On Pete Wells

[Arjun Mendiratta]

Click.

 

[Kay Bixler]

Is there some law now that all food writing must somehow involve David Chang?

Still an interesting read, thanks for the link.

 

[VLM]

originally posted by Kay Bixler:
Is there some law now that all food writing must somehow involve David Chang?

Still an interesting read, thanks for the link.

Yes.

 

[Bill Lundstrom]

originally posted by Kay Bixler:
Is there some law now that all food writing must somehow involve David Chang?

Still an interesting read, thanks for the link.

if you are a New York critic, then yes.

 

[MarkS]

originally posted by Kay Bixler:
Is there some law now that all food writing must somehow involve David Chang?

Still an interesting read, thanks for the link.

Is he the new Kevin Bacon?

 

[Levi Dalton]

originally posted by MarkS:

originally posted by Kay Bixler:
Is there some law now that all food writing must somehow involve David Chang?

Still an interesting read, thanks for the link.

Is he the new Kevin Bacon?

Farmstead ham.

 

[Sharon Bowman]

originally posted by Arjun Mendiratta:
On Pete WellsClick.

So, what do you make of the new "coverage of restaurants in other cities" thing? I find it a bit absurd, to tell the truth. Yesterday I read rapturous writing about a place in L.A., which is even farther away than the Upper East Side.

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:

originally posted by Arjun Mendiratta:
On Pete WellsClick.

So, what do you make of the new "coverage of restaurants in other cities" thing? I find it a bit absurd, to tell the truth. Yesterday I read rapturous writing about a place in L.A., which is even farther away than the Upper East Side.

This can only lead one direction, winegrrrrl:

Mark Lipton

 

[JasonA]

originally posted by MarkS:

originally posted by Kay Bixler:
Is there some law now that all food writing must somehow involve David Chang?

Still an interesting read, thanks for the link.

Is he the new Kevin Bacon?

Or Rick Astley?

 

[Odd Rydland]

To quote Nick Lowe: Do you remember Richard Astley, he had a hit and it was ghastly.....

 

[Keith Levenberg]

There were a couple interesting lines in the article, but Pete Wells is not worth a thinkpiece.

 

[georg lauer]

originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
There were a couple interesting lines in the article, ....

The most interesting to me being "He talked of his earlier career, as an editor at Details,...".

That pretty much explains everything.

 

[Robert Dentice]

A related (and more interesting) article:

Thomas Keller and the Per Se New York Times review

 

[Robert Dentice]

One thing is for sure the NY Times can make or break a New York restaurant. I know of one restaurant that got a one star yet the review read more like a two star and after the review came out 50% of their reservations cancelled. The restaurant was very good and had positive reviews elsewhere.

 

[slaton]

originally posted by georg lauer:
The most interesting to me being "He talked of his earlier career, as an editor at Details,...".

That pretty much explains everything.

My reaction exactly.

 

[Christian Miller (CMM)]

originally posted by Robert Dentice:


One thing is for sure the NY Times can make or break a New York restaurant. I know of one restaurant that got a one star yet the review read more like a two star and after the review came out 50% of their reservations cancelled. The restaurant was very good and had positive reviews elsewhere.

Says as much about people's reading skills as it does about the Times.

 

[kirk wallace]

originally posted by Christian Miller (CMM):

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Says as much about people's reading skills as it does about the Times.

Have you turned on the US domestic news lately? Very little evidence of reading skills.

 

[kirk wallace]

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:

originally posted by Arjun Mendiratta:
On Pete WellsClick.

So, what do you make of the new "coverage of restaurants in other cities" thing? I find it a bit absurd, to tell the truth. Yesterday I read rapturous writing about a place in L.A., which is even farther away than the Upper East Side.

Sometimes one finds oneself, willingly or not, in or going to some other place; decent reportage by a source whose point of view and strengths and weaknesses you understand can be a help in those, deracinated moments.

Others just like to read about foreign lands, be they Rivendell, Timbuktu or the City of Angels.

 

[scottreiner]

originally posted by kirk wallace:

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:

originally posted by Arjun Mendiratta:
On Pete WellsClick.

So, what do you make of the new "coverage of restaurants in other cities" thing? I find it a bit absurd, to tell the truth. Yesterday I read rapturous writing about a place in L.A., which is even farther away than the Upper East Side.

Sometimes one finds oneself, willingly or not, in or going to some other place; decent reportage by a source whose point of view and strengths and weaknesses you understand can be a help in those, deracinated moments.

Others just like to read about foreign lands, be they Rivendell, Timbuktu or the City of Angels.

In the digital age, with the problems inherent to print publishing, the Times' has to worry about readership outside of the NY area.

 

[kirk wallace]

that too!