Sam Sifton
{{short description|American journalist}}
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| name = Sam Sifton
| image = Sam Sifton au théâtre Corona.jpg
| caption = Sam Sifton, right, in 2018.
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|6|5}}
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| occupation = food editor, national news editor, restaurant critic, cultural news editor, journalist, author
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| family = Hon. Charles Proctor Sifton (father); Elisabeth Sifton (mother)
| spouse = Tina Fallon
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| credits = The New York Times, Talk magazine; New York Press (publications); A Field Guide to the Yettie (book)
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Sam Sifton (born June 5, 1966) is an American journalist and assistant managing editor at The New York Times. He previously served as the paper's food editor.[http://www.grubstreet.com/2014/07/sam-sifton-new-york-times-food-editor.html Grub Street], July 2014 Sifton has also worked as deputy dining editor (2001); dining editor (2001–04); deputy culture editor (2004–2005), culture editor (2005–2009), restaurant critic (2009-2011), and national editor (2011-2014).[https://archive.today/20130128003725/http://www.laweekly.com/general/deadline-hollywood/new-york-times-names-its-top-culture-vulture/8508/ Finke, Nikki. "New York Times Names Its Top Culture Vulture." L.A. Weekly, 26 May 2005.][http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/times-names-sam-sifton-next-national-editor/ Fox, Nick. "Times Names Sam Sifton Next National Editor." The New York Times, 13 September 2011]
Early life
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.{{cite news |title=Charles P. Sifton, Judge in City Case on Term Limits, Dies at 74 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/nyregion/10sifton.html |access-date=9 October 2024 |publisher=The New York Times |date=2024-11-09}}
Sifton graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with an A.B. degree in history and literature in 1988.
Career
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.[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_May_19/ai_n13737680/ "The New York Times Names Sam Sifton Culture Editor; Jim Schachter to Assume Enlarged Role as Deputy Editor" 19th May 2005]
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.[http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/sam-sifton-is-named-restaurant-critic-for-the-times/ "Sam Sifton Is Named Restaurant Critic for The Times" 5 August 2009] Sifton's last review[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/12/dining/reviews/per-se-nyc-restaurant-review.html "Per Se - A Critic Selects a Last Meal"] as restaurant critic was published October 11, 2011. He was succeeded by Pete Wells.
Personal life
Sifton is married to Tina Fallon, an independent theatre producer, and resides in Brooklyn.{{cn|date=June 2023}} They have two children. [https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2021/08/alumni-sam-sifton#:~:text=It's%20a%20night%20job%2C%20so,sunglasses%2C%20palming%20an%20Advil.”]
Works
- 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 [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1250363553 1250363553]
- {{cite book |last1=Sifton |first1=Sam |title=A Field Guide to the Yettie: Young, Enterepreneurial Technocrats |date=2000 |publisher=Hyperion |location=New York |isbn=9780747556138|oclc=59487866}}
- {{cite book |last1=Sifton |first1=Sam |title=Thanksgiving: How To Cook It Well |date=2013 |publisher=Random House |location=New York |isbn=9780679605140|oclc=869561516}}
- {{cite book |last1=Sifton |first1=Sam |title=See You on Sunday: A Cookbook for Family and Friends |date=2020 |publisher=Random House |location=New York |isbn=9781400069927|oclc=1111271503}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.nytimes.com/by/sam-sifton Articles by Sam Sifton] on the New York Times website
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