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ozersky in january 2009 spouse = -lcb- -lcb- unbulleted list may 27 , 2015 august 22 , 1967 chicago , u.s. miami , u.s. 200px james street blog beard award for new york magazine 's grub august 22 , 1967 joshua ozersky
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joshua ozersky

joshua ozersky -lrb- august 22 , 1967 -- may 4 , 2015 -rrb- was an american food writer and historian .
he first came to prominence as a founding editor of `` new york '' magazine 's food blog , `` grub street '' , for which he received a james beard foundation award -lrb- with co-editor daniel maurer -rrb- in 2008 .
he was the author of several books , including `` the hamburger : a history '' -lrb- 2008 isbn 0-300-11758-2 -rrb- , `` colonel sanders and the american dream '' -lrb- 2003 isbn 0292723822 -rrb- and `` archie bunker 's america : tv in an era of change , 1968 -- 1978 '' -lrb- march 2003 isbn 0-8093-2507-1 -rrb- .
he was editor-at-large for `` esquire '' , writing about food and restaurants .
he also wrote frequently for `` the wall street journal '' , `` food & wine '' , and `` the new york observer '' , among other places .
although read primarily as a food writer , he has said in numerous public appearances that he disliked `` food writing '' as such , and that his strongest influences were g. k. chesterton , thomas babington macaulay and a. j. liebling .
