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Posted on: October 31st, 2007
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“Bobbing through a sea of air-kissing and neck-craning, Arianna Huffington is in her element. “Meet the new cooking columnist for the Huffington Post,” she coos as she introduces me to Katie Lee Joel, a winsome young woman who writes about food, has served as host of Top Chef, and happens to be married to Billy Joel.

We are at a party that Rupert Murdoch and his wife, Wendi, are throwing in Manhattan for Jessica Seinfeld, author of a new cookbook, who is there with her husband, Jerry. Huffington works the room with ease, making introductions and connections with nearly everyone who crosses her path. “Do you know…?” “Have you met…?”"*

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