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November 20, 2007

I want to be the companion

SoBoCafe2Often 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)

Posted by Elizabeth Large at 12:56 PM | | Comments (6)
        

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Dang--no openings for a dining companion? But I am willing to eat AND think at the same time!

Me too...and after reading that blog you linked I wouldn't mind being a groupie for the food critic either.

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.

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.

No openings? Ah, well. Maybe an idea for the prize for the next milestone post.

Janet--what a great idea! I'm in!

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About Elizabeth Large
Elizabeth Large, The Baltimore Sun's restaurant critic, blogs about memorable meals, dining trends, comings and goings on the restaurant scene and more.
Elizabeth Large retired in February. Until a new critic is named, Laura Vozzella will be blogging here. Vozzella has been a reporter with The Sun for 10 years. She’s covered small-town scandal (Columbia gym towel thefts!) and big-city mayors (O’Malley, Dixon).

Lately she has been writing about food (cilantro, pine nuts). She also writes The Talk, a weekly column about politicians and other local oddities (again: O’Malley, Dixon). She’ll continue with the food writing and The Talk column while blogging.
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