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American journalist
Sam Sifton
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Sam Sifton, right, in 2018.
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Born
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1966-06-05
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June 5, 1966
(age 58)
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Occupation(s)
| food editor, national news editor, restaurant critic, cultural news editor, journalist, author
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Notable credit(s)
| The New York Times
,
Talk
magazine;
New York Press
(publications);
A Field Guide to the Yettie
(book)
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Spouse
| Tina Fallon
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Family
| Hon. Charles Proctor Sifton (father); Elisabeth Sifton (mother)
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Sam Sifton
(born June 5, 1966) is an American journalist and food editor at
The New York Times.
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He was previously the paper's national editor.
[2]
Sifton has also worked as deputy dining editor (2001); dining editor (2001?04); deputy culture editor (2004?2005), and culture editor (2005?2009).
[3]
Early life
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Sifton was born on June 5, 1966, to the Hon.
Charles Proctor Sifton
, a senior district judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
, and
Elisabeth Sifton
, a senior vice president at
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
and author of
The Serenity Prayer
(2003). His maternal grandfather was the theologian
Reinhold Niebuhr
and his maternal grandmother was
Ursula Niebuhr
, the author of
Remembering Reinhold Niebuhr
(2001) and founder of the
Barnard College
Religion Department.
Sifton graduated magna cum laude from
Harvard College
with an A.B. degree in history and literature in 1988.
Career
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Sifton began his journalism career as assistant editor for
American Heritage
magazine in 1988. From 1990 to 1994, he taught social studies in the
New York City
public school system.
Sifton held a number of positions at the weekly
New York Press
during his tenure there from 1990 to 1998, including restaurant critic, contributing editor, senior editor, media critic, and managing editor.
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Sifton was a founding editor of
Talk
in 1998 before coming to the
Times
in 2001.
In October 2009, Sifton succeeded
Frank Bruni
as restaurant critic for the
Times
.
[5]
Sifton's last review
[6]
as restaurant critic was published October 11, 2011. He was succeeded by
Pete Wells
.
Personal life
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Sifton is married to Tina Fallon, an independent theatre producer, and resides in
Brooklyn
.
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Works
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- Sifton, Sam, Malosh, D., & New York Times Company. (2021).
The New York Times Cooking No Recipe Recipes
. New York: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 1529109833.
OCLC
1250363553
- Sifton, Sam (2000).
A Field Guide to the Yettie: Young, Enterepreneurial Technocrats
. New York: Hyperion.
ISBN
9780747556138
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OCLC
59487866
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- Sifton, Sam (2013).
Thanksgiving: How To Cook It Well
. New York: Random House.
ISBN
9780679605140
.
OCLC
869561516
.
- Sifton, Sam (2020).
See You on Sunday: A Cookbook for Family and Friends
. New York: Random House.
ISBN
9781400069927
.
OCLC
1111271503
.
References
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