Walden

The Chronicle is reporting that its former Inside Scoop columnist GraceAnn Walden has died.

“She made restaurant news and gossip a dedicated beat in this food-obsessed town, breathlessly chronicling the paths of chefs through town and tracking the underbelly of the restaurant scene with her sharp, witty and sometimes controversial writing,” the Chron’s Inside Scoop blog said.

She wrote the Inside Scoop column from its inception in 1991 to 2005. In recent years, she had been living in the North Bay, conducting food tours around North Beach, and sending out her food-centric newsletter. (Photo credit: Chris Stewart, Chronicle)