Former Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl to speak at OSU
Former Gourmet magazine editor and New York Times restaurant critic Ruth Reichl will speak at Oregon State University on Feb. 17 as part of the Provost's Lecture Series.
Reichl’s talk, “American Food Now: How We Became a Nation of Foodies,” begins at 7:30 p.m. in The LaSells Stewart Center, 875 SW 26th St. in Corvallis.
The event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and a book-signing will follow.
Reichl was editor in chief at Gourmet from 1999 until the magazine’s closure in 2009. Before joining the magazine, she was a restaurant critic at The New York Times and at the Los Angeles Times, where she also was food editor.
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She has served as a judge on the television show “Top Chef Masters” on Bravo and hosted three Food Network specials that covered her culinary exploits in New York, San Francisco and Miami. Her 10-episode PBS show, “Gourmet’s Adventures with Ruth,” highlighted her trips to the best cooking schools on five continents with famous foodie friends such as actress Dianne Wiest and Chef Dean Fearing.
Reichl is the author of a novel and several memoirs. Her most recent work is “My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life,” a cookbook published in September 2015. She is the recipient of six James Beard Awards. The awards, considered the highest honor for food industry professionals in America, cover all aspects of the food industry, including cookbook authors and food journalists; chefs and restaurants; and restaurant designers and architects.