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Ruth Reichl
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Ruth Reichl is an American food writer, chef, and editor whose work includes restaurant criticism, cookbooks, and memoirs about food and publishing.
Biography
Ruth Reichl, born in 1948, is an American chef, food writer, and editor. She spent two decades as a food critic, mainly at the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times, and served as editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine. Her work also includes serving as culinary editor for the Modern Library, co-producing PBS's Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie, and hosting Gourmet's Adventures With Ruth. She has won six James Beard Foundation Awards.
Reichl's books include the memoirs Tender at the Bone, Comfort Me with Apples, Garlic and Sapphires, and Save Me the Plums. She also published the cookbook Gourmet Today and the novel Delicious! Her 2015 book My Kitchen Year combines memoir with recipes she prepared during the year after Gourmet closed.
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Books by Ruth Reichl
Save Me the Plums
Save Me the Plums (2019) recounts Reichl's move into corporate publishing as Gourmet's editor-in-chief and her experience learning to lead the magazine. The memoir includes recipes and explores changes in food culture and magazine publishing.