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Sam Sifton

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    The Very Wrong Way to Make Biscuits

    ​My e-mail inbox this morning included a note from a perplexed former editor, who was obliquely cited in a New York Times magazine column this weekend. Times dining critic Sam Sifton opened his story about the mystique of biscuits with an anecdote about me and Oprah that dates back to my firs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    Our Top 10 List Of 2010 Top 10 Food Lists

    Thank you FoodNetworkHumor.com for getting us all hot with your great list.​Oh baby. Oh baby. Yeah, baby, that's so good. I've got to have some more. Give it to me. That's not dialogue from some porn site, but the ramblings of Food Network superstars. Or, at least that's what I imagine them m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Speaking of Endangered Species, Restaurant Critics Sound Off on Yelp, Food Blogs, Free Speech, Groucho Marx and Taiwanese Teenagers

    ​Yesterday, Andrew Knowlton, restaurant editor at Bon Appetit magazine and writer of the BA Foodist blog had a few words to say to a frustrated restaurateur dealing with reviews from knuckleheads on Yelp. His advice? Don't get into fights with anonymous online posters, remember that food is a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    Friday Food Freak Out: F#@& You, KFC

    Chicken has never been so pointlessly exciting...​Of all the food news that has happened in the past couple weeks--from the naming of Food & Wine magazine's 2010 Best Chefs to the naming of Alinea as Chicago's best restaurant ever, from the closing of the last American sardine cannery to the c ... More >>

  • Arts

    September 9, 2009

    The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events

    Chicken has never been so pointlessly exciting...​Of all the food news that has happened in the past couple weeks--from the naming of Food & Wine magazine's 2010 Best Chefs to the naming of Alinea as Chicago's best restaurant ever, from the closing of the last American sardine cannery to the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Why This Critic's Staying Anonymous

    ​Every 10-12 months, the argument restarts itself, roiling across food blogs, newspapers, and now Twitter feeds: Should restaurant critics be anonymous? Today, Nancy Leson, formerly the anonymous critic for the Seattle Times and now a public restaurant-scene chronicler, has launched a discuss ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Sam Sifton Has Restaurant Critics' Number

    If your grandmother hasn't already called you to kvetch about it, the New York Times has named its newest restaurant critic now that Frank Bruni has put himself out to pasture with a tell-all memoir. The new alpha dog on the restaurant scene will be Sam Sifton, former assistant Dining editor and cur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    A Stronger FDA, a More Perfect Recipe, and Other Food News

    Starting off this week's food news digest with some very good news, the House of Representatives finally passed a bill that greatly strengthens the FDA's ability to regulate and enforce food safety laws. If the bill becomes law, the agency will be able to make farmers and food producers beef up thei ... More >>

  • News

    November 22, 2000

    Visions and undergrowth

    Seeking the wild Yettie and other techish reading for the season.

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