Gael Greene

Gael Greene
Greene in 1982
Born	December 22, 1933 (1933-12-22) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died	November 1, 2022 (2022-12) (aged 88) Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Education	University of Michigan
Occupation(s)	Food critic, author, novelist
Spouse	Donald H. Forst ​ ​ (m. 1961; div. 1974)​

Gael Greene (December 22, 1933 – November 1, 2022) was an American restaurant critic, author, and novelist. She became New York magazine's restaurant critic in fall 1968, at a time when most New Yorkers were unsophisticated about food and there were few chefs anyone knew by name,^{[citation needed]} and for four decades both documented and inspired the city's and America's growing obsession with food. She was a pioneering "foodie."^[1]