Q&A: Get to know Bill Addison, one of The Times’ new restaurant critics
6 years ago

Q&A: Get to know Bill Addison, one of The Times’ new restaurant critics

LA Times  

Bill Addison is one of two restaurant critics who recently joined the Los Angeles Times. Food Q&A: Get to know Patricia Escárcega, new restaurant critic for the L.A. Times Patricia Escárcega was recently named one of the Food section’s new restaurant critics. Today I will say that my restaurant critic’s answer is a meal at Noma in Copenhagen circa 2012 that blew open my mind to possibilities for restaurants that I hadn’t experienced before. That’s a hard question for me to answer because the job of a restaurant critic is to be curious about every cuisine on the earth, which I am.

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L.A. Times Restaurant Critic Bill Addison Wins IACP Award
3 months, 1 week ago

L.A. Times Restaurant Critic Bill Addison Wins IACP Award

LA Times  

Among the winning collection of reviews was Addison’s piece on Holbox, The Times’ 2023 Restaurant of the Year. Los Angeles Times Restaurant Critic Bill Addison has earned an award for food writing in the International Assn. Addison won in the restaurant criticism/reviews category for a collection of reviews on L.A. eateries, including a review of Holbox, The Times’ 2023 Restaurant …

Restaurant critic’s departure reveals potential hazards of the job
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Restaurant critic’s departure reveals potential hazards of the job

Associated Press  

Restaurant critics appear to have the best job in journalism, enjoying meals a few nights a week on someone else’s dime. “I just had to come face to face with the reality that I can’t metabolize food the way I used to, I can’t metabolize alcohol the way I used to and I just don’t need to eat as much …

Longtime 'NYT' food critic reflects on 12 years at the table
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Longtime 'NYT' food critic reflects on 12 years at the table

NPR  

Longtime 'NYT' food critic reflects on 12 years at the table NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to the New York Times' food critic Pete Wells about his retirement after 12 years at the critic's table. Pete Wells wrote that and hundreds of other restaurant reviews in his 12 years as New York Times food critic. SHAPIRO: I imagine you're probably sick …

Q&A: Get to know Patricia Escárcega, new restaurant critic for the L.A. Times
6 years ago

Q&A: Get to know Patricia Escárcega, new restaurant critic for the L.A. Times

LA Times  

Food Columnist Patricia Escárcega was recently named one of the Food section’s new restaurant critics. I’ve developed a deep appreciation for the foods and people historically ignored by food media — genres like Mexican American cooking, which still doesn’t get the respect and interest that it merits. I don’t have patience for food journalism that betrays a lack of curiosity …

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