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Biography
Frank Bruni was named restaurant critic for The New York Times in April 2004. Before that, he was the newspaper’s Rome bureau chief, a White House reporter, the lead correspondent covering George W. Bush’s 2000 Presidential Campaign, and a frequent contributor to the Sunday Times magazine. He is the …
Read moreFrank Bruni was named restaurant critic for The New York Times in April 2004. Before that, he was the newspaper’s Rome bureau chief, a White House reporter, the lead correspondent covering George W. Bush’s 2000 Presidential Campaign, and a frequent contributor to the Sunday Times magazine. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Ambling into History, about George W. Bush, and his restaurant-related articles for the Times have appeared in each of the last four editions of “Best Food Writing” in America. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing for his work before the Times at the Detroit Free Press. He lives in New York City.
Check out Frank Bruni’s website here.
Speaking Topics
- Born Round
Frank discusses some of the themes explored in his New York Times bestselling book Born Round: childhood obesity; diet and fitness; the restaurant industry; the restaurant scene, and being the New York Times restaurant critic.
- Life as the New York Times Restaurant Critic
The life of, and behind the scenes with, the person who held the most influential restaurant critic post in the land for five and a half years.
- Politics
Prior to serving as restaurant critic, Frank covered George W. Bush’s first presidential campaign, and penned the New York Times bestselling Ambling into History: the Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush.
- The Experiences of an Openly Gay Man on the Front Lines of Journalism
Frank speaks candidly about everything from dealing with a presidential candidate who knew he was openly gay to the way his reviews were sometimes analyzed through the prism of his sexual orientation. He also discusses the degree to which he thinks many a workplace, as exemplified by the New York Times, welcomes its openly gay employees these days.
- An Extraordinary Journalistic Adventure
Frank takes the audience on a lively journey through his varied, versatile career that has spanned movie coverage, Vatican reporting, the presidential campaign trail, and restaurant criticism. From flying on the Pope’s plane, to sitting on the back porch in Kennebunkport with George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush, to dining with Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, to riding in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle across Saddam Hussein’s Iraq for several days, Frank’s career has run a fascinating gamut.
Featured Book
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Born Round
"Frank Bruni’s memoir stands utterly alone." —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love "Born Round is as addictive as Chinese sesame noodles and as satisfying as Grandma Bruni's lasagna." —Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food 
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Speaker's video
- Tipsy Diaries: Bruni's Cocktail Mashup—NYTimes.com
- Frank Bruni Dishes on Life After The New York Times for NBC New York
- Frank Bruni on Charlie Rose
Media
- "Michael White Plots Dominion Through Pasta"—The New York Times
- "Lessons Learned as New York Times Food Critic"—The Atlantic
- "Frank Bruni on Non-Critic Life"—Food & Wine Magazine Blog
- "Frank Bruni Succumbs to Heat-Induced Shame Spiral"—Grub Street New York
- "From Eating Disorder to Food Critic"—Nightline
- Interview on The Colbert Report
- "Bulimic Boy to Food Critic"—Good Morning America
- Interview on CNN's Campbell Brown Show
- "Fall's Best New Books"—The Today Show
- Born Round listed atop PW’s Top Ten Nonfiction Best Books of 2009
- "The Exchange: Frank Bruni"—The New Yorker
- "Weight Watcher"—The New York Times
- "Where Scott Brown is Coming From"—The New York Times Magazine
- "Pick of the Week"—Publisher's Weekly
- "Frank Bruni dissects his food obsession"—The Associated Press
- "Forked Tongue: Food Critic Dishes On Own Demons"—The Washington Post
- "Voracious Love Affair and Battle With Pleasures and Snares of Food"—The New York Times
- Born Round review—The Village Voice
- "Food addict's tale of eating for a living"—The Toronto Star
- Born Round review—The Christian Science Monitor
- "A Sapphic Victory, but Pyrrhic"—The New York Times
- Frank Bruni's Twitter