In Conversation: with Ruth Reichl

Join us Saturday November 9th from 12pm - 2:30pm as two titans of the Restaurant Industry discuss life, career, Paris and everything in between.

Chef Lomonaco sits down with icon Ruth Reichl.

The afternoon will begin with a welcome reception of hors d’oeuvres and bubbles, followed by a conversation and Q&A. We’ll conclude the afternoon with dessert and the opportunity for guests to mingle with Ruth.

Signed Books will be available for purchase on-site!

We hope you’ll join us for this unforgettable afternoon. Subscribe to our newsletter at www.porterhousenyc.com to stay up to date on our next In Conversation guest and date! 

Tickets: $75 plus taxes & gratuities

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Ruth began writing about food in 1972, when she published Mmmmm: A Feastiary. She moved to Berkeley, California in 1973, and became co-owner and cook at The Swallow Restaurant.  In 1978 she became restaurant critic for New West and California magazines, and went on to be the restaurant critic and food editor of the Los Angeles Times. From 1993-1999 she served as restaurant critic for The New York Times. In 1999 she moved to Gourmet Magazine, where she was Editor in Chief for ten years. 

She has authored five memoirs, Tender at the Bone, Comfort Me with Apples, Garlic and Sapphires, For You, Mom, Finally and Save Me the Plums, which was published in 2019. Her novel, Delicious! was published in 2014, and her cookbook, My Kitchen Year, 136 Recipes that Saved My Life in 2015. She edited Best American Food Writing 2018, and The Modern Library Food Series, which currently includes ten books. She was Executive Producer and host of the public television series, Adventures with Ruth and a judge on Top Chef Masters. She is the recipient of seven James Beard Awards, including Lifetime Achievement (2024).

Her most recent projects are The Paris Novel which was published by Random House in April, and a documentary, Food and Country, with Laura Gabbert (City of Gold), which opened in theaters nationwide in October and is now available for screening. She also produces a weekly newsletter, La Briffe, on Substack.