation… Have a good night and keep talking…Yay!
(I have a great sense of humor…which is why I wrote Amy back…)
I just read this… after it’s been on for 1.5 years… and I love it…Too bad the magazine hasn’t gone under… Does anyone know if this bitch is still editor?…
I could use an editor… to correct the grammatical errors…here…
Candus…can you…maybe…help me find the errors?
Thanks…
Wow. Candus you have to be the phoniest person I’ve ever come across in my life. Yay!!!
If that is indeed you, there wasn’t a shred of humor in your response to Amy. It smacks of bitterness and entitlement. Grow up, especially since you are an editor and [hopefully] take your job seriously. You should take criticism in stride and be tactful and professional in your response to them.
Oh this is just too good.
I guess you have to have a good sense of humor if you have to wake up and look at that face in the mirror every day.
PS, your magazine reeks.
Bravo to Candus. The writer of the letter deserved exactly what she got. Maybe next time, she’ll be more constructive and polite. In return, people will treat her the same way.
You’ve got it all wrong on this one.
Jimmy, the writer of the letter deserved to get lectured on how cute Cand-ass thinks she is? That’s hilarious. Keep drinking the Kool-Aid.
Candass! That’s hilarious. It’s so 4th grade. Perfect for her level.
I can’t stop laughing. That Levine dweeb was one of the most gangly, awful, untalented chefs to ever hit Hell’s Kitchen (and that ain’t sayin’ much). Congratulations on landing him!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!
Completely agree with commenter GamerGF. Canduce, Candace, however the hell you spell it, there was not one ounce of humor in your reply. It was resentful and disrespectful and shallow and ignorant.
The funniest part is, I’ve read the magazine, hated it, and never bought another one. Now I see why it was so awful, considering you’re the one behind it. You don’t deserve to be the editor of anything, except Douchette Quarterly.
Whoops, sorry for the double comment but I forgot to say, major props to Food Network Humor for taking a break from regular posting to share this story! It was eye opening.
Candace, you idiot, I’m the “super nice” person who let you know about this website. And I wasn’t doing it to be “super nice.” I was doing it to rub it in your face that you were exposed as the rude, conceited wench that you so clearly are. YAY!!!!!!!!!!
I just read the ‘Daddy I want a magazine! wah!’ comment…No trust fund here. My dad is at my house visiting right now. He said to tell you that I didn’t need to ask him for a magazine because I am smart enough to make my very own…he rocks.
All parents tell their children they are good enough to make it on their own…even parents of Special Education students.
No, it wasn’t you Epic…it was somebody else…who is super nice and gets a free subscription to the magazine! This is fun!
Yay!!!!!!
Candus,
Magazines != High School
Get to know maturity.
It sure is fun. I’m having a blast. And tell your father he should have worn a condom that night. YAY!!!!!!
Cand-ass is either a rich trust fund brat, or blew the right people. No other way to explain int. In the real world, people with the IQ of rat excrement don’t get jobs as editors.
@epic, funniest thing i’ve read all week. hilarious bro.
Let that crack head “editor” know what you think directly on her twitter page at http://twitter.com/theFOODmag !!
In 40,000 stores, in 40 household garbage cans.
(You see, because only 40 people bought it because it is of poor quality and then those 40 people, upon reading it, then decided it would be best to throw it away due to its aforementioned poor quality.)*
*explanation for Kandiss.
Thank you, Jimmy…I don’t know why people have to be so hateful…life is too short…ok, this was fun…carry on!
Candus Jane Zanghi
Life is too short? Why be hateful?? Seriously, Candus? Why are you so damn hateful? I’m going to start a blog with all of the nasty emails you have sent my. Psycho!
This is too funny. Wait until tomorrow when the “daytime FNH crew” gets ahold of this. FIELD DAY!
You’re right, Cand-Ass, life is too short to write RUDE, CONDESCENDING E-MAILS TO YOUR READERS. You deserve every flame that is coming your way now, and then some. Grow up. And just so you know, you are really not all that.
CANDUNCE!!!
Hey Canduce, do yourself a favor and hire Jillian Madison. Your magazine needs some humor.
Jillian Madison is about the only thing that would get me to buy that magazine. PROPS TO FNH!
Can-douche? Is that you posting?
Candunce. LMAO.
You could be the hottest person in the world, and if you’re full of yourself, people will hate your guts. Proof, right here.
(I should clarify, my last comment is in no way insinuating Canduce is the hottest person in the world!)
We should make Canduce a t-shirt:
All these blow jobs… and all I got was this lousy magazine!
Kand-ass, like, OMG, hurry over to my place. The new 90210 is like, so fresh tonite. YAY!!!
Guys, be nice. Cand-ass WAS the creative force behind the national launch of ALL IN magazine.
(crickets)
Don’t forget the challenging work she did with the Beach Boys.
Ditto on hiring Jillian Madison. Um hello, how do you not already write for a magazine.
Gayle King, now that’s a t-shirt that I would pay good money to see.
I can’t stop fucking laughing at the photos of that dweeb Seth Levine all over that magazine’s website. He was the laughing stock of Hell’s Kitchen. Forget Bobby Flay.. LEVINE has a face like a bee’s nest, the sort of face I’d pay money to punch.
Food Magazine! $12 issues for $12. For Canduce and the rest of the people who can’t do math, that’s $1 an issue. You expect it to be good? You get what you pay for, folks!
Congratulations to the “super nice” person who took home that wonderful prize! YAY!!!
Poor little Canduce. I bet no one’s ever made fun of her in her life. Welcome to FNH, honey.
I actually picked up that magazine the other day at the store, but ultimately decided that 1) I didn’t want to spend the money and 2) the cover photo of Chef Eric Ripert looked really amateurish, so I decided to pass on purchasing the mag. Now I am glad that I did.
Did you look at the website? She’s the only with a picture on the contact page! Super cute…ugh
I believe if Candus is truly posting here, she may not do very well in her future business endeavors due to her petty responses and bickering. Part of starting your own business and working with the public is having the ability to take criticism (deserved or not) and channel it into something positive and constructive. Instead, (if she’s truly writing the above posts) she’s being defensive and taking this all very personally; thus breaking the golden rule of running your own business to never take anything personally. My impression of her is she’s very young and immature. By the way, I’ve never even heard of this magazine, nor do I care to even research what it’s all about. **See, Candus, just by me reading all of these negative comments, as well as your snide responses leads me AWAY from your product. Get it? Grin f*ck your enemies, sista and you’ll go far. Keep sending nasty emails to people and the like and see how far that gets you.
@Mel – You mean just like the Food Network?
This is very bizarre if in fact the posts here have been done by the editor Candice herself. Can’t imagine Ruth Reichel going on a rant like this. Or Christopher Kimble getting his bow tie askew because someone did not like their magazines.
I’ve heard of the magazine. I think I bought the premiere issue sometime back in the winter. Have entirely forgotten about it since then. Looks like they only have a second one out.
And for the record having ‘Seth Levine ‘ (if he is that same moron from Hells Kitchen that I think he is) is nothing to brag about even at gunpoint. I’d burn that issue before buying it.
candi dear,
you’re fueling the fire, peaches.
you look quite silly replying to posts on someone else’s website. i do understand though–it’s the most buzz you’ve had about the mag since its launch.
also, puh-leeease don’t let us know what your daddy told you to tell us. that is just silly.
Just had a look at the magazines website. Not exactly a selling point; very amateurish, out of date, and full seemingly in-cohesive random bits of information.
Wow, this is all very sad, honestly. After reading the letters and the first couple of comments I had already determined that I would not be spending my hard earned money (working in the restaurant industry) to purchase this magazine…now that I think that there is a remote possiblity that this Candus person is actually responding I am even less likely.
This is a perfect example of someone shooting out from the heart….C was personally offended and did not think about how to handle this is a professional way (or in a way that was in the best interest of the new publication) before she responded.
Clearly this new magazine is attempting to reach the budget minded, conscientious and often times stressed out cook….which would define me to a TEE.
Thank you FNH for saving me $7.99!
