Ruth Reichl: podcast appearances and interviews

Ruth Reichl is an American chef, food writer, and editor born in 1948. She has spent over twenty years as a food critic, primarily working for the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. In addition to her work as a critic, she has authored cookbooks, memoirs, and a novel. Reichl has also served as co-producer of PBS's Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie, culinary editor for the Modern Library, host of PBS's Gourmet's Adventures With Ruth, and editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine. Her work has been recognized with six James Beard Foundation Awards. Reichl's memoirs include Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table, Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table, Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise, Not Becoming My Mother, and Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir. She published Gourmet Today, a comprehensive cookbook with over one thousand recipes, in 2009. Her first novel, Delicious!, was released in 2014, followed by My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life in 2015, which recounts her experiences during the year after Gourmet magazine's closure.