Karen Brooks (food critic)

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Karen Brooks
NationalityAmerican
OccupationFood critic

Karen Brooks is an American food critic and writer. She has worked for Portland Monthly , The Oregonian , and Willamette Week . [1] She was laid off from The Oregonian in 2010. [2]

Brooks co-wrote The Mighty Gastropolis: Portland (2012) with Gideon Bosker and Teri Gelber. [3] [4] [5] In 2017, she received the James Beard Foundation's Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award. [6] She has appeared in the television series Eater's Guide to the World [7] and Street Food: USA. [8]

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