LONGTIME HOUSTON PRESS FOOD REVIEWER ROBB WALSH has ditched the whole anonymity thing. In part, he’s just following the lead of the New York Times and its new reviewer. In part, he says the job has changed:
But I didn’t decide to ditch my anonymity just because everybody else was doing it. The fact is, my job is changing. I was hired as a newspaper restaurant critic and feature writer. Today I am, first and foremost, a blogger. It’s a little ludicrous to try and maintain your anonymity while you are photographing your plate. And sometimes you need to identify yourself to get a interview. The time has come to adjust to fit my new job description.
The shift from anonymity doesn’t bother us so much as the ongoing Village Voice shift towards amateurization, but kudos to Walsh for his honesty about the changes.
