Who is the 2010 Eater of the Year?

2011 is just around the corner, and that means it must be time for the 4th Annual Eater of the Year Awards. Every December, Endless Simmer asks our readers to decide which food personality has had the greatest influence on our edible lives over the past 12 months. Past nominees have run the gamut from Padma Lakshmi to John Mayer and Meryl Streep, but only one outstanding luminary can win the title Eater of the Year (Anthony Bourdain, Hezbollah Tofu and This is Why You're Fat won the popular vote in past years). Who will take home the crown in 2010? It's up to you.

Read up on our five finalists in the slideshow below, then vote for your favorite at the end of the post.

And the nominees are...

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Ruth Bourdain

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Like everything we love, the original concept behind Ruth Bourdain was equal parts preposterous and ingenuous. Take the earnest, life-affirming tweets of Gourmet (RIP) editor Ruth Reichl and spice them up with the gutter mouth of 2007 Eater of the Year Anthony Bourdain. The result is a 20,000-follower twitter feed that reeled off some of the year's most prescient foodie thoughts, from "I'm all for grass-fed cows, so long as they don't eat my stash," to "If I read another food trend list, I'm going to drink a beer cocktail, hijack a food truck, and drive a cupcake up your bacon-infused ass." The gag grew into a daily project that soon spawned a Ruth Bourdain advice column and even caught the attention of Reichl and Bourdain themselves, who both profess to love it. Tony Bourdain says he has a suspect as to who the mystery writer is, but for now the real identity of this tweeting eater remains deliciously secret. (Any guesses?)

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Like everything we love, the original concept behind Ruth Bourdain was equal parts preposterous and ingenuous. Take the earnest, life-affirming tweets of Gourmet (RIP) editor Ruth Reichl and spice them up with the gutter mouth of 2007 Eater of the Year Anthony Bourdain. The result is a 20,000-follower twitter feed that reeled off some of the year's most prescient foodie thoughts, from "I'm all for grass-fed cows, so long as they don't eat my stash," to "If I read another food trend list, I'm going to drink a beer cocktail, hijack a food truck, and drive a cupcake up your bacon-infused ass." The gag grew into a daily project that soon spawned a Ruth Bourdain advice column and even caught the attention of Reichl and Bourdain themselves, who both profess to love it. Tony Bourdain says he has a suspect as to who the mystery writer is, but for now the real identity of this tweeting eater remains deliciously secret. (Any guesses?)

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[Sarahvveezel]

05:08 PM on 12/18/2010

I think Sid Lerner has done something truly amazing- "Meatless Mondays" has gone from just being an idea to something my coworkers all talk about and people actually practice! But honestly, I wouldn't mind if Ruth Bourdain won because (his? her?) tweets are so freakin hilarious :D

[Nick Evans]

11:16 PM on 12/15/2010

Ok. I know that I'm hugely in the minority but I think Sid is the right choice. Finding novel ways to decrease the crazy amount of meat we eat is seriously important.

If not Sid... then Ruth. Because that's just hilarious.

[Rambling Ruminations]

06:08 PM on 12/15/2010

What % of the independent voter demography do you think suffers from unhealthy food habits is belligerently defensive and impervious to reason?

I can see Palin running away with those voters. Aaah I can actually visualize all of them running behind Palin...well maybe not.

[palainausa]

02:04 PM on 12/16/2010

I voted for her in the food poll. I will vote for her in the primary and the general. And I will attend her inauguration. She will "fundamentally change this country" ...back.

[steve11407]

03:10 PM on 12/15/2010

Only HuffPo could turn something in the Food section into a Palin bash. BTW I didn't think she should have had that expensive hairdresser in Haiti either. :=)

[maidenofdforest]

02:19 PM on 12/15/2010

Eater of the Year: My Cat Moumou, and not Sarah.

[planet416]

01:47 PM on 12/15/2010

chef tony rules!

[rich3324]

01:41 PM on 12/15/2010

If palin tweeted and no one read it, would it still be stupid?

[B4warned]

12:52 PM on 12/15/2010

Man v. Food, should have made the top 5. It is an American food reality television series. It premiered on December 3, 2008, on the Travel Channel. The program is hosted by actor and food enthusiast Adam Richman. I get Indigestion just thinking about how much he is able to eat.

[Progress08]

04:20 PM on 12/15/2010

I get heart palpitations.

[YankeeCanuck]

11:55 AM on 12/15/2010

"Michelin Man" has a name--it's Bibendum.

[palainausa]

02:01 PM on 12/16/2010

Good to know there is at least one other educated poster on this board. Wanna play Trivial Pursuit with me? You don't stand a chance.

[YankeeCanuck]

09:09 PM on 12/16/2010

I know a lot of completely useless information--but zero about sports. You'd probably thrash me. ;-)