Are the recipes listed on C*ntAss’s website actually authorized for use? There are some Michael Chiarello recipes on there and a few Ina Garten ones…
I had bought the very first issue of Food Magazine and was very disappointed. I also wrote a letter to the editor and while I didn’t receive a rude response I was surprised that the editor didn’t take my critique more seriously. She was genuinely surprised about the spelling and grammar errors and didn’t seem to understand how some articles looked like ads and how difficult the articles were to read due to ad placement. Odd. I understand there have only been 2 issues. Very disappointing magazine.
Eh…I think it’s a FAIL all around. The writer of the letter really seemed a little mean-spirited. Grammatical errors (which have no place in a professional magazine) aside, the rest just seemed like an attempt at snark.
The editor’s reply was childish, unprofessional and pretty trite (oh look, “jealousy” as motivation…again). And if she is really responding here…then my point is made that much finer.
Have I read the magazine…no. Will I read the magazine…no.
I refuse to believe the editor of a magazine would have the time to come here and type “Yay!” over and over again to a pack of strangers. It is just too…weird.
Canduhs. That’s a much cuter (and more accurate) spelling.
YAY!
PJ, I totally disagree. I don’t think Amy’s original letter was snarky at all. I thought it was intelligent, and she made a lot of valid points.
It is definitely Canduce writing here. If you follow her on Twitter, you know she has a unique writing style all her own. Lots of !!!!! and annoying cutesy words which everyone here has had a field day mocking.
Also, I just wanted to say nice work, FNH, for once again saying what no other blog would ever have the balls to say. I love this place.
Yikes. er, I mean, YAY!!!!
What a sensational name for a food magazine! FOOD MAGAZINE! What’ll they think of next?
Copying and pasting recipes from foodnetwork.com without permission?
@Gamerge: Nope! Permission granted…you guys are still commenting on this? I am totally flattered. Is this a record for comments on a subject? Too Cool! :)
Food Magazine is a front. It’s clearly not about food. At least I hope not, considering it’s low, low quality.
Only an idiot would be flattered by people totally slamming her magazine.
Sammy – Imitating a ‘twat’ as an educational endeavor is not exactly hard, you’d just sample a sufficient amount of data…
Yes, I’m a nerd and work as a programmer.
The attitude presented would be pretty simple to ‘bot’ or script if it actually is her, yes that is pretty darn funny.
Sweet Jesus, I have never wanted to smack someone in the face so badly. Candus, you’re a smug little brat. Do the world a favor and get over yourself, honey. Run along now, I hear another poker player needs interviewing.
Candace is fugly. I wouldn’t fuck her with Andy Rooney’s dick.
Ok Dale, now that was funny. HAHAH.
Anyway, how is this unprofessional, immature, stupid woman the editor of anything? Her daddy must be rich. She seems like the sort of bitch you’d see on an episode of MTV Sweet 16.
Not everyone is going to like everything…so I don’t have a problem with that…all you guys do on this site is rip on people, so I am flattered that you have chosen me to continue to comment on. Nothing you guys are saying has any merit…and it’s not like any of you actually know me…I think it’s all pretty funny. Especially some of the comments like ‘She’s probably never worked a day in her life’…stuff like that makes me laugh. …wait for it…Yay!
I DO know you -personally, and you ARE a CRAZY, CRAZY bitch. I’m thrilled to see you finally getting what you deserve. I read that you were pregnant? AGAIN? Is it one of the two baby daddies you already have or are we going for a third?
Can’t say I was surprised to see your response to the woman who wrote you. Sounds about right. You never could take losing….
I do know her personally as well and can say 1) she is a crazy bitch, 2) her daddy is NOT wealthy, 3) she can suck a d*%# like a champ, and 4) she’s egotistical and not well educated.
An editor? I was shocked.
Candus, please keep commenting. This is comedic gold.
You are so transparent. The only comments that bother you have to do with you using daddy’s money, and you never working a day in your life. Those are clearly the issues you’re most sensitive about, because they are the most TRUE.
None of that matters. What matters is you wrote a ridiculous, embarrassing, completely unprofessional letter to one of your readers… a gloating letter with the sole purpose of complimenting yourself. That’s so pathetic that it’s laughable.
And nothing you say here is going to change that. So please, keep up the smug comments and attitude. They are only proving the author’s original comments about you, which are clearly dead on.
Please. Andy Rooney wouldn’t fuck her with Andy Rooney’s dick!
Oh, Gayle! I wrote a sarcastic email based off a stupid comment Amy XXXX (edited to remove Amy’s last name for her privacy) made about my picture in my first magazine. And you guys have nothing better to do than talk about it all night long…I think it’s funny you’re still all talking about it…I looked through this site and I think you’ve surpassed the number of comments made on the Sandra Lee Expresso subject. I am fascinated…and think it’s funny…again, especially since you don’t know me.
Candus, you miss the point, we do not *want* to know you.
You already proved that you are an idiot, case closed.
Well, Candus, about the only thing more lame than continuing to comment about you is YOU continuing to stoke the fires and enjoying all the attention.
How sad that someone of your cuteness level gets excited by negative attention from strangers.
A few more points:
1) Welcome to FNH. Just so you know, 83 comments is nothing for this site. Many posts have over 200 comments, so don’t feel important.
2) Nothing in your email back to Amy was “sarcastic.” It was narcissistic. And your refusal to acknowledge that you made a mistake only proves how inexperienced and juvenile you really are.
3) If we have nothing better to do than talk about it all night, then clearly, you don’t either. You’ve been commenting about it all night too. INSULT FAIL.
4) Who cares if we don’t know you? We know what we’re reading, and that’s quite enough for me.
Good luck with your “magazine.”
Did I say I wanted you to know me? Pretty sure I didn’t say that…positive I didn’t say that…and, why are you still commenting?
OMG…this has just gotten too funny! Candus, I love your, “I know you are, but what am I” response!! YAY!
Loser…
Candus, with your lovely and charitable comments here, I wonder why you didn’t name your magazine EAT ME?
Yep, tonight I am watching Gilmore Girls reruns and laughing at this site…
And, anyone who knows me would agree it was definitely sarcastic and the furthest thing from narcissistic…
comment on…almost halfway to 200! Yay!
Again, I DO know you. So sorry I tuned into this so late. I’m having the time of my life. Pretty sure they have you pegged Candus.
Status update:
The domain name CANDUS-SUCKS-ASS is still available, but after this thread, it surely won’t be for long!
This site is so fucking hilarious. I can’t believe I only found it a week ago.
@Billy: It is hilarious! I cant believe I just found it tonight! Yay!
Anyone who knows me? Once again paired with the “Did I say I wanted you to know me?” – Make up your mind?
You should be thanking Jillian Madison. This is the most your crappy magazine-thing has been talked about since it launched.
Question for Canduce: didn’t your mother ever teach you about humility? Why are you acting like such a superficial, fake bitch? It’s fitting that you’re watching Gilmore Girls.
Are you all serious, this cant be real people writing this blog. If you all think that the editor is really responding than you def all think this is really OPRAH.it is i swear im taking a break from tv to write this. What is wrong with this country I have never blogged before but I had to google something for a recipe and came across this. And the moron who does not know Daniel Boulud or Eric Ripert why would you ever be on a food site if you have no clue who any chef is,,,oohhh you think rachel ray is a chef i forgot 30 minute meals is the ultimate shes the best in the world, and then you guys talk about some guy from a reality show hells kitchen, yeah thats a real show im sure it showed exactly who he is and that loud mouth chef who gets paid a million an episode to yell has nothing to do with those chefs FxCKING up all day. GO BACK TO YOUR JOBS PEOPLE THIS WORLD IS IN TROUBLE IF 5 OF YOU SPENT THE TIME YOU SPENT WRITING ON THIS BLOG THE WORLD MIGHT GET BETTER. Clearly I spent to much time myself but I cant believe how stupid this world is. OH AND NOW I WILL DEF BE BUYING THIS MAGAZINE TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE ALL TALKING ABOUT. THIS MAG WILL PROB OUTSELL MY MAGAZINE ( O ) BECAUSE OF ALL U SHMUCKS
XOXO
OPRAH
P.S. HEYYYY GAYLE WHATS UP GIRL, YOU BLOG HERE OFTEN, TELL STEADMAN I SAY HEYYYYY
To the fake Candus:
I want you to stop posting as me. You are making me sound like I repeated special education at Charm School from VH1.
