Will the New York Times' Next Food Critic Come from an Alt-Weekly?
By AAN Staff
may 15, 2009 09:41 am
When the
Times announced this week that it was moving food critic Frank Bruni to a new assignment writing for the
Times Magazine, foodies immediately began speculating as to whom the paper would replace him with. The Associated Press says
LA Weekly's Pulitzer-winning critic Jonathan Gold is one of the "obvious contenders," while
Eater has him as a "dark horse," with 250-1 odds. Eater also pegs
Village Voice critic Robert Sietsema an "underdog," giving him 1000-1 odds. Meanwhile, the
Times staffer who will lead the search says she hasn't started thinking about who will be named for what the AP calls "what's widely considered the most important restaurant critic job in the country."