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Phyllis C. Richman (born Phyllis Chasanow on March 21, 1939) is an American writer and former food critic for the ''Washington Post'' for 23 years, a role that led ''Newsweek'' magazine to name her "the most feared woman in Washington".〔Dornenburg, Andrew and Karen Page (1998). ''Dining Out: Secrets from America's Leading Critics, Chefs, and Restaurateurs''. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. (Extract ) via ''New York Times''.〕 ''Washingtonian'' magazine listed her as one of the 100 most powerful women in Washington. Richman is also the author of three murder mysteries set in the restaurant world, and many articles written for such publications as ''Gourmet'', ''Bon Appétit'', and ''Food Arts''. She has appeared on numerous radio and television shows, including the ''Diane Rehm Show'', NPR's ''All Things Considered'' and ''Weekend Edition'', and the ''Oprah Winfrey Show''. ==Personal life== The second of four children, Richman was born to Helen and Abraham Chasanow. Her father was a part-time lawyer and a civil servant. After being fired from his US Navy job as a security risk, Chasanow brought suit; the case eventually won an apology from the Navy and a change in government regulations. It also led to the movie ''Three Brave Men'' (with Ernest Borgnine playing the role of the Chasanow-like character) and to a Pulitzer Prize-winning article in the ''Washington Daily News'' by Anthony Lewis.〔(Anthony Lewis ), Media Law Resource Center〕 Helen Chasanow worked as a real-estate agent. When Richman was very young, the family moved to the cooperative town of Greenbelt, Maryland, where she grew up in a progressive environment. Richman enrolled at Brandeis University, from which she graduated with honors in 1961. That same year, she intended to apply for graduate work at Harvard University, but received a letter from a professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning who doubted that she would be able to combine academic work with "responsibilities to () husband and a possible future family". Instead, Richman did graduate work in urban planning at the University of Pennsylvania, and later in sociology at Purdue University.〔White, Claire (October 2000), "(A conversation with Phyllis Richman )", ''The Internet Writing Journal''〕 Following her junior year of college, she married Alvin Richman, who went on to teach political science at Purdue before specializing in public opinion polling for the United States Information Agency and the State Department. They had three children — Joe, the producer of ''Radio Diaries'' on NPR; Matt, an audio engineer; and Libby, a TV producer — before they divorced in 1985. She is now married to Bob Burton, a retired statistician at the US Department of Education. They live in Takoma Park, Maryland. In 2009, Richman was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, but continues to contribute freelance articles to various publications. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phyllis Richman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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