I want to apologize to Amy for sounding like a complete asshat. I know excuses are like assholes, but I am somewhat insecure in my abilities as an editor and as a person. I don’t know how to take criticism, so I basically have to use many defense mechanisms to make my already low self-esteem somewhat stable. YAY!!!!! At least that is what my psychiatrist says. Although I don’t have a problem. I can control my drinking. YAY!!!!
Rainbows and sunshine for everyone!!!!
Candus Z.
Oprah…you totally rock…yes, all these people need to move on to something else so I can finish enjoying this episode of the Gilmore Girls.
Let me clear something up for everyone (and for you, Oprah):
Yes, this is really Canduce, editor of Food Mag, replying here on this blog. How do I know? She typed Amy’s LAST NAME in one of her comments (which I did not reveal in my original post.) Nice move.
Canduce, yyou’re the editor of a magazine. If you want to be taken seriously, start acting like one.
I caught that too, Jillian, but wasn’t sure if that was her last name. Cool of you to have the sense to edit it out for her privacy. Hey, that already makes you more qualified than Cand-ass to be the editor of a magazine. Congratulations!
I think this is just all too funny…you all need to lighten up. So I wrote a sarcastic email to somebody…I will probably write more at some time or another…and maybe you will all spend another evening analyzing it and commenting on it…Yay!
Hey Canduce, I’m just wondering if you saw my photo on Pophangover? Because I LOOK SO CUTE THERE. Much cuter than the photo here on my avatar. I’m talking seriously f*@#ing cute.
Oh come on! I’m just being SARCASTIC!
Holy shit! This is like BATTLE OF THE EDITORS 2009. Lemme go get my popcorn!
This shit should be on PayPerView. Quick. Lube them both up with EVOO. I’d pay.
No, I haven’t seen it…but I am sure you look totally super cute!!! Maybe as cute as me! Yay!
Hell yes. I’ve got $1,000 on jillian. Place your bets.
Okay, guys, hold up. I have a serious question for Canduce:
Did your rich father drop you on your head when you were a small child? Was that before or after he gave you money to start your little magazine?
I didn’t know you were a writer…have you actually read the magazine yet? all kidding around aside, if you’d like to write something sometime let me know! Some of my writers also write for The Washington Post and Washington Times…and the main writer for the first issue that Amy hated went to Stanford and Columbia…and I was pretty happy with her work…in spite of what Amy said.
I’ve been reading this thread on and off all night. My wife and I thought that this was just a Canduce imposter commenting here, because no editor could possibly be so stupid and ignorant. Lo and behold, I was wrong.
Canduce, you have no idea how much credibility you and your magazine have lost in my eyes. You have completely underestimated Food Network Humor’s impact on your brand.
No one here is laughing with you. They’re laughing at you. You should take Jillian’s advice and just shut up.
Jillian it’s only a matter of time before we lose you to the mag world, i know it. you should be writing for something like maxim, not food mag. don’t do it!
No Candace, it’s not all too funny. It’s real, and it’s serious. Not only are there casual readers and commentators on this site, but there are also bona fide journalists, agents, p.r. reps and culinary celebrities who regularly visit and read this site, even if they do not comment. And a post like this, with your cavalier responses, particularly if they continue, will undoubtedly have an impact in your career.
I still don’t understand why Canduce would write back to Amy THREE MONTHS LATER. What’s the point? To rub it in her face that she has the almighty capability to put her own photo in a magazine?
And why would Canduce say Amy’s original email was “jealous and harassing”? Hardly!
Canduce, you graduated college in 2001, right? So that makes you… 30? Maybe it’s time to stop acting like you’re still in 6th grade.
Enjoy your Gossip Girl reruns. Like, totally. YAY.
Hey Candus, maybe learn to spell first before calling yourself an editor? Yay?
Yay CJZ, ditto Lana, you really missed an opportunity here.
I still don’t understand why you all care what I wrote in an email…that is what is funny…and you all rush to google me and two of you sent me facebook friend requests to try to get some sort of info…totally stalker stuff Alexis…I am guessing you went to MySpace…and it just doesn’t make any sense. This is a parody site that is supposed to be funny and you guys are mad that I can laugh at what you are posting…I am sure this is not the last time I am going to be criticized or my magazine is going to be criticized…but this is the first time. And I am fascinated by why you all are wasting your time talkin about it. Totally fascinated that Alexis took time to find out when I went to college and try to figure out my age…or a little scared now that I think about it…
Oh please. Again with you flattering yourself, or are you really that stupid? Jesus. It’s called a basic GOOGLE SEARCH that took me about 2 seconds. You have ve a LinkedIn profile which comes up on the 1st page of search results which shows the year you graduated.
If you don’t want people knowing that information, TAKE THE PAGE DOWN, EINSTEIN.
@Candus
What medication are you taking or perhaps not taking?
Canduce Zanghi, uh, you basically have the most ridiculous name ever. It sounds like a rare communicable disease that there’s no cure for. Like, OH SHIT, I got canduce zanghi when I went to Africa last year.
@Candus What is funny is that you don’t care about your reputation. You may have been able to fool people in the past by acting “cute” and stuff, but that isn’t going to cut it in the real world. I know people like you who think they can get by on their looks/fake personality but they only fool other dumb people. At least act like a professional for the sake of the other people associated with your magazine.
Oh…ouch… pharmaceutical insults…
Ok, Gilmore Girls is over…off to bed…this was fun! Chatter on…
@Alexis:
Yes she is that stupid, but she makes up for it by being so darn cute. Kittens and babies are enraged!!!! They want their cuteness back.
Oh wait, I almost forgot! Yay!!!!
Lana has a really valid point. I know for a fact that many celebrities, accredited journalists, and A-list foodies read this blog regularly (I am an agent for a major television network, sorry can’t say which one). I would even venture to say a few of them comment under fake names. The fact that Canduce, the editor of a magazine, is here carrying on like a 6 year old is mind boggling. Who the hell is funding this magazine, because it’s no one I’ve ever heard of.
Here’s a tip:
I wouldn’t claim to be so damn cute when Aunt Sandy has better hair than you.
Good luck when your magazine kicks the bucket.
I edit a magazine distributed worldwide – not on the subject of food though.
This behaviour from Candus turns my stomach… The print world is slowly dying with major titles going out of business every month. And here we have a little punk stinking up the joint.
I have forwarded this thread on the to The Food Mag’s publisher. Hopefully they see sense and bring the curtain down on Candus-two-issues before they lose even more money on this ill-conceived venture.
double post apology…
As Candus-two-issues will know all too well, the print world is ran by a very small number of powerful distributors who make or break publications.
It’s a shame their regional managers have just been tipped off to her behaviour.
I’m thinking Candouche has blackmail pictures of Eric Ripert with some dead hookers and that’s why he has sunken so low as to appear on the cover of this rag…
Candus, honey, sweetie, bubbala…whoever told you that you were cute…lied.
I have to go under the assumption that this idiot, Candus, is the Editor-in-Chief because nobody in publishing with their faculties would hire this hack and she probably was funded by her father to start the magazine appointing herself, in charge.
I had never heard of this magazine until its mention at this web site but rest assured after finding it in some obscure, out of the way pharmacy, I will be looking out for its final issue.
Candus, euthanize this thing and put it out of its misery. Do the humane thing and let it die with what little dignity it has left.
LOL I just read all the previous posts..I can’t wait to see Candi (total stripper name by the way) in a sanwich board with the message, “Will Work for Food”. Sarcasm or not this jackass answers to someone and I guarantee she will not have her job for much longer even if daddy is the financier.
She is hideous to look at! She makes Anne Burrell look like Bar Rafael with the charm of a rabid raccoon. She is not long for this publishing world and I look forward to her demise. I think we could ensure her failure by forwarding her 3-months-later-response to every chef, restaurant group, culinary school and competitor of the magazine and fill them in on Candi’s (stripper name, God it’s as gross as she is) approach to customer service. Surely her glib, ‘catch me if you can’ attitude will change when she has alienated herself from any possibilty of work in this industry.
Whattyasay? Anyone but me semi-unemployed with nothing but time?Let’s make the chick with a stripper name squirm, ya wanna?
p.s. Gilmore Girls? Doesn’t the editor of a magazine have more pressing things to do then watch reruns? What is really wrong with this broad?
than*
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BTW I love your blog!
Well, I know the editor, if that’s what you want to call her. As far as her “employees”, she has none, she works out of her apartment and has very little experience in the magazine industry. She has lied to many people to get this magazine published and only did it in spite of The Food Network. She took money from people buying subscriptions not even knowing if a 2nd issue would ever be published. In addition to that, she can’t cook at all and has pretty much no interest in food other than fast food she eats daily. The picture in the new issue, that picture was taken YEARS ago and you can tell by the fact it was scanned in. It’s obvious, this magaizne has a very short shelf life and so does her “career”.
So this horrendous excuse for a magazine exists in my state? I’m half tempted to petition stores to stop carrying this trash, ample reason being the comments left on this website.
And really, does little baby Candi need any more money for fake nails and Hollister shirts? Probably pulls more bills from her glittery g-string on Saturday than she does from this rot.
Candi – you’re right. We don’t know you. Thank god for that. However, based on your responses here and your ability to handle criticism, there’s one thing I think we can all agree that you are: unprofessional. Your magazine – while not a complete tragedy – lacks originality and structure. With your current attitude and business approach, I think it’s safe to say this project won’t last long. Here’s to hoping you learn your lesson.
Holy mackerel! This thing is still going? Too funny…I don’t have time today to play, but am anxious to see the sheer number of posts tonight when I have a sec to check. What’s the prize for you all going over 200 posts on a subject? Yes, I agree with HUH??? you all certainly need to find a better use of your time…although it has been entertaining for me to read…Yay!!!
Candi–seriously–end this nonsense. Step away from FNH, and come to terms with the fact that you effed up and are outnumbered by people who are becoming increasingly hostile toward you. Several people have already promised to ruin your career. Save what minuscule amount of dignity you have left, stop digging yourself further into a hole, and GO AWAY.
@Candus ~ this is the ‘first time’ you’ve been criticized? When I goggled, the 1st blog I read described you this way:
Her picture from issue #2 looks like it was taken at a frat party and posted on her facebook with the caption “Dress to get screwed party 2009.” ….friends don’t EVER let friends toast the camera with flat ironed hair in their face. Act your age as it takes credibility away from the magazine.
Sums it up pretty well I think.
Everything about the magazine and the letter/response has been said, so no need to reiterate the stupidity of the editor. However…..
Did anyone happen to look at the web site?
( http://www.thefoodmag.com/ ) It is a horrid, horrid excuse for a web site. It looks like it was “developed” with a $79.99 template from “Templates R US”.
Since her magazine is going nowhere fast perhaps Candi, with all her tact and clear thinking, can get a new job as one of the cohost on this rumored Paula Deen Kate Gosslin talk show fiasco.
This reminds me of the postings on the Pauler Poopy thread back in June of the young lady who had a stick of butter tatted on her arm. I don’t remember what her name was, but she continued to chime in after negative comments were made about her choice, defending her position and snarking back at the FHN posters. I remember one opinion balked back at her, warning her (and I paraphrase) ‘not to read ones own press’; makes one seem egotistical and starving for attention. Well, Ms. Candus, may I pass that bit of instruction to you? If you are truly serious about your magazine endeavour, then I would suggest that you stop commenting and concentrate on your goal. With each post you loose credibility, and without that, you really have nothing. So either fix what is being criticized here in regard to your writing style, content, typo errors, layout…wait, that’s the entire magazine. Yikes. Best get back to work, missy, or find a job. I hear Burger King is hiring.
Well, she is cute but clearly immature. Who the heck are ” Eric, Seth and Daniel Boulud “? Brothers? She implies they all have the same last name or is that just her inept writing skills shining through? Um are these people some random dolts that like her rag and think she’s cute? I’m befuddled, what a moron she is! (and a rude on to boot!)
candus,
all snarky comments aside, your magazine has serious issues that need to be addressed: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=51442456231&topic=11407, among others.
This is the most amazing exchange EVER in the history of food blogdom. I’m in love with this site more and more every day.
Candud darling, au contraire– we DO know you and THAT is the saddest lesson in this melodrama. You have told us everything we need to know. Thanks.
Oh, and for the record–your incessant use of the phrase “you all” makes me want to ram my eyes out with a hot fireplace poker.
Eric is Eric Ripert. Daniel is Daniel Boulud. The Seth is as we should certainly all know is Steh Levine…(sound of total silence). She apparently has some sort of hard*n for this guy. He is featured prominently on her out of date website and is in the second issue of the magazine.
Seth you may not remember was on Hell’s Kitchen which we all know is a show case of ‘leading culinary talent.’. Seth was best remembered for being an overly avid fan of Ramsay and knowing numerous details about his life. Freaked him out a little. Seth spent most of his time on the show standing around looking confused.
So as far as Candi goes Seth is a huge star because he was on a few episode of a bad tv show.
Just goes to show you that in today’s new media, if you have a pulse and can speak, you can be in the magazine bidness.
I just wonder how many pickle washes the three named chefs required before agreeing to appear in her publication.
Considering just how shitty food magazines have become in the past few years, just how long do you think this broad will last ? If Gourmet & Bon Appetit are sucking wind how the fuck do you think Candus Cunnilingus can last ?
Hey this wacky broad might just fit in well over at the FN Kabuki Turd Circus.
Oh that is HILARIOUS.
I’m always glad to see people stick it to bitchy customers, lol.
Wow. Just Wow. According to the Twitter page and with info from another blog, it appears that the 1st issue was released in late Jan or early Feb, and the 2nd issue was released at the beginning of this month. 7 months between issues? For a mag that bills subscribers for 12 months per year? And she has the nerve to be rude and unprofessional to potential customers? My 8 year old conducts himself with more decorum that that.
New drinking game…go to her Twitter page and down a shot every time you see “Yay!”
http://twitter.com/theFOODmag
Candi, baby, what is this all about?
“No, it wasn’t you Epic…it was somebody else…who is super nice and gets a free subscription to the magazine! This is fun!”
First, did you have your lesson on ellipses vs. commas this week? Second, does that make all of your readers super nice? I can’t imagine someone actually paying for a subscription. Third, perhaps most importantly, you do realize that half of the comments on this post (the comments that seem to validate your self-worth, based on how hot and bothered they make you) are from you, right? Just wondering.
Yay!
Yeah, that’s lame, but I actually have issues with Amy, too. She didn’t learn to formulate a paragraph until college? What school system did she have the misfortune to be stuck in as a child?
And what’s her problem with dried spices and granulated garlic? Most spices, in fact, are dried, and fresh garlic isn’t feasible for all applications — for instance in high-heat situations where there’s a risk of it burning.
Sorry, Amy. Not impressed.
Handi Candi’s table of contents from her rag-mag lists:
“Foodictionary – definitions of obscure culinary terms such as chiffonade.”
Yes, it actually calls chiffonade OBSCURE! LOL
Having gone back and read the whole thread (no; I have nothing better to do at the moment), I’m rather shocked. I remembered Amy’s foreshadowing comment, “How embarrassing.”
Indeed, Amy. Indeed. I’m confused by how this magazine can possibly exist, given what’s happened here.
“Chiffonade” is obscure to anyone who doesn’t know diddlysquat about food. Why didn’t she start up a hairstyle mag? Oh yeah, she doesn’t know anything about that, either (judging by her photo).
Woah, people. This is supposed to be a fun site. We are all adults here. Obviously some feeling were hurt. The initial letter to the magazine was harsh, even if warrented. I can understand the editor taking offense. Granted her response wasn’t the most appropriate either. Don’t we all have better things to do the sling insults at people we don’t even know? I’m a little embarrassed reading all of these responses.
Whatever, Dana. Canduce has been egging everyone one. She’s deserving of everything being slung her way, IMHO.
Candus Zanghi… is that Korean?
No, at least I don’t think so and I dearly hope not. I would rather be related to Guy Fieri than that smug, condescending witch.
well then don’t read them Dana. The initial letter was professional and totally warranted in my opinion.
I guess it would be just too too boring for food magazines and food TV programs (I’m talking about you, Food Network) to involve only people who actually are experts in the culinary field.
Hey, I eat! That qualifies me to start a food magazine or write a cookbook! Or have my own show on FN!
LOL!!!
The Kanye pic just made me laugh out loud! Too good!
@Dana You’d probably be appalled at my letters to Bob Tuschman after $10 Dinners’ ding-dong Melissa was chosen.
To put my response in terms, CJZ can comprehend, “OMFG.” This is blowing my mind. I am late for a meeting right now, but I cannot tear myself away from my chair. I have NEVER seen somebody act this way! I don’t know whether to be entertained, embarrassed, or cry. Honey, you’re bringing down the reputation of all people 30 years old. Most of us would NEVER react the way you have on this post. It’s glaringly obvious to me that you and your magazine are going down, WAY down, and you are holding on to any press you can get at the moment. Wow. I’m shocked. Just wow.
And please stop with “YAY!” First of all, it’s “YEA!” Secondly, every time I see it I think of the puppet with special needs from Crank Yankers.
And finally, it is very telling that Eric Ripert is not touching your magazine in the picture on your website. Somebody’s holding it in front of him to make it look at first glance that he’s ‘endorsing it’ physically. Yes, somehow you were able to swing getting that heavyweight for the cover of one of your 2 issues (don’t care enough to figure out which one), but we’ve all done things we regret, yes? After the showing on this website, I would be shocked if him or anyone of his caliber EVER agrees to do anything associated with your publication again. I hope you really do like this Seth person, whoever he is. Sounds like that’s going to be the best ‘chef’ your last few issues can possibly get for any sort of profile. Good luck to you in future endeavors. I believe they will be coming your way sooner than you may think…
@Ferd: “Hey, I eat! That qualifies me to start a food magazine or write a cookbook! Or have my own show on FN!”
…or Bobby Flays’ replacement for NFNS judge!
…or internationally-renowned food critic!
Canduhs thinks the more posts she has about her here, the more important and famous she is. She’s actually counting the posts.
I haven’t even read the magazine, but I wouldn’t bother with it because of her attitude toward readers and potential readers. If she’d been sophisticated and humble, I would have thought, “Wow, that’s a professional who cares about her magazine, her backers, her readers and her potential readers.”
That’s how you get respect from people, not this weird spastic “Yay!” stuff and flame-baiting.
Holy crap. I can’t believe all of this. All I want to know is “who thought gray would be a good color for a food website?” What. the. hell?
And boy, is Candus full of shit. A serious editor wouldn’t have time to have a petty blog comment battle online. I guess Daddy promised to get her PR manager after the third issue.
You guys are so funny on here. You state that the email was “intelligent”. So, opening up with a rude and unprofessional opinion like that is “intelligent”? Than I can see why you have no clue what intelligence is. You guys are such cry babies…drink a tall glass of ‘Suck It Up’!
Again with the “you guys.” You’re really clever, SPARKly.
@ Dana: Please stay out of this. I haven’t been this entertained in a looooong time. And besides, Can-Dunce was begging for it!
You are a prime example of how low humanity has sunk and the reason why the Food Network comes up with shows that insult your “intelligence”. Though it pains me to agree that this is pretty entertaining.
Maybe I should be ashamed to admit this but I’m more intrigued in the magazine now than I would have ever been before. BUT I cannot stand a so-called “professional” publication that is laced with multiple and glaring errors. It’s the same reason I sent a letter to the editor of my local city newspaper for which I received a response of, “newspapering isn’t a job for perfectionist”. I quipped back, “Newspapering? Isn’t that what you do to the bottom of a bird cage, not a career?” Yeah, so it would probably be bad for my blood pressure to buy a copy if I managed to find one.
TheSpark/Candouche/whoever-you-are: Editors are supposed to be able to take criticism of their publication.
I can’t believe how stupid Candus is. How can someone possibly produce a magazine when she can’t even write? Plus, the Kanye pic was hilarious! As always, great job FNH.
I think the Neelys would pose for the cover. Aren’t they part of the culinary “elite” ? Or is Food Magazine aiming at a different socio-economic demographic ?
THESPARK, While I’m drinking my glass of Suck-It-Up, I’m handing you a plate of Eat-Shit-And-Die.
JustANobody, I bet CJZ would love her issue mailed back with red ink corrected mistakes. Make sure to include your name so she can send you a ‘thank you’ like Amy’s.
Ms. Canduce,
I took a gander at your magazine and I implore you to apologize and back out gracefully at this time. If not here because you’d like to maintain that this isn’t you, at least extend some kind of apology to your paying reader, Amy. I see that you are featuring Mario Batali and Emeril in your magazine and I am sure you would hate to see people like that avoid you and your magazine like the Bubonic Plague. It may seem like swallowing your pride but what is really is doing is saving your a____. Work out the kinks in your magazine, get a better feel for what niche your food magazine seeks to fill, and listen to your customers, the good and the bad stuff alike.
Good luck in your future endeavors.
PS– I can just see TushchieSon getting in a debate and tit for tat like this. I bet you’d fit in nicely at FN and perhaps that can be one of your future goals.
LMAO @ “Oh-Come-On”
I thnk we all should search out a copy and do just that, mark it up real purty like with red marker and even put a grade on it!
Oh @Candus Zanghi- Its ESpresso, not EXpresso…you obviously didn’t read the thread to Aunt Sandy did you?
Quote: “So, opening up with a rude and unprofessional opinion like that is “intelligent”? Than I can see why you have no clue what intelligence is.”
Ms. Magazine Editor, the question mark goes inside the quotation marks. And it’s “then,” not “than.” Go back to school.
Candus, as an editor I have to put my two cents in here. Your behavior is incredibly unprofessional. Your attitude and actions are very immature, especially for someone of your age. In all seriousness, I’ve hired high school interns with more talent, tact and professionalism than you will probably ever have unless you decide to GROW UP. Aside from that, the best piece of advice I can give you is this: DO NOT POST ANYTHING ON THE WEB THAT CAN POTENTIALLY NEGATIVELY AFFECT YOUR CAREER, INCLUDING PHOTOS AND COMMENTS ON BLOGS. EVER. Yes, it’s important enough to be written in CAPS. If you expect to survive at all in the business world in any form of journalism you need to be mindful of everything you do. It also doesn’t hurt to develop skin as thick as an elephant’s. You may be 30, but you’re still a thin-skinned, whiney, little brat. Until you’re over that, you’re going nowhere.
@Karen “7 months between issues? For a mag that bills subscribers for 12 months per year? And she has the nerve to be rude and unprofessional to potential customers?”
Based on this alone, I think anyone should be VERY cautious about subscribing to her so-called magazine. Given the experiences I have had with magazines in the past which have followed a publishing “schedule” such as this, it sounds like Candy is at the helm of a rapidly sinking ship. Then there’s her general level of maturity and professionalism to consider, of course.
Lord.
Even the website is awful, full of stray punctuation marks and odd spacing. WTF is going on here?
Canduce? I say Can-NOTS. What a twit, and apparently a swindler besides, if she’s not actually delivering 12 issues of her rag mag. Does the BBB know of this?
Or the Attorney General Frauds Division?
From one editor to another, Zanghi: Please STOP.
That letter to you *was* rather unnecessarily rude. However, your actions and responses here go beyond unprofessional. These fourth-grade taunts, the abuses of language and punctuation you’re tossing out here, the fact that the only comeback you can respond with is “You guys are still talking about me. YAY!!”….You’re seriously making the rest of us editors (heck, us humans) look bad here. If you can’t respond with language and grammar usage befitting a grown woman who’s defending her position in a writing-related job, then please don’t respond at all.
(Guys, I will start noticing my own writing errors in this comment in 5, 4, 3, 2….;)
I just love how proud Candouche is for getting this many comments.
Canduce, sweetheart, the more people that read this and comment negatively (which is all the posts minus 3 or so?) are people who are never going to buy your magazine. They also happen to be a huge part of your target demographic.
So, go ahead and get excited to watch those numbers skyrocket. I’m sure “inverse relationships” are too hard for you to understand, but I’ll try to clear it up for you. More comments equals less readers = less money for you.
And I’m not even a business major!
What I fail to see about this horrible little diatribe that calls itself a magazine is that it is nothing more than a glorified catalog hawking Food Network shit. Contents include…. Tacky knives; orange pots and pans; crappy recipes; Rachel Ray flavored ice-cream; and articles on beloved (?) Food Network “stars” who don’t even know how to use a knife properly.
Whatever happened to the good ole days of Food Network? Sarah Moulton, I miss you darlin! At least you went to culinary school!
i know i came to this one late, but i have to mention my horror at the thought of “Rachel Ray flavored ice cream”.
Oh yeah, Candus (who the hell spells their name that way anyway?) you are a horrible editor and writer… If you are going whore yourself out to a company like FN, at least be proud of your work and present something a 6th grade English teacher wouldn’t return marked up.
I had an email response from one of the distributors who handles a major supermarket chain. Looks like Candunce has one less sales channel now.
Yay!
So someone critizes the writing in the magazine, and Canduce defends it by mentioning the prestigous schools from which the writer graduated, as if that somehow magically transforms poor work into good work. That is SO LAME and also very stupid. I would never buy a magazine edited by someone who is so stupid and so rude and unprofessional.
OK seriously…what thee fuck is up with all the exclamation points? I looked at the site for this rag and in every caption for each photo there is a minimum of two exclamation points. Is this hideous bitch on crystal meth? Or is she just so happy to not be working the pole any longer that she simply cannot contain herself? Candi..try expressing your enthusiasm with WORDS not punctuation. A wordsmith you are NOT.
WOW…Too damn funny. I just took a peeksy at the website. HMMM, want your guys take on this. If that is a piece of chicken, then pigs fly and i’m having flashbacks. Damn I do miss those days.
http://www.thefoodmag.com/celebrity-chef/gramsay_stuffed_chicken_breasts.htm
@RYDEE, LMFAO!!! That is most certainly a piece of salmon!
On the plus side, when you google her name this is one of the top results to come up. So when future employers try to google her and find out what she’s about, she’ll be completely exposed.
My personal favorite was a comment she wrote about her magazine in February – “We will definitely be around for a long time and appreciate everyone’s feedback on our Premier issue!” Apparently only as long as it is positive.
@Rydee
That is so salmon.
@dachshundcrazy
HA! did not even think about that…. yet another price she is paying for.her with immaturity.
@RYDEE,RAE – and no prosciutto to be found, either. One can only hope that the website is a huge inside joke riding the coattails of her printed folly.
About a million posts ago, someone said that this whole debacle sounded like daddy gave this spoiled brat some money to keep her busy and out of his hair. Her responses (and a mere 2 issues in 7 months) only reinforce that possible scenario.
@Rydee – this is perhaps the true end of Can-what’s her bucket. She is the editor (in chief, I presume)of a food mag and she doesn’t know the difference between a fishy and a chicky? As much as I can’t stand Aunt(hic)(eeerppp)Sandy, I think even SHE would know the dif. Pretty sorry state of affairs. So well done for the ultimate exposure of too little talent and too much parental overindulgence.
I can also see her totally crying to Daddy right now! “Daddy, they’re so mean! How can they not love my little project when I’m so darn CUTE?!? Oh…you picked up my new car today? Yay!!! Who needs a magazine, anyway?”
“Can I have a pony?”
@Rydee If you look at the name of the picture it’s labeled “halibut.” If you want to see what the G. Ramsey chicken breasts with sage actually look like, there’s a photo here:
http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/food/273239/Gordon-Ramsay–039-s-stuffed-chicken-breast
Also note that the version on the “Food Magazine” website also does not list prosciutto as an ingredient despite the name being “STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS WRAPPED IN SAGE & PROSCIUTTO.”
@ Rydee: Nice one! That was SOOO funny! Sadly, I purchased the PREMIRE issue. I was wandering Sams club and stopped to grab a quick mag. on my way to the hospital. “Thank God!” I bought it at Sams due to a decent discount on the mag. Upon reaching the hosp. I began to peruse the articles. I was stunned. At first I thought it was my morphine that had me seeing things. It was so bad even my 12 yr old was shocked at the poor spelling.And the sheer number of ad’s was monumental. especilly for such a small mag. On my next visits I looked and looked for months. Here I was thinking maybe it was just the 1st issue that was bad. I talked to the magazine rep. who said they had no idea what happened to the mag. So, her poor professionalism has been there from the start. Now to hear that she was taking subscriptions on a mag. that is on such shaky ground isn’t all that surprising. Today I was searching for Food Networks Mag. and found this site. I’m so glad! I’m an organ transplant patient and am in chronic pain. Boy I needed a good laugh! And I certainly found it! Yea!!!! What a nim wit! It’s also ironic in that along with my FN search I was looking for a good mag for my teen boys. When I didn’t find anything except comics I asked my husband how hard it would be to start an online mag. for teen boys And he replied,”not very.” There is a ton of stuff out there for young Ladies but not young men. This has been an extremely entertaining night. Canduce,(who spelled her name like that should be shot)has proved anyone can have a mag. now. You can be a rude idiot and still be an editor in chief. of course in name only! Her response to Amy’s letter and her comments here are appauling! i find it kinda funny that it took her 3 months to come up with such a laughable response! That’s how much of a dunce she is. And I love her, “my daddy says comment.” Priceless!!! I def. won’t be purchasing another mag. from Candunce! One was enough for me.
You may not need cured meat,you do however need a psychological intervention. Watching you go down is fun Candi. Thanks for the entertainment at your expense! You’re swell…YAY!!!!!!!!!!!
I am cracking up at the recipe posted by Rydee which is clearly salmon but claims it’s a chicken recipe? Anywho..is this publication intended for special needs people and children? These are the instructions give verbatim-Cut a deep slit along one side of each chicken breast, without slicing right through, then open it out like a book. OPEN IT LIKE A BOOK? Are the subscribers of this crap not familiar with the term BUTTERFLY? Candi, what is your intended demographic for this magazine? Maybe you should add butterfly to your FOODICTIONARY. I don’t know..it’s just a suggestion..anything to help out the less fortunate. Let me know if you want anymore suggestions, I’ll be happy to oblige. Oh yeah before I forget- YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow. I bet the author of the original letter was hoping to provide some honest feedback and share the disappointment of spending a significant amount of money for a startup publication that was extremely pathetic at best. I’m sure some of the “snarkiness” that was offered up was a factor of the same anonymity and disconnectedness that we all cherish as we drive down the road and give feedback to fellow motorists with our fingers. After all, we are invited, if not expected, to do so these days. In this case, however, I bet the author of the original letter feels like she just followed that same motorist into her own neighborhood, maybe even next door. Watching Candus Zanghi self destruct in this blog is like watching a train wreck; just for the opportunity to blow that bad ass horn.
I think the ultimate intention here was to give feedback and express disappointment for spending eight bucks on a periodical that was not at all a good value. This is probably someone who is passionate about food, and is hoping there just might be another quality publication that will get beyond the peripheries of silly pictures, editorial commentary and advertisements, and actually address this subject with meaningful literary content. I doubt if anyone wanted to burn down a business venture, spark a self-destruct fuse, or watch someone implode in a matter of moments. If anything, I think they just wanted to make a potentially appealing product better or gain understanding that the product’s ultimate ambition was to be meaningless. In business, we all get negative feedback that is either amplified by anonymity or buffered by social accountability. In any case, in order to be successful, we need to use that feedback to make our product more relevant.
I am quite certain there are many heads nodding, sans one. Candus, perhaps another tabloid may be your best move here, or perhaps a web site called “lessons learned”. Anyway, without stating the obvious, best of luck to you, and thanks for making my day more entertaining!!!!!!!!!!!
205, Beyotches!
I don’t understand how someone can have such heavy hitters as contributors and yet still turn out dreck. As for the lame attempt at guerilla photography for her editor’s picture, she was mistaken. The world does NOT need in print what can be offered in a million online blogs. Pictures using cell phones do not make good portraiture.
OMG. EIGHT DOLLARS (during a recession) for a magazine that is published by a cocky little nobody? Start at $1.99 and work your way up, honey.
This is ridiculous. Chris is right, lower the price to $1.99 so you can actually buy yourself a brain quicker, Candus, and a heart while you’re at it.
I had to check out the “chicken” picture that Rydee posted, and yes…it’s salmon. While on this ridiculous site, I noticed that the publisher is Cutty & Parker Media. In the link section, she has Cutty’s corner…further proof that someone near and dear to her is fronting this pathetic attempt at a magazine.
For the record, Cutty is her son…
There is a “Coming Soon” message on the website. No one wants to see a “Coming Soon” that’s just bad practice.
OMG Lunarosi, you’re right! I see multiple coming soon messages. For a magazine that released its first issue months ago, that is disgusting and unprofessional.
Old Crow, I have to say that was one of the most well written pieces I’ve read in awhile. Nicely done.
@Chiffonade – Were you happy to finally have your name explained to you in Candus’ “Foodictionary?” ;) Somebody really should have helped this poor little girl understand her target audience a little more fully before belittling, condescending and essentially ostracizing them…
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The average food enthusiast would find more valuable information in a Woman’s Day than in Candunce’s joke of a food magazine.
Who cares what Candus says, SHE’S HOT!!. I’m gonna subscribe just to see her pictures,lmao.
@Revedo. Yeah, if you mean she’s hot in a Miss Piggy kind of way…
Didn’t look fat to me at all, and it looks like she has that sexy “John and Kate +8″ Kate hairdo goin on in the back.Never ceases to amaze me how females find fugly equine faced skanks like Julia Roberts pretty, yet find a hotties like Candus ugly. Although I know exactly why.
It’s the nose.
@ Revedo have to add Gewnith Paltrow to that list.
Ya, GP doesn’t do it for me either. But seriously, J. Roberts is an effing nag, put a salt lick on that ugly skank. And yes Rae, she does have a bit of a ski-jump nose, but so do most french women. I wouldn’t call her ugly though.
despite her barrage of self-serving comments when this post first appeared Candi has apparently been awol for the last two days.
Or has she???????
Out of curiosity I couldn’t help but take a peek at the not infamous chicken recipe But I couldn’t because the page is no longer there. Apparently she has been reading the comments and put a little effort in to correcting at least one mistake.
I love the name “Candi”. Bunny and Trixxy are favs too.
Better to be fugly and sophisticated and respectful than be a “HAWTIE YAY!” and not have the grace God gave an apple.
Revedo, don’t leave out some classics used when formal name isn’t known.
Sweet-cheeks, Sugar, HotLips, BabyCakes, Shelia (if you have to ask…), HoneyPie, etc.
Nothing like a stereotypical name for a jackass “broad”.
I noticed your post’s names all are reflective of the porn industries naming guidlines, nice, Candi can always fall back on that if the rag doesn’t work out, she’s halfway there with that name.
Julia Robert, sophisticated, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I guess. When she scrapes a hoof 3 times in the dirt that means she wants 3 apples, lmao.
Yo Dank Dill, left out “Darlin”, lmao. It’s so awesome using those on womens lib types and watching em just boil with anger. But, a few drinks later and they’re all naked and you know what. Gotta love em.
Revedo, I can’t believe I left out my favorite Conway Twitty song’s nickname. Please forgive, I owe you BIG TIME!
Just what are you trying to express ’bout them “feminazi’s”?
I will have no part of it, for if I do, I may have to sleep on the couch tonight.
And yes, drinks ALWAYS help. At first, then it’s just a chaotic brawl. Enjoying a few myself.
Lunarosi, I thought it very funny that one of the “coming soon” messages appeared when I clicked on “Candus and Friends.”
I think not.
No one has made any really concrete and constructive suggestions for Candi yet, I’ll give it a try.
Dear Amy,
I’m sorry to hear you’re disappointed with our magazine. We appreciate the time you took to send us your feedback, and we take all of our customer feedback seriously. To thank you for your time, and in the hope that you will find our magazine more to your liking in the future, we will be providing you with a complimentary one-year subscription to our magazine. Please enjoy!
Best regards,
Candus
What this does is not lend any credibility to the snarky (but true) criticisms in the original email, and at the same time indicates professionalism and a desire to please the customer. It’s not rocket science.
It’s tempting to inform consumerist about this shit. If anybody likes to try to ruin careers, it’s consumerist readers.
@Barb. That’s a really thoughtful and appropriate response. Good job.
“I love the name “Candi”. Bunny and Trixxy are favs too.”
How about “Misty”?
‘Play “Misty” for me’ is one of my favorite films, CherryRose, not to mention one of the all time great songs (Erroll Garner), so you’re breaking my heart, ‘cuz I totally agree with you.
“‘Play “Misty” for me’ is one of my favorite films, CherryRose, not to mention one of the all time great songs”
Scary movie, IMO. As for the song, I can only remember hearing Johnny Mathis voice as “the last dance of the evening” at those high school sock hops. Ladies’ choice, usually, but most of the “fine” guys were taken.
And, with that, I bid you Adieu and good night.
@Ferd..the average food enthusiast would find more valuable information on the back of a Campbells soup can than her publication.
holy moly.
wicked article Jillian Madison.
I’m sort of at a loss f what to say besides that.
@Barb — There’s just one word missing. I fixed it for ya.
Dear Amy,
I’m sorry to hear you’re disappointed with our magazine. We appreciate the time you took to send us your feedback, and we take all of our customer feedback seriously. To thank you for your time, and in the hope that you will find our magazine more to your liking in the future, we will be providing you with a complimentary one-year subscription to our magazine. YAY! Please enjoy!
Best regards,
Candus
Revedo = Canduhs sockpuppet. No wonder she can’t recognize a sophisticated woman.
Kayne insert is priceless.
What great timing….I just got one of those e-mails from Miss Candus today and she threatened legal action against me…the “Subcriber” because I questioned why they cashed my check for a year subcription back in May and I have yet to get the magazine….After I sent 3 e-mails she finally answered in July and mailed me as a “gift” as she described it issue #1….I never received anything after that…I finally sent e-mail #4 today and got back nonsense that the magazine was shipped and if I don’t receive it by Monday to let her know…..When I questioned that she got nasty and said the same thing to me as she said to Amy….that I was harrassing her and for me not to ever contact them again….How many checks has she cashed for subscriptions that she has no plans on filling….and this is a good one….when I said I paid for 12 issues….she claims that doesn’t mean 12 months…..how many years is she planning on spreading these 12 issues out over …..what a way to run a business….
Sue from Atlanta: sounds like mail fraud to me. Contact the U.S. Attorney.
Are you reading this, Candunce? Time to start sweating.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Consumerist gets wind of this. But Sue, you should file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau!
Thanks Ferd….I will do just that..and for everyone that thinks all the comments are not coming from the real Candus…believe me after the e-mails she has sent me..it is really her….she’s a nut job.
I just checked the Better Business Bureau website. The Food Magazine is in their database. So anybody who got ripped off by her can easily report it.
Canndnutjob.
There, I finally figured out how to spell her name correctly…
@Sue from Atlanta. Ahh, Candy.. she’s truly the reigning queen of professional customer service, isn’t she? Yep, you should definitely contact the BBB and whomever else might be appropriate. I’ve seen this pattern before, at least a couple times, in failing magazines. If the magazine sees a third issue, much less a full 12, I’d be shocked. I’m not sure of your rights, etc, but I’d think that Kandi would be obligated to send you a refund for any unsent issues if you elected to cancel your subscription. Alternatively, she should transfer whatever remains on the subscription to another publication (a very common practice, in my experience). This is assuming, of course, she ever admits that the magazine is dead in the water. Realistically, however, I’d have my doubts that any subscribers will ever see either form of refund. Given what appears to be her track record with the way she treats her customers, and all.
Thanks Ray and Leslie for the info….something tells me her check would bounce!! I will contact the BBB and the Post Office because it does seem like mail fraud….I still would like to know how she managed to get the two issues published with big names….she is extemely unprofessional…
Oh my goodness, I just looked at the magazine’s website. I watched part of a couple of the videos from “Chef La La.” There’s a typo in the citrus dressing video; must have been edited by Candus. “Hormons” instead of “hormones” – used in explaining that citrus is beneficial to sex hormons. Because I want to read all about sex hormones while I’m watching someone make dressing.
Yay! I love everything about this post. Thanks FNH!
@Teague: the mere mention of Christopher Kimball’s bowtie made me laugh happily, although I cannot imagine it ever being askew.
