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Sietsema deserves a bit of a pass here. His Magnolia piece is mostly damning and he admits some guilt in liking the pudding. More importantly, he's is one of t
by L_Rahman 9y ago
Sietsema deserves a bit of a pass here. His Magnolia piece is mostly damning and he admits some guilt in liking the pudding.
More importantly, he's is one of the biggest champions of non-conspicuous food consumption in the New York food scene.
- bogomipz 9y agoHe contributed 800 words and 4 large pictures of food porn as publicity for Magnolia Bakery. I would hardly call that a "damning" action. He's done his share to promote them more than once over the years as well.[1] Here is a list of his Eater articles fetishizing things like donuts, Croque Monsieurs and porridge as well as articles with titles such as "How to eat like Anothony Bourdain, "How to do a Pho Tour" and "Where to get the Best Dim Sum."[2] Can you explain why you don't believe such articles promote conspicuous consumption? [1] https://www.villagevoice.com/2011/01/28/cops-love-magnolia-bakery-too/ https://www.villagevoice.com/2011/01/28/cops-love-magnolia-b... [2] https://ny.eater.com/authors/robert-sietsema https://ny.eater.com/authors/robert-sietsema
- baseten 9y agohey, a guy's gotta eat.
- bogomipz 9y agoAgreed :) And that's the difference between ordering a bowl of Pho and "Taking a Pho tour" or simply grabbing a slice of pizza from your corner joint instead of trying to "Eat like Anthony Bourdain"
- L_Rahman 9y agoI'll take it back. You're right. It's just that mainstream NYC food criticism is so saturated with Eleven Madison Park, $200 steaks at 4 Charles and $24 dry-aged burgers that I graded Sietsema on a curve.