Geraldine DeRuiter

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Geraldine DeRuiter is an American author who runs the Everywhereist blog. [1] In 2019 DeRuiter won the James Beard Foundation Award, in the category of Personal Essay Long Form, [2] for her post on Everywhereist titled "I Made the Pizza Cinnamon Rolls From Mario Batali's Sexual Misconduct Apology Letter." [3]

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Career

Her memoir, All Over the Place, was published in 2017. [4] [5] In 2022 she caused a stir when she opined on Twitter that "a 'tomato sandwich' is not a sandwich. You just don't have the ingredients to make a BLT". [6]

Her 2024 memoir If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury was published to positive reviews, [7] [8] [9] being featured in the March 2024 issue of BookPage magazine. [10] EATER listed the book as one of their best food books to read in Spring 2024. [11]

Recognition

Time magazine named Everywhereist one of their blogs of 2011. [12]

In 2019 DeRuiter won the James Beard Foundation Award, in the category of Personal Essay Long Form, [2] for her post on Everywhereist titled "I Made the Pizza Cinnamon Rolls From Mario Batali's Sexual Misconduct Apology Letter." [3]

Personal life

DeRuiter lives in Seattle. She is married to Moz and SparkToro co-founder Rand Fishkin. [1]

Bibliography

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