Gael Greene, who has died at age 88, made restaurant criticism sensual

Bill Addison considers the legacy of legendary New York magazine critic Gael Greene, who died Tuesday at age 88.
Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • November 2, 2022
For several years before catching my first break as a restaurant critic in 2002, when I began writing regularly for an alt weekly in Atlanta, I made a practice out of learning the form. My means of study sound like an absurd relic now: I filled a...
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