Robert Sietsema is an American restaurant critic. He wrote reviews and articles for the ''

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'' from 1993 to 2013. He has also contributed to ''Gourmet'' magazine. After being let go from the ''Voice'' in a round of downsizing, he was hired the following week by ''

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'', the New York City-based food website, as a feature writer before moving into the role of senior food critic.

Biography

Of Dutch descent, Sietsema is from the Midwest. Around 1978, he left college to move to

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, where his wife-to-be was moving. He worked for a book publishing house and played bass in the band Mofungo alongside guitarist

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

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Robert Sietsema
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@RobertSietsema
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