Ruth Reichl

About Ruth Reichl

Ruth Reichl is an editor and writer that is known for her variety of speaking engagements and creative projects all over the United States and Europe. She is a woman in high demand as during the many years she has been active, she had become a veritable force that has shaped the way we experience and think about food. Things took a turn for the worse when she lost her job as “Gourmet” editor-in-chief, a post which she had held for more than a decade. Ruth was let go when the magazine abruptly shut. Apart from writing features and critiques of restaurants, she had never written any fiction before then. However, she had always believed that one ought to do the hardest thing when they are in trouble. Ruth Reichl never believed that she could make a career from food writing or even that she co