Geraldine DeRuiter

Her memoir, All Over the Place, was published in 2017.{{Cite news |title=11 Books To Bring Camping With You This Summer, Because There's Nothing Better Than Reading By The Fire |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/11-books-to-bring-camping-with-you-this-summer-because-theres-nothing-better-than-reading-by-the-fire-69077 |magazine=Bustle|access-date=July 2, 2022}}{{Cite news |title=All Over the Place | magazine=Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/geraldine-deruiter/all-over-the-place/ |access-date=July 2, 2022}} 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".{{Cite web |last=Romero |first=Gabby |date=2022-08-02 |title=Tomato Sandwiches Are At The Center Of A Controversial Twitter Debate |url=https://ca.style.yahoo.com/tomato-sandwiches-center-controversial-twitter-174100599.html |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-CA}}

Her 2024 memoir If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury was published to positive reviews,{{Cite news |last=Reese |first=Jennifer |date=2024-03-09 |title=A Food Writer Whose Essays Go Heavy on the Salt and Fire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/09/books/review/if-you-cant-take-the-heat-geraldine-de-ruiter.html |access-date=2024-04-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=April 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424190625/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/09/books/review/if-you-cant-take-the-heat-geraldine-de-ruiter.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2024-03-08 |title=Geraldine DeRuiter tackles ‘food, feminism, and fury’ in new book |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/geraldine-deruiter-tackles-food-feminism-and-fury-in-new-book/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US |archive-date=April 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424190956/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/geraldine-deruiter-tackles-food-feminism-and-fury-in-new-book/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Lou |first=Jo |date=2024-03-14 |title=In Her New Book, Geraldine DeRuiter Takes on the Patriarchy, but Really All She Wants Is a Decent Meal |url=https://electricliterature.com/in-her-new-book-geraldine-deruiter-takes-on-the-patriarchy-but-really-all-she-wants-is-a-decent-meal/ |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=Electric Literature |language=en-US}} being featured in the March 2024 issue of BookPage magazine.{{Cite journal |last=Diamond |first=Becky Libourel |title=If You Can't Take The Heat |url=https://www.bookpage.com/ |journal=BookPage |issue=MAR 2024 |access-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307221333/https://www.bookpage.com/ |url-status=live }} EATER listed the book as one of their best food books to read in Spring 2024.{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Amy |date=2024-02-14 |title=The Best Food Books to Read This Spring |url=https://www.eater.com/24072750/best-food-books-to-read-this-spring-paris-novel-if-you-cant-take-the-heat |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Eater |language=en |archive-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307221333/https://www.eater.com/24072750/best-food-books-to-read-this-spring-paris-novel-if-you-cant-take-the-heat |url-status=live }}

Time magazine named Everywhereist one of their blogs of 2011.{{Cite news |last=McCracken |first=Harry |date=June 6, 2011 |title=The Everywhereist - The Best Blogs of 2011 |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2075431_2075447_2075474,00.html |access-date=July 2, 2022 |magazine=Time |issn=0040-781X |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702020712/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2075431_2075447_2075474,00.html |url-status=live }}

In 2019 DeRuiter won the James Beard Foundation Award, in the category of Personal Essay Long Form,{{Cite news |date=April 26, 2019 |title=THE 2019 JAMES BEARD MEDIA AWARD WINNERS |url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/the-2019-james-beard-media-award-winners |access-date=July 11, 2023 |archive-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031041712/https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/the-2019-james-beard-media-award-winners |url-status=live }} for her post on Everywhereist titled "I Made the Pizza Cinnamon Rolls From Mario Batali's Sexual Misconduct Apology Letter."{{Cite web |last=Everywhereist |date=2018-01-11 |title=I Made the Pizza Cinnamon Rolls from Mario Batali's Sexual Misconduct Apology Letter |url=https://www.everywhereist.com/2018/01/i-made-the-pizza-cinnamon-rolls-from-mario-batalis-sexual-misconduct-apology-letter/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=The Everywhereist |language=en-US |archive-date=July 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711022916/https://www.everywhereist.com/2018/01/i-made-the-pizza-cinnamon-rolls-from-mario-batalis-sexual-misconduct-apology-letter/ |url-status=live }}

DeRuiter lives in Seattle. She is married to Rand Fishkin, cofounder of marketing platforms Moz and Sparktoro.

• {{cite book |last=DeRuiter |first=G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R_J0DQAAQBAJ |title=All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft |publisher=PublicAffairs |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-61039-764-3}}
• {{cite book |last=DeRuiter |first=G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1k7NEAAAQBAJ |title=If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury |publisher=Crown |year=2024 |isbn=978-0-593-44448-1}}

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