Ruth Reichl, author of Delicious!, one of the 2016 Battle Creeks books, will discuss her book and her career writing about food. Reichl, who was restaurant critic for The New York Times and the last editor-in-chief of now defunct Gourmet magazine, recently published My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life and also is the author of three memoirs. Her talk will be followed by a question-and-answer session, and she will autograph her books.