Gourmet's Adventures With Ruth is a cooking program that is produced by WGBH-TV

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 and aired nationally on the Public Broadcasting Service

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 (PBS) in the United States

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. The show follows former Gourmet

Gourmet (magazine)

Gourmet magazine was a monthly publication of Condé Nast and the first U.S. magazine devoted to food and wine. Founded by Earle R. MacAusland and first published in 1941, Gourmet also covered "good living" on a wider scale....

magazine Editor in Chief Ruth Reichl

Ruth Reichl

Ruth Reichl - pronounced RYE-chil - is an American food writer, co-producer of PBS's Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie, culinary editor for the Modern Library, host of PBS's Gourmet's Adventures With Ruth, and the last editor-in-chief of the now shuttered Gourmet magazine...

 on a ten-episode culinary journey.

Overview

In Gourmet's Adventures With Ruth, Reichl uncovers cooking schools on five continents with a host of her foodie

Foodie

Foodie is an informal term for a particular class of aficionado of food and drink. The word was coined in 1981 by Paul Levy and Ann Barr, who used it in the title of their 1984 book The Official Foodie Handbook.- Distinguished from gourmet :...

 and actor friends to learn new skills and understand what it means to cook in another culture.
The show is one of the surviving extensions of the Gourmet brand, which closed its doors to the 68-year-old Gourmet

Gourmet (magazine)

Gourmet magazine was a monthly publication of Condé Nast and the first U.S. magazine devoted to food and wine. Founded by Earle R. MacAusland and first published in 1941, Gourmet also covered "good living" on a wider scale....

magazine on October 5, 2009.

Episodes

For the series premiere, Reichl and actress Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand

Frances Louise McDormand is an American film and stage actress. She has starred in a number of films, including her Academy Award-winning performance as Marge Gunderson in Fargo, in 1996...

 traveled to Blackberry Farm, where they go fly-fishing, beekeeping, and cook Southern recipes. In other episodes, Reichl travels to Marrakech, Morocco for lessons on couscous and tagines with Lorraine Bracco

Lorraine Bracco

Lorraine Bracco is an American actress. She is best known for her TV roles as Dr. Jennifer Melfi on HBO series, The Sopranos, and Angela Rizzoli on the TNT series, Rizzoli & Isles...

 and then to Bath, England, to learn the secrets of homemade bread with Dianne Wiest

Dianne Wiest

Dianne Wiest is an American actress. She has had a successful career on stage, television, and film, and has won two Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Wiest has also been nominated for a BAFTA Award.-Early life:...

. Then she fishes in Seattle with Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt

Thomas Roy "Tom" Skerritt is an American actor who has appeared in over 40 films and more than 200 television episodes since 1962.-Early life:...

 and explores New York City’s Indian community with Jeffrey Wright.

Sources

• http://www.wgbh.org/programs/programDetail.cfm?programid=645
• http://gourmet.com/adventureswithruth
• http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/17/arts/television/17gourmet.html

External links

• Gourmet's Adventures With Ruth official website
• Gourmet's Adventures With Ruth at Gourmet.com