Delta Sky Magazine was featured on a 7,400-square-foot digital billboard located in New York City’s Times Square. The sign is reported to be the world’s largest digital display system and soars 23 stories. It’s estimated to be seen by more than 1.5 million people per day.
Did you see our cover in Times Square?
Judd
Sky Magazine
It’s April and our extraordinary new Sky is here! We’ve been hard at it, creating a fun to read, dynamic new lifestyle magazine that showcases the energy and influence of Delta, the world’s largest airline. We think the new Sky really hits the mark!
Our premiere April issue features gorgeous cover girl Heidi Klum introducing “Our World Now”, our inaugural story chock full of hot trends, tastemakers and tons of cultural “dish”. As you page through the magazine you’ll enjoy dazzling photography, celebrity interviews, our favorite haunts, the world’s great chefs, fashion and style, games, humor and, of course sizzling destinations and relaxing retreats!
Our new Sky is “onboard, online and on newsstands.” For the first time since the merger, Sky is available on board every Delta and Northwest aircraft, read by an estimated 5.2 million readers each and every month. And, if you’re not flying every month, you can catch the new Sky as a digital magazine on deltaskymag.com. Our new website will provide even more great information, including three terrific blogs, a newsletter (if you sign up!) and tons of best restaurants, shopping and insider tips from experts in the world’s great cities.
And, for the first time ever, Sky will be available on newsstands at more than 2,500 Barnes & Noble, Borders, B. Dalton and Waldenbooks bookstores for $3.99.
Starting today….it’s a brilliant new Sky.
Take a look. Tell us what you think. Tell us what you want. We’re looking forward to becoming your travel concierge!
The Sky Magazine team
“I spend a lot of time thinking about food,” says Steven Rinella, author of The Scavenger’s Guide to Haute Cuisine. “If I’m not thinking about food, there’s a good chance I’m out collecting it. I scrounge around in the mountains for huckleberries and I search riverbanks for wild asparagus.”
The Omnivore, who caught up with the paperback edition of this book recently, has a new role model. Rinella, who currently splits his time between New York and Alaska, writes for The New Yorker and Outside magazines, among others. He’s a world traveler, a very serious eater and a terrific writer, without any of the snobbery that often accompanies an interest in haute—or “high”—cuisine.
Several years ago, Rinella was looking for a recipe for snapping turtle, which, unlike the oceangoing variety, is ubiquitous and therefore legal and fair game, so to speak. A friend gave him a 100-year-old cookbook as a gift. It turned out to be Auguste Escoffier’s Le Guide Culinaire. Escoffier was called the king of chefs and was also the chef to kings—the king of Greece, for instance, and the emperors of Austria and Brazil, Queen Victoria, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and the Prince of Wales.
Paging through Escoffier, Rinella found recipes he could adapt for the fish and game he routinely “scavenged”—whitefish caviar, prawns in champagne aspic, glazed medallions of bighorn sheep, saddle of antelope, pheasants poached with walnuts, grilled squab with diable sauce, venison sausage and crayfish mousse. Suddenly, the prepackaged chicken, veal, beef and turkey so widely available in supermarkets lost its luster, and Rinella set out over the span of one year to gather enough foodstuffs on his own to prepare a Thanksgiving feast of feasts for his friends.
Rinella recounts the ultimate global grocery run, taking us to the Chugach mountains of Alaska, the beaches of Florida, the jungles of the Philippines, the wilds of Maine, the peaks of Colorado, the coast of Washington State, remote Argentina, rugged Wyoming, the deserts of California, even New York state.
Mind you, this is not a book about someone trying to one-up other adventurous eaters by scarfing down insects, snakes or the potentially fatal Japanese pufferfish, fugu. This book is the ultimate travelogue—an odyssey, a pilgrimage, a memoir and a search for man’s inner nature, all wrapped into one volume—one that sure made me homesick and hungry for the fried quail my momma used to cook.
David
Sky Magazine
Note: This will be the last post from Delta Sky magazine until the magazine’s relaunch on April 1st. Let us know what you’d like to see from our magazine in 2009 and beyond!
Heigh-ho, Travelers!
I do hope you’ve been traveling in spite of the wintry weather. Cold is no excuse to stay home and get a case of the blahs. In fact, I’ve got a deal that will add a little sparkle to your lives: The Ruby Anniversary Package at California’s Sheraton Universal Hotel. Rubies are, of course, the symbol of a 40th anniversary. And 40 never looked so good. The Sheraton Universal—a.k.a. “Hotel of the Stars”—got a $25 million makeover last year, and you’re invited to help her celebrate.
Sign up for the, er, gem-dandy package and you’ll stay in the oh-so-luxe executive suite, enjoy a six-course meal with wine pairings at the hotel’s California’s Restaurant and savor dessert en suite (think: chocolate and Dow’s Late Bottled Vintage Port). The cost is $349 per night (based on double occupancy—wink! wink!). You also have the option of upgrading the package to $844 by including a pair of ruby dangle earrings from GEARYS of Beverly Hills—the perfect gift for your beloved. Hmmm . . . perhaps the Sheraton should throw in a copy of “The Ruby-at” by Omar Khayyam, as well. After your stay, just click your ruby slippers three times and you’ll be home in a jiff.
If you have an anniversary story to share—40th or otherwise—please, fill us in on the details! We’re all ears. . . .
Your faithful correspondent,
Wanda “Ruby Tuesday” Lust
Delta Sky Magazine
It’s hard to believe, but January’s almost over and, uh-oh, Valentine’s Day is coming up quick. Traditionally, it’s a day to shower your significant other with gifts to show the depth and breadth of your love. This year, it can also be your chance to show Mother Earth you care by making some eco-friendly choices. Yes, Green is the new red. And Cupid loves Green.
For gift ideas, how about presenting your amour with organic roses (pesticide- and preservative-free, of course)? Or surprising your sweetest with a romantic (soy) candlelight dinner (just think of the energy you’ll save while you’re upping the romance quotient), served with a local organic wine? Or taking reduce/reuse/recycle to a new level by purchasing a beautiful and unique piece of estate jewelry (think cuff links, signet ring, pendant or bracelet)? Want more ideas? Do what I did and check out Jodi Helmer’s book The Green Year, in which she shares 365 simple and inexpensive Green living ideas that can have a big environmental impact.
Starting small while thinking big is a great way to go Green. There are lots of things we can all do in our daily lives to make a difference. Sometimes, it may mean stepping out of our comfort zones or taking the time to experiment or try new things. Recently, Sky’s longtime Atlanta-based contributor, Jonathan Lerner, took his next step, challenging himself to give up his own car for two weeks and join the car-share nation. Check out his Green Scene story in this month’s issue.
Do you have easy, doable ideas for going Green? We’d love for you to share them!
Katherine
Delta Sky Magazine