Paul Levy (journalist)

Paul Levy (born 26 February 1941 in Lexington, Kentucky) is a US/British author and journalist.

He lives with his wife, art historian, Penelope Marcus, in Oxfordshire UK.

He and Ann Barr, in an article in Harpers & Queen in 1982, were the first in Britain to use the word "foodie" (some have said that he exemplified the concept).

Whether they coined the word is not clear because Gael Greene used it at almost the same moment in New York Magazine.

He blogs on culture at ArtsJournal.com/plainenglish, contributes obituaries to the Independent, Guardian and Telegraph, and has written many entries for The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Paul Levy at the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery , 2012
Harlan Walker (standing), Paul Levy (centre) and Claudia Roden (right) among panellists at the Oxford Symposium, 2006