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Author, former NY Times restaurant critic, and editor of Gourmet Magazine, Ruth Reichl, talks with Rudy about the future of US restaurants in the era of Covid-19 and her life as a restaurant critic. We also talk with her about her memoir, Save Me the Plums, and her recent Zagat.com article: “Ruth Reichl Wants to Fix the Food Landscape.” In spite of many dire articles about the number of restaurants going out of business this past year, Reichl find some room for optimism down the road.

Known affectionately as public radio’s “Savvy Traveler,” Rudy Maxa is an an Emmy Award-winning public television host, radio host and the soothing voice of National Geographic Traveler’s “Walks of a Lifetime” podcast. His bi-weekly web show, “I Was Just Thinking…” is recorded live in front of a digital audience.

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