Bon Appétit List Shows Their Parochialism

[Andrew Chalk]

Bon Idiot has just published its 2009 2009 Top Ten Best New Restaurants in America list. All are either French or Italian in inspiration (including derivatives such as 'New American'). No Japanese. No Chinese. No central or south American. No Indian. No Malaysian. Nothing else. This is not a 'New Restaurant' list, it is an testament to the parochial people who write Bon Idiot and the credulous fools who believe the junk that's written.

[Chris Amirault]

You're not going to get an argument from me about Euro-centrism in US food critic circles. But instead of slamming the list, can you propose some new places that you believe should be on the list and that meet your criteria?

[Andrew Chalk]

You're not going to get an argument from me about Euro-centrism in US food critic circles. But instead of slamming the list, can you propose some new places that you believe should be on the list and that meet your criteria?

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I and many others can do that elsewhere, Chris (look for mine in the TX forum). But the important point here is to expose the Bon Idiot editorial hype for the narrow-minded dross that it really is.