Ruth Bourdain Identity Finally Revealed to Be Food Writer Josh Friedland

For years the Twitterverse/food media world had conjectured about the true identity of Ruth Bourdain, a James Beard-Award-winning Twitter satirist who mashed up tweets from Ruth Reichl with the acerbic wit of Anthony Bourdain. Now, for no apparent reason, Ruth has outed, er, herself, to be food writer Josh Friedland who produces long-running food blog, The Food Section. Friedland admits that he "...never thought the joke would go on so long but the food world has become so ripe for satire in the time since I started it.” Get the full lowdown (if you still care) right here. [NYT]