Karen_Brooks_(food_critic)
Karen Brooks (food critic)
American food critic and writer
Karen Brooks is an American food critic and writer. She has worked for Portland Monthly, The Oregonian, and Willamette Week.[1] She was laid off from The Oregonian in 2010.[2]
Brooks co-wrote The Mighty Gastropolis: Portland (2012) with Gideon Bosker and Teri Gelber.[3][4][5] In 2017, she received the James Beard Foundation's Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award.[6] She has appeared in the television series Eater's Guide to the World[7] and Street Food: USA.[8]