
Adam Ried is a senior editor for
Cook’s Illustrated magazine and on-air kitchen equipment tester for the television show. A graduate of the Boston University Certificate in the Culinary Arts Program, Ried has contributed restaurant reviews and food articles to the
Boston Phoenix, the TAB Community Newspapers, and
Gourmet magazine; has lectured on the topic of food writing at Boston University, Emerson College and the Boston Learning Society; and has served as consultant to a public relations and marketing firm specializing in restaurant and food-related clients. Prior to his work in the food industry, Ried spent six years in marketing and promotion in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, and engineering. He is a graduate of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn.