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Food writers

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us: Food writers



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    • us: Cooking writers
    • us: Food critics
    • us: Food journalists
    • us: Restaurant critics
    • us: Restaurant reviewers
    • us: Reviewers, Restaurant

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    • found: Work cat.: FitzGibbon, T. Loves lies a loss, 1985: jkt. (cookery writer)
    • found: Work cat.: Reich, R. Garlic and sapphires : the secret life of a critic in disguise, 2005: p. 2 (restaurant critic of the Los Angeles times) p. 25 (restaurant critic of the New York times)
    • found: Wikipedia, Oct. 25, 2012: Food critic (The terms food critic, food writer, and restaurant critic can all be used to describe a writer who analyzes food or restaurants and then publishes the results of their findings. While these terms are not strictly synonymous they are often used interchangeably, at least in some circumstances. Those who share their opinions via food columns in newspapers and magazines are known as food columnists. ... "Food writer" is often used as a broad term that encompasses someone who writes about food and about restaurants. ... Food critics and "restaurant critic" are synonyms, in practice, although there is still a distinction to be made. Both suggest a critical, evaluative stance that often involves some kind of rating system. The distinction, if any involves the range of possible investigation. "Food critic" has a more contemporary vibe, suggesting that restaurants, bakeries, food festivals, street vendors, and taco trucks are all fair game. "Restaurant critic" is the more traditional title and can connote a more restricted sphere of operations -- traditional restaurants, with perhaps those serving French cuisine being the examplars. ... For most of the past century, the most highly visible food critics have been those who have written for daily newspapers throughout the world and a few who have been restaurant reviewers for influential magazines, such as Gourmet in the United States.)
    • notfound: LC data base, April 25, 1987;Hennepin;Web. 3

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    • 1987-04-29: new
    • 2013-01-24: revised

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