Josh Ozersky, acclaimed food writer for Esquire andย founding editor of Grub Street was found dead at a Chicago hotel on Monday. He was 47.
Ozersky, of Portland, Oregon, was pronounced dead on the scene at 11.40 a.m. at the Conrad Chicago Hotel, 521 N. Rush St. and the cause is still unknown, according to the medical examiner’s office, reported the Chicago Tribune.
Ozersky wasย in town for the James Beard Foundation Awardsย and was a member of itsย awards committee.
“He was an advocate for maximimalist food. He loved meat, and he saw great meat-cookery as the ultimate expression of culinary culture,” said John T.