Robert Sietsema Explained

Robert Sietsema is an American restaurant critic. He wrote reviews and articles for the Village Voice from 1993 to 2013.[1] [2] He has also contributed to Gourmet magazine.[3] After being let go from the Voice in a round of downsizing, he was hired the following week by Eater, the New York City-based food website, as a feature writer before moving into the role of senior 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 for a book publishing house and played bass in the band Mofungo alongside guitarist Elliott Sharp.

He started a newsletter called Down the Hatch and charged $10 a year for five issues.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Robert Sietsema, Restaurant Critic. Gothamist. 2009-07-16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090712042052/http://gothamist.com/2008/03/11/robert_sietsema.php. 2009-07-12.
  2. News: New York's legendary food warrior takes aim at Restaurant Girl . . 2009-07-16 .
  3. News: Backgrounder: Robert Sietsema. New York University. 2004. 2009-07-16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100620215233/http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/bullpen/robert_sietsema/backgrounder/. 2010-06-20.
  4. News: Robert Sietsema author page, Eater.com.
  5. News: Michael T. Kaufman . Michael T. Kaufman . A Random Tasting Tour And the Flavor Is Ethnic . . October 6, 1993 . 2009-07-16 .