Ruth Reichl

This morning, the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) announced the finalists for its 2010 cookbook awards. Among the finalists? Notable restaurant chefs Thomas Keller, John Besh, Marcus Samuelsson, and Michael Psilakis, as well as former Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl.

The IACP awards winners in the following categories: American; Baking: Savory or Sweet; Chefs & Restaurants; Children, Youth, and Family; Compilations; Culinary History; First Book; Food Photography and Styling; Food Reference; General; Health and Special Diet; International; Library Food Writing; Professional Kitchens; Single Subject; and Wine, Beer & Spirits. To find out which notable cookbooks have — and haven't — been included, read more.

Gourmet may be dead, but its legendary editor, Ruth Reichl, is about to come to life on the big screen. According to Los Angeles Times food blog Daily Dish, a movie based on Reichl's third memoir, Garlic and Sapphires, is currently in production.

Although the production company revealed little else, it did confirm that Garlic and Sapphires is in "active development." The movie is slated for a 2010 release.

Zealous Reichl fans are already taking bets on who'll play the curly-haired culinary protagonist, and candidates include everyone from Andie MacDowell to Minnie Driver and Tracey Ullman.

After seeing her go undercover, I vote for Reichl herself. Who would you want to see star in Garlic and Sapphires?

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• Take a look inside Ruth Reichl's refrigerator. — Salon
• Butchers, mini whoopie pies, and homemade beer: predicting the food trends of 2010. — The Epi-Log
• Bay Area chefs respond to criticism from New Yorkers. — NYT
• Was the supposed canned pumpkin shortage merely a marketing strategy? — Eat Me Daily
• Learn how to make the perfect holiday punch. — Chow
• An ode to In-N-Out Burger. — A Hamburger Today
• Tom Colicchio talks about his Tuesday night dinner series and reveals he's working on a new restaurant concept. — Eater NY

• Has Anthony Bourdain lost his coolness? — Huffington Post
• Turn string cheese into bloody fingers for Halloween. — Food Wishes Video
• How does food affect your dreams?— Chow
• 5 books every cook should have. — The Atlantic
• Guy Fieri currently has 15 impersonators across the country. — Eat Me Daily
• Ruth Reichl believes print magazines will cease to exist in the very near future. — Eater
• Learn how to make the Shake Shack's famous burger at home. — A Hamburger Today

• Looking back at 68 years of covers. — Eater
• Go inside the first magazine ever, 1941's holiday issue.— Serious Eats
• Alice Waters remembers the first time she read it. — Grub Street SF
• What's next for Ruth Reichl? She'll write a book about her 10 years at Conde Nast. — Diner's Journal
• The empty cubicles mark the end of an era. — Gawker
• All of the recipes will continue to live on Epicurious. — The Epi-Log
• What New York City's chefs are saying about it. — Grub Street NY

Looking forward to Bravo's Top Chef 6, Food Network's The Next Iron Chef, and the rest of Fall's food-focused lineup? Then there's one more show to TiVo. On Oct. 17, Gourmet magazine will debut a series on public television entitled Gourmet's Adventures With Ruth. On the half-hour show, editor Ruth Reichl travels the world visiting cooking schools with the likes of Frances McDormand and Lorraine Bracco. Gourmet's Adventures With Ruth will also air on Gourmet's TiVo channel, as well as the American Airlines in-flight television channel. At least 10 episodes will be backed by the airlines, whose sponsorship includes branding spots, ad pages in the magazine, and a presence on the website.

As Ruth Reichl's number-one fan, I can't wait to see this show — although I'm curious to know how different the point of view will be from its predecessor, Diary of a Foodie. Will you watch Ruth Reichl eat her way around the globe?