Portland Arts & Lectures Presents Ruth Reichl 3/28
Portland Arts & Lectures is honored to host Ruth Reichl, author of Not Becoming My Mother, on March 28, 2010. Reichl was editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine from 1999 until the magazine sadly announced its last issue would hit stands this past November. She also was previously the resident restaurant critic for The New York Times and Los Angeles Times.
Reichl was known throughout the culinary world as a no-nonsense critic with a knack for calling out five-star restaurants for their service, cuisine, and treatment of patrons; celebrity or not.
Now it seems Reichl can turn her attention to her budding career writing books. Her repertoire includes her four memoirs Tender at the Bone (1998), Comfort Me with Apples (2001), Garlic and Sapphires (2005), and her most recent installment Not Becoming My Mother (2009).
A true foodie to the core, Reichl has been raved by The New York Times as “A real food journalist who, through a combination of caprice and canny career management, has had a front-row seat for some of the greatest American culinary developments over the last 30 years.” In addition, famous chef Alice Waters states, “She understands that food is about nourishment and it’s precious; she feels a great responsibility to educate people with the right information.”
Please join Literary Arts in welcoming Ruth Reichl to our fare city of Portland, a developing foodie capital, for her presentation at Portland Arts and Lectures on March 28, 2010.
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