annemarie m wrote:from back home:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37927252/ns/us_news/
so i put the question to robin... has anyone in all the years of doing this, have you ever been threatