# Adam Rapoport
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{{short description|American magazine editor}}
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| birth_place = [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.)
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| education = [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley)
| occupation = Magazine editor, [food journalist](/source/food_journalist)
| known_for = Editor-in-Chief, ''[Bon Appetit](/source/Bon_Appetit)'' (2010–2020)
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| spouse = Simone Shubuck
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'''Adam Rapoport''' (born 1969) is an American former magazine editor. After serving as a style editor at ''[GQ](/source/GQ_(magazine))'', Rapoport was the editor-in-chief of ''[Bon Appétit](/source/Bon_App%C3%A9tit)'' 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.](/source/Washington%2C_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 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613044051/https://www.haaretz.com/holiday-recipes-from-a-food-trend-setter-1.5161901 | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 13, 2018 | 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](/source/Woodrow_Wilson_High_School_(Washington%2C_D.C.)), 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](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley), graduating in 1992.[{{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](/source/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](/source/Barbara_Fairchild_(journalist)) as the [editor-in-chief](/source/editor-in-chief) of ''[Bon Appétit](/source/Bon_App%C3%A9tit)'' 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](/source/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 [brownface](/source/brownface) on [Halloween](/source/Halloween) 2004. Originally posted by his wife on [Instagram](/source/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](/source/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](/source/BBC_News) |date=2020-06-09 |accessdate=2020-06-09 }}] His leadership was simultaneously brought into question after food editor [Sohla El-Waylly](/source/Sohla_El-Waylly) accused the magazine of discriminating against [employees of color](/source/Person_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.