Alan Richman

Alan Richman is an American journalist and food writer. He is perhaps best known as a food correspondent for GQ magazine, and has won 14 James Beard Foundation Award for journalism .

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Early life and education

Richman is a graduate of the General Honors Program at the University of Pennsylvania.[1] He was a cadet in the Army ROTC, and further progressed to serve in the United States Army, including a tour in Vietnam for which he was awarded the Bronze Star. He also toured in the Dominican Republic. [2]

Career

Richman began his career as a sportswriter in Philadelphia in the 1970s, covering the 76ers for the Philadelphia Daily News.[3] He began writing for GQ in 1986.[4]

Richman has won 14 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards for excellence in culinary writing,[5] including two in 2009 for Magazine Feature Writing Without Recipes and Writing on Spirits, Wine, or Beer.[6] He won a National Magazine Award in 1995 for three articles that appeared in GQ.[7]

In 2004, HarperCollins published Fork It Over: The Intrepid Adventures of a Professional Eater, a collection of Richman's essays about food and dining.[8]

Richman serves as the Dean of Food Journalism at The French Culinary Institute in New York City. He currently teaches The Craft of Food Writing at The FCI's sister school, The International Culinary Center.

In 2006, Richman caused a controversy after criticizing the cuisine of New Orleans and questioning the existence of the Creole ethnicity.[9]

In 2009, celebrity chefs David Chang and Anthony Bourdain criticized Richman for "his insistence that celebrity chefs actually cook in their own restaurants".[10] Bourdain's latest book, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook, contains a chapter entitled "Alan Richman Is a Douchebag" expounding on his view of Richman.[11]

References

  1. ^ "WEDDINGS; Lettie Teague, Alan Richman". The New York Times, October 2, 1994. October 2, 1994. http://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/02/style/weddings-lettie-teague-alan-richman.html. Retrieved April 23, 2010. 
  2. ^ "From Pagano's to Pop's". Penn Arts and Sciences Magazine, Winter 1998. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/sasalum/newsltr/winter98/richman.html. 
  3. ^ "The Only Game in Town: The Death of Sportswriting". Philadelphia Magazine, August, 2007. http://www.phillymag.com/articles/the_only_game_in_town_the_death_of_sportswriting/page1. 
  4. ^ "Alan Richman: Meet GQ's fearless food and wine critic". GQ. http://www.gq.com/food-travel/alan-richman/200602/profile. 
  5. ^ "A Toast to Alan Richman". GQ, May 4, 2009. http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-q/2009/05/a-toast-to-alan-richman.html. 
  6. ^ "2009 JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED". JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION, May 4, 2009. http://www.jamesbeard.org/files/2009_JBF_Award_Winners.pdf. 
  7. ^ "National Magazine Awards Searchable Database". American Society of Magazine Editors. http://www.magazine.org/asme/magazine_awards/searchable_database/index.aspx. 
  8. ^ "BOOK CAPSULE REVIEW: Fork it Over". Entertainment Weekly, Kim Severson, October 29, 2004. http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-q/2009/05/a-toast-to-alan-richman.html. 
  9. ^ "'Faerie Folk' Strike Back With Fritters". New York Times, Kim Severson, December 6, 2006. December 6, 2006. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00EEDE1631F935A35751C1A9609C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all. Retrieved April 23, 2010. 
  10. ^ "Ten Things Anthony Bourdain and David Chang Hate". New York Magazine, Alexandra Peers, October 10, 2009. http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2009/10/ten_things_anthony_bourdain_an.html. 
  11. ^ Ozersky, Josh (June 8, 2010). "In Medium Raw, Bourdain Is the Last Honest Man". TIME. http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1994875,00.html. 

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