Geraldine DeRuiter is an American author who runs the Everywhereist blog.[1] In 2019 DeRuiter won the James Beard Foundation Award, in the category of Personal Essay Long Form,[2] for her post on Everywhereist titled "I Made the Pizza Cinnamon Rolls From Mario Batali's Sexual Misconduct Apology Letter."[3]
Her memoir, All Over the Place, was published in 2017.[4][5] 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".[6]
Her 2024 memoir If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury was published to positive reviews,[7][8][9] being featured in the March 2024 issue of BookPage magazine.[10] EATER listed the book as one of their best food books to read in Spring 2024.[11]
Time magazine named Everywhereist one of their blogs of 2011.[12]
In 2019 DeRuiter won the James Beard Foundation Award, in the category of Personal Essay Long Form,[2] for her post on Everywhereist titled "I Made the Pizza Cinnamon Rolls From Mario Batali's Sexual Misconduct Apology Letter."[3]