Robert Sietsema
Robert Sietsema is a former food critic for the Village Voice, for which he regularly wrote reviews and articles from 1993 until 2013.[1][2] He is a member of the Organ Meat Society and a contributor to Gourmet magazine.[3] After being laid off from the Voice in a round of downsizing, he was hired the following week by Eater, the New York City-based online food network—as a feature writer before moving into the role of food critic.[4]
Biography
Of Dutch descent, Sietsema is from the Midwest. Around 1978, he left college to move to New York City, where his wife-to-be was moving. He worked in a book publishing house and later was the bass player for a band called Mofungo for 12 years, which had Elliott Sharp on guitar. The band had several releases.
He started a newsletter called Down the Hatch and charged $10 a year for five issues.[5]
Selected publications
References
- "Robert Sietsema, Restaurant Critic". Gothamist. Archived from the original on 2009-07-12. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
Since 1993, Robert Sietsema has been eating his way through New York on behalf of the Village Voice; his specialty is shedding light on restaurants and cuisines that may have gone otherwise undetected by a broader audience. ...
- "New York's legendary food warrior takes aim at Restaurant Girl". Metromix. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
Robert Sietsema, the Village Voice food scribe and curator of its recent inaugural Choice Eats gala, is renowned for how closely he guards his anonymity....
- "Backgrounder: Robert Sietsema". New York University. 2004. Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
- "Robert Sietsema author page, Eater.com".
- Michael T. Kaufman (October 6, 1993). "A Random Tasting Tour And the Flavor Is Ethnic". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-07-16.