The smart speculation is that New York Times critic Sam Sifton is going to review Per Se for his final review, and that he's going to name it the "best restaurant in New York, Period." There's some ...

Sam Sifton will be our new National editor. From his star runs at Dining and Culture, we all know that Sam is a superb editor who brings infectious energy and a host of original ideas, digital and ...

Brownies: How about a no-chop dessert? Melting a stick of butter with some chocolate chips makes Lidey Heuck’s moist, fudgy brownies an absolute snap. Plus, she whisks unsweetened cocoa powder into ...

Ethical guidelines amongst restaurant critics has become a hot button topic these days, with outings of high-profile critics who show up to restaurants expecting preferential treatment tumbling down ...

When New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson announced that food critic Sam Sifton would leave the restaurant beat to take over as national editor, Grub Street reported the rumor that his ...

1. Channeling Sam Sifton. The former New York Times restaurant critic is on a roll. In addition to a career in food writing and 25 years of cooking holiday dinners, he twice manned the Thanksgiving ...

Steven Satterfield is the executive chef at Miller Union in Atlanta. He was once dubbed the “Vegetable Shaman” by New York Times writer Sam Sifton. His cookbook, Root to Leaf: A Southern Chef Cooks ...

Think restaurant critics are unfair? This chart comes from the The Daily Meal which looked carefully at the first six months of new New York Times food critic Pete Wells' reviews and found that he's ...

Eric Asimov, the interim New York Times restaurant critic sandwiched between Sam Sifton and his permanent replacement Pete Wells, published a story last week about his short tenure as a critical diner ...

New York Times restaurant critic Sam Sifton isn't quite ready to lay down his fork. He's still got a few reviews to write, and his replacement on the dining beat hasn't been named yet. But he told ...

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