Person Place Thing Episode 79: Ruth Reichl

Jun 12, 2014

For years Ruth Reichl worked in disguise, accumulating a bigger wig collection than Diana Ross. Her photo was said to command big money -- nothing to do with the Witness Protection Program, everything to do with her power as a restaurant critic: chefs were anxious to know she was at their table. And that’s only one of her many roles in writing about food – in journalism, for television, as a memoirist, as editor in chief of Gourmet Magazine, and now as a novelist. Her first, Delicious!, was just published. I particularly admire how she talks about food not just as what we eat but as a cultural force.

PERSON: Marion Cunningham
PLACE: her kitchen (not this)
THING: her iPod

RANDY'S PERSON: George Washington Carver

Categories: Food Talks

Tags: Randy Cohen Ruth Reichl

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