"editor" news and stories

The New York Times Dining section, which we cover, in brief, here every week, has been in a bit of a slump lately. The precise reasons for this are probably known only to their staff, but the general consensus is that the formerly popular food section is barely worth reading far too often. But loyal readers may be able to look forward to a turnaround of the section's content, since they have just replaced current editor Kathleen McElroy with food writer Pete Wells.

Pete Wells is a columnist for Food and Wine Magazine and is well known to food bloggers for some rather unkind things me said about them earlier this year, though Food & Wine now has a food blogwatch on their own site. Aside from his little gaffe there, Wells is an excellent writer with plenty to offer to the Dining section. Hopefully the content will step up and give readers the stimulating read that the are looking for, rather than yet another article about how wonderful Greenmarket is.

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This week marked the launch of Epicurious's new blog, Epi-Log, penned by the site's editor Tanya Wenman Steel (right). In the opening post, Tanya goes over what the blog won't be: it won't be a self-involved daily letter from the editor and it won't be food celebrity gossip. The blog will focus on happenings in the food and restaurant industry as well as highlights of other Epicurious features. Upon first looking at Epi-Log's list of links, I got all excited when I saw what I thought was our own Sarah Gim's The Delicious Life. As it turns out, there's a Houston-based food site of the same name.