I want to be the companion
Often when I tell people what I do, they say they want my job. And, in fact, occasionally people who want to be The Sun's restaurant critic send me their resumes. I'm not sure I see the logic in that, but just a tip: Your resume doesn't get very far from my desk.
However, the job you should really be angling for is restaurant critic companion. Then you get to eat for free, but you don't have to be thinking about your meal while you eat it --or write about it afterwards. (Sorry, there are no openings for that position right now either.)
There's an interesting post about being a companion on the Amateur Gourmet's blog. He went out to dinner with Frank Bruni, critic of the New York Times, and reports on the experience.
(Elizabeth Malby/Sun Photographer)
Comments
Dang--no openings for a dining companion? But I am willing to eat AND think at the same time!
Posted by: Darlene | November 20, 2007 1:10 PM
Me too...and after reading that blog you linked I wouldn't mind being a groupie for the food critic either.
Posted by: Eric | November 20, 2007 2:00 PM
My wife wrote the restaurant reviews for the Old Town Crier out of Alexandria, Virginia for a few years. I was her dining companion. Oddly, her actual name was on the byline, but I was always referred to as "dining companion" in the articles.
Posted by: Robert | November 20, 2007 2:07 PM
Read "Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise" by Ruth Reichl and you will feel like a food critic's companion without the weight gain.
Elizabeth, have you considered writing a book at some point? I know I would love to read it.
I think when I retire, I will have used up all the words I have in me, especially with the blog. And until then, I'm so busy I don't have time to, but thanks.
Posted by: J.H. | November 21, 2007 8:08 AM
No openings? Ah, well. Maybe an idea for the prize for the next milestone post.
Posted by: Janet | November 21, 2007 8:16 AM
Janet--what a great idea! I'm in!
Posted by: Darlene | November 21, 2007 9:41 AM