1.   Being a restaurant critic sounds like a glamorous lifestyle.

2.   And who else could have called upon his father, writer Dominick Dunne, to contribute a cameo as a restaurant critic for an influential newspaper?

3.   Arizona Republic restaurant critic Penelope Corcoran recently returns from the annual meeting of the International Association of Cooking Professionals, held this year in San Antonio.

4.   As a restaurant critic and an animal lover, I subscribe to a policy of complete hypocrisy.

5.   At one time or another, he was a columnist for Seventeen magazine, a consumer affairs reporter for National Public Radio and a restaurant critic.

6.   Back when Ruth Reichl was restaurant critic for The Los Angeles Times, she heard a couple at the next table arguing over dinner.

7.   Balderdash, says Mimi Sheraton, author and former New York Times restaurant critic.

8.   Being the husband of a restaurant critic is a big responsibility.

9.   A former restaurant critic for The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, Reichl is a master storyteller, with a command of pacing and detail.

10.   A restaurant critic recalls a life of eating and cooking.