Josh Ozersky Aug. 22, 1967 – May 4, 2015

Writer, Gastronome, Polymath, Bon Vivant

Josh Ozersky at the 2008 Burger Bash in NYC. Photo by Nick Solares Joshua Ozersky was a James Beard winning American author, pioneering food blogger, and founder of the International food festival Meatopia, the Woodstock of edible animals. Resources

• Wikipedia Page

• Meatopia UK

Selected Bibliography

• Colonel Sanders and the American Dream May 2013 (ISBN 0292723822)

• The Hamburger: A History May 2009 (ISBN 0-300-11758-2)

• Meat Me in Manhattan: A Carnivore's Guide to New York October 2003 (ISBN 0-9703125-7-1)

• Archie Bunker's America: TV in an Era of Change 1968–1978 March 2003 (ISBN 0-8093-2507-1)

Author Archives

• Esquire

• Time: Taste of America

• OzerskyTV (Via Wayback Machine, web archive)

• Vice

• Grub Street

• Solitary Man - Saveur

• The-Feedbag

• The-Feedbag (Via Wayback Machine, web archive)

• So You Want to be a Food Writer - Medium

• Consider the Food Writer - Medium

• Medium

The Josh Ozersky Tribute bench, Tompkins Square Park, NYC. Video / TV / Radio

• Ozersky TV presented by Underground Eats - YouTube (channel cancelled)

• OzerskyTV - YouTube

• OzerskyTV - Vimeo

• The-Feedbag - YouTube

• Munchies - Vice

• The All American Cheeseburger - EHow

• Hamburger Alley - City Search

• Nightline - ABC News

• The Mister Cutlets Show - Heritage Radio

• Go Fork Yourself: Meat with Josh Ozersky - Andrew Zimmern Podcast

• A Farewell to Quenelles: The Evolution of Restaurant Culture in New York - NY Public Library

• United State of Drinking - Smithsonian

• News from the Underground -The Untold History of Drive-By America

• Pizza, New York's Finest - Hungry In... East Village - City Search / Hungry

• Hungry In... Chinatown, Manhattan - City Search / Hungry

• Hurricane Sandy Restaurant Relief Efforts - City Search / Hungry

Social Media

• Twitter

• Instagram

• Facebook

Tributes

• What Makes the Perfect Burger? A Tribute to Josh Ozersky - The Meat Show/Eater

• Platt Remembers Ozersky: A True Grub Street Intellectual - Adam Platt

• Josh Ozersky and Grub Street’s Salad Early Days - Daniel Maurer / Grub Street

• Remembering Josh Ozersky - The Front Burner / Heritage Radio

• Remembering Josh Ozersky - Meathead Godlwyn / Amazing Ribs

• American Mouth: The Loud Life and Meaty Legacy of Josh Ozersky - Nigel Durara / PDX Monthly

• Remembering Josh Ozersky: Chefs, Restaurateurs, and Writers Pay Tribute - Eater

• A Well Fed Life Cut Too Short - Ed Levine / Serious Eats

• How Great Chefs Remember Josh Ozersky - Esquire

• Chef John Tesar remembers Josh Ozersky - Austin 360

• Josh Ozersky was the food world’s master provocateur - Tim Carman / Washington Post

• Josh Ozersky was my Biggest Frenemy Joshua David Stein / Esquire

• America's Best New Restaurants 2015 - Ted Allen / Esquire

• The Ozersky We Know - Ridiculous and Sublime - Joe Keohane / Esquire

• Josh Ozersky Tribute Video - Don Blender / YouTube

Obituaries

• ​New York Times

• Chicago Tribune

• The Guardian

• James Beard Foundation

• CNN

• Grub Street

• Eater

• Gothamist