I’d never heard of The Food Magazine before this, but advertorial magazines are not that interesting to me. The only food magazine I subscribe to is Cook’s Illustrated and their customer services alone are worth the price — a few years ago their subscriber newsletter alerted us to the opportunity to see Julia Collin do a demo in our area. (She’s just as charming and competent in person.)
@Sue Candi has stated in the past that her magazine is monthly. And she has also stated that it is bi-monthly. On the home page of her website it says ’12 Issues – $12′ and underneath that it says ’2 Years – $20′…Issue 1 was in Jan/Feb now in sept issue 2 is out. Whatever way one looks at it just doesn’t add up.
she is cute, though.
@ Sue: MAIL FRAUD DEFINITION AND PUNISHMENT
Whoever
1) having devised, or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud,
or
2) for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to sell, dispose of, loan…
3) something of value or some item…and
4) places in any post office or authorized depository for mail matter
5) any item to be delivered by interstate carrier
shall be fined …or imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both.
Report to the BBB. If a profile of the business is in their log & they are not a BBB accredited business, most likely, someone else has filed a complaint about their business practices. From my understanding of Business Law, a legal action cannot be filed until after 12 months that the service has not been fulfilled. Hope this helps.
I would also consider, after the year has passed, to file a a suit in small claims court. Not only would a refund be due, but the filing fees. If she has ripped off all the subscribers, that could add up to one hell of an out of pocket settlement, as filing fees run anywhere from twenty to eighty bucks per case. Might knock her off her high horse.
She has my $12 and refuses to respond to any email or phone call. I finally had to report her to the postal services but I’d rather have my money back. It’s the principle of the thing.
Theft is theft.
I think she’s kind of hot.
Revedo,
U R jealous of Gwyneth Paltrow just because she did a PBS show with Mario Batali, a real chef, last year? Come on! She’s hot, very talented and is married to the lead singer of Coldplay. What’s wrong with that. Oh, and for the record, she and Julia Roberts are twice as hot, even 3 times more than that psycho who runs The Food Magazine?
Saying that Candy is a hottie is the equivalent of saying that M.C. Hammer is better than Michael Jackson.
I saw here magazine at our local store and I hid every single one behind Cat Fancy!! Take that, Candus. I hope you poop your pants in the near future
“Saying that Candy is a hottie is the equivalent of saying that M.C. Hammer is better than Michael Jackson.”
Well that really doesn’t make sense because I wasn’t comparing Candus to anyone else.
I do think she is attractive, but she does seem annoying.
what i’m wondering from looking at her twitter and her talking about posting all these recipes is if she really has permission to use them. aren’t they copyrighted, and forgive me if i’m wrong here i don’t know much about copyrights, but wouldn’t she need permission from each chef for each recipe of theirs she posts on her website and/or publishes? if that is the case i kind of doubt she has actually received permission to that that…
OMG!!! I had a very similar experience with Candus! I too picked up the premiere issue about oh, seven MONTHS ago and was literally FLOORED with how just plain awful it was. I’ve never in my life seen such a poorly designed magazine – not to mention (like Jillian said) the content read like it was written by a high school drop-out and the photography could’ve been shot my eight-year old niece. SO BAD. So I too wrote Candus to give CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM and discovered (as is apparent from the above postings) she is indeed a HORRIBLE WENCH of a woman. I will not tell you what she said but I can assure you it was the signs of a woman who has absolutely NO CLUE what she is doing and should never have been allowed to pursue a business/creative endeavor. It was just plain nasty. I work in a creative industry and I have never encountered anyone so unprofessional, defensive, incapable, close-minded and well really, just plain stupid with no concept of OBJECTIVITY when it comes to bettering one’s work. As for the FB pic – ARE YOU SERIOUS?? What is wrong with this woman??! (Although I have to admit I had a good laugh at it.) PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE no one bother subscribing to this magazine- it is apparent this woman is operating under some delusional fantasy where she believes she has the talent and business sense to pull it off when clearly, SHE DOESN’T. People, don’t waste your money. Candus, good luck. Maybe you should take some more FB pictures so we can all have a good laugh. It’s pretty much all you’re good for.
In a comparable situation, a few years ago I subscribed to an up-and-coming magazine, CHOW. When they had some difficulty getting their shit together (read: no new issues), I called them. I asked what was up, they fessed up that they were having some “creative” issues, and immediately offered to refund my subscription amount. That was all I needed, and I still visit their website frequently (which is awesome, btw). If they ever decide to do a print mag again I’ll likely sign up. My last experience with them was positive, despite the failure of the magazine.
I’d offer that experience as advice to Candus about what she should have done, but something tells me she’s not abandoning TFM in favor of a fantastic website.
I thought the original letter to the editor was unnecessarily rude. The response was obviously immature, unprofessional and uncalled for, but I’m not sure anyone’s walking away with their head held high here.
The spelling of “Candice” appalls me more than anything else.
I picked up the 2nd issue of this mag about a month ago and was so shocked at the poor writing of the articles. I too was thinking of writing a letter to the editor, something I never do, but will save my breath and time.
Great post!
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What a poor excuse for a magazine! Canned biscuits? Instant jello? Cool whip? What the heck? Losers.
“That was all I needed, and I still visit their website frequently (which is awesome, btw”
I love CHOW – but what really makes CHOW a success is the readers /posters of the website.
I frequent Le Bernardin and all Daniels wonderful restaurants (Café Boulud being one of my favorites) and they are such amazing, sophisticated and special places. I’m sure both establishments would be appalled that they associated themselves with Candus.
Candus is making a mockery of the food magazine world.
YAY!!!!1!! I made it to the bottom of the comments!!1! YAY!!1!!!!!!!!1!!!
Seriously – though this post is months old now, as someone working in the (sadly dying) print media industry, Candy-ass is giving us all a bad name. IF (as she asserts) her Daddy didn’t give her the money for this venture, I have to question the sanity of the loan officer who approved this doomed-from-the-start business venture.
Do you see how that was written Canduce (or however you spell it)? That was written by a woman who didn’t graduate college and yet carries on a perfectly respectable carrer. THAT is how you write. Dumbass.
And update your website – it’s really shameful in this day and age to have so many “Coming Soon” banners up almost a year after you’ve gone live. Unless of course, you’re officially dead in the water.
Perhaps I helped fund it. She just has my $12 and refuses to respond to any email or phone call. I finally had to report her to the postal services but I’d rather have my money back. It’s the principle of the thing.
Theft is theft.
What’s especially sad is that none of the contributors to the Eric Ripert issue of the magazine have been paid. And BTW, don’t blame us; all of the content went into the mag unedited, un-corrected, etc. The normal QC workflow for a magazine was not followed.
Spauldij, that is truly awful on Candouche’s part (as if she needed any more reason for us to despise her). As a fellow editor and writer, I sympathize. She really ought to be ashamed of herself.
I know of at least one contributor that never got paid
She treats her advertisers the same way. This mag will not be around next quarter. Candice should ask Daddy for another loan, maybe a hair salon.
Both of the girls are bitches. Amy was asking for it with her condescending tone and snide remarks while Candus was just a dumb, bimbo of a bitch.
The Washington Post have an article about Canduce’s poor business practices and unpaid contributors:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/all-we-can-eat/media/a-fight-at-the-food-magazine.html
I met her many years ago in Washington DC when I was working for a human rights office. I am sorry she has hit upon such hard times. She seemed like a genuine nice person so I am sure there is some greater misunderstanding. In short, I do not belive the hate and hope things work out for her
Wow. 2 years, and still the ‘coming soon’ messages. Wow… Reaaaal professional, Candunce. If you keep the site up, at least hire the closest neighborhood high-school student to make it look like it wasn’t written by a crazed chimp on crack… YAY!!!!1!!!!
Even better- it’s now Jan 20, 2012, and there’s *still* a pile of coming soon messages on most of the site’s subpages. What a failure
got this off of ancestry.com it may clear some things up.
“Zanghi Name Meaning:
(Zanghì): nickname for a peevish, cantankerous man, from medieval Greek tsanggos ‘rancid’, ‘mouldy’, ‘rank’.”
Haha! I just saw her facebook. Apparently she still thinks she’s amazing. And it’s been over a year and a half since her last issue. What a joke of a magazine. Her personal FB page is ceejzee. Check it out. Hilarious!