Joshua Ozersky

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Joshua Ozersky
BornAugust 22, 1967 (1967-08-22)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
DiedMay 4, 2015 (2015-05-05) (aged 47)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
EducationRutgers University
New York University
Notable awardsJames Beard Award for New York Magazine's Grub Street blog
Spouse
  • Cynthia Kachelmyer
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    ​
    (m. 1997⁠–⁠2001)​
  • Danit Lidor
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    (m. 2010)​
Website
Official website

Joshua Ozersky (August 22, 1967 – May 4, 2015) was an American food writer and historian. He first came to prominence as a founding editor of

Thomas Babington Macaulay and A. J. Liebling.[2][3]

Early life and background

Ozersky was born in

Resorts International. He attended Atlantic City High School and Rutgers University. His mother, Anita Ozersky, died suddenly when he was 14 years of age. Of his interest in food, he has said in interviews, "I was a friendless child, and a solitary and celibate teenager ... my father and I only spoke about movies and food, and food far more than movies. He was a great gastronome and taught me to self-medicate my loneliness with steaks and sausages."[4] He later attended New York University's School of Journalism and started work towards a doctoral degree at the University of Notre Dame, where he eventually received a master's degree in American history.[5][6]

Career

After graduating from

ISBN 0-300-11758-2) was a critical success, receiving positive reviews in publications on both sides of the Atlantic, including The Economist,[9] The Times,[10] The Observer[11] and Forbes.[12]

Subsequent to "Meat Me in Manhattan"'s publication, Ozersky was a contributing restaurant critic for Newsday (2004–2006), and wrote regularly for the website Slashfood and the New York Law Journal. He became the founding editor of New York Magazine food blog Grub Street,[13] a position he held until 2008, when he moved over to Citysearch as National Restaurant Editor. There he ran a daily food blog based on the model of Grub Street called The Feedbag, along with his regular Citysearch duties.[14] He left in 2009 to start Ozersky.TV, a venture with Eater founder Ben Leventhal, featuring short films about restaurants and cooking, which debuted in July 2010.[15] He wrote the "Taste of America" column for Time from 2010 to 2012. Both Ozersky TV, "Taste of America," and his work in The Wall Street Journal was nominated for James Beard Awards. Essays by Ozersky were also included in "The Best Food Writing" anthologies of 2009, 2012 and 2014.

In 2010, Ozersky was criticized by Robert Sietsema[16] for writing about his wedding in Time without disclosing that the chefs who participated donated the food as wedding gifts.[17] Ozersky defended himself, saying that the chefs involved were among his closest friends, and that the most prominent of them, Michael White, had his daughter in the wedding party as a flower girl.[18]

Death

Ozersky was found and pronounced dead in his Conrad Chicago hotel room on May 4, 2015, while in the city for the James Beard Foundation Awards.[19][20][21] Officials said the autopsy reveals he died after suffering a seizure in the hotel shower and drowned.[19]

Meatopia

Ozersky was the founder of Meatopia, a large meat-centric outdoor culinary event, which has been held in New York City for the past ten years. In 2013 Meatopia events were held in London, England and

The Huffington Post[22] and "a bacchanal of pork, beef, lamb, chicken, duck, turkey and quail" by The New York Times.[23]

Bibliography

Footnotes

  1. ^ "James Beard Foundation Awards Photo Library". Jamesbeard.org. July 4, 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
  2. ^ Wharton, Rachel (January 3, 2008). "Writer scouts BLTs on the BMT". New York Daily News. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
  3. ^ Ortlip, Rick (Spring 2008). "The Brooklyn Fridge" (PDF). Edible Brooklyn. pp. 24–26. Retrieved December 4, 2010.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Tony dishes with a New York foodie". Travel Channel. Retrieved October 27, 2010.[dead YouTube link]
  5. ^ Butterman, Eric (Autumn 2008). "Josh Ozersky, New York's well-seasoned writer". Notre Dame Magazine. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
  6. ^ Moskin, Julia (May 4, 2015). "Joshua Ozersky, Food Writer Who Extolled Meat, Is Dead at 47". The New York Times. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
  7. ^ "John Derevlany – writer, creator, brand builder".
  8. ^ "John Derevlany – writer, creator, brand builder" (PDF).
  9. ^ "Big Bite". The Economist. April 24, 2008. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
  10. ^ Wilson, Bee (June 1, 2008). "The Hamburger: A History by Josh Ozersky". The Sunday Times. London.
  11. ^ Segal, Francesca (June 8, 2008). "An all-beef patty in a sesame seed bun? He's lovin' it". The Observer. London.
  12. ^ "Mix Media". Forbes. April 3, 2008.
  13. ^ "Welcome to Grub Street". Grub Street. New York. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
  14. ^ "Award-winning Writer Josh Ozersky Joins Citysearch to Dish About Food and New York's Dynamic Restaurant Scene" (Press release). Citysearch. August 18, 2008. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
  15. ^ Brion, Raphael (April 7, 2010). "Josh Ozersky's Ozersky.TV Gets All Up in Your Tubes". Eater.com. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
  16. ^ Robert Sietsema (June 23, 2010). "An Open Letter to Josh Ozersky". Fork in the Road.
  17. ^ Ozersky, Josh (June 15, 2010). "Great Wedding Food: Tips from a Newly Married Critic". Time.com. Archived from the original on June 16, 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
  18. ^ Moskin, Julia (June 30, 2010). "When Is a Free Meal Just Part of a Writer's Job?". The New York Times.
  19. ^ a b "Food writer dies: Josh Ozersky had 'vulnerability and boisterous excess'", Rosemary Regina Sobol, Greg Trotter and Kevin Pang, 5 May 2015, Chicago Tribune
  20. ^ Regina Sobol, Rosemary; Trotter, Greg; Pang, Kevin (May 5, 2015). "Food writer had 'vulnerability and boisterous excess'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  21. ^ Dixler, Hillary (May 5, 2015). "Remembering Josh Ozersky: Chefs, Restaurateurs, and Writers Pay Tribute". Eater. VoxMedia. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  22. ^ Orchant, Rebecca (September 10, 2012). "Meatopia 2012: Photos From Josh Ozersky's 'City Of Meat'". The Huffington Post.
  23. ^ Collins, Glenn (September 5, 2012). "Diner's Journal - Southern Supergroup to Bring Its Barbecue to Meatopia". New York Times.

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