Ruth Reichl, Former Gourmet Editor, Joining Random House As Editor & Author

Former Gourmet magazine editor Ruth Reichl is joining the Random House Publishing Group, where she will both edit and write books, including a memoir of her years at the now shuttered magazine.

Reichl, who will serve as an editor-at-large for the company's Random House imprint, also will write a cookbook to be titled, "The Tao of Ruth." Random House also plans to publish Reichl's first novel, "DELICIOUS!"

Citing a tough economy, Gourmet publisher Conde Nast shut down the magazine a year ago. At Random House, Reichl will focus on books related to food.

In a written release, she says she is excited to connect with food lovers in a new way and to explore opportunities on the digital side of the book publishing world.

Comments

[ApplesOnions]

08:31 PM on 10/13/2010

She'll be great!

[powerhuff]

02:41 PM on 10/03/2010

Oh, I love Ruth! She's so (who the hell is Ruth?)

[raker]

07:41 PM on 10/01/2010

I dislike this woman out of all proportion to reality. I hate the mess she made of Gourmet, and I hate the Gourmet cookbook with its bright white pages and light yellow type—I had never until then opened a book and felt I'd been flipped the bird—and I hated her phony memoir which I threw in the trash after ten pages, and I hate the way she leans over steaming pots with all that hair running all over the place.

[dnb310]

11:58 PM on 10/01/2010

LOL! I liked her fine at the times, but back then she had to keep her identity a secret.
The more visible she becomes, the more more irritating. The more she says, the more pretentious she sounds. I mean "The Tao Of Ruth???" Come on.

Fanned for truthieness.

[megwolff]

06:45 PM on 10/02/2010

dnb310, I rather like the title.

[Ratdog100]

08:35 AM on 10/03/2010

I think she is a "love her or hate her" kind of character. I find her PBS show highly pretentious. She also irritates me.

[DavidMG]

03:15 PM on 10/01/2010

Ruth,

Want to publish our next cookbook?

- Nikki & David Goldbeck

[megwolff]

12:53 PM on 10/01/2010

Love Ruth's "Tender To The Bone." Great title for her cookbook, "The Tao of Ruth." I'll definitely be looking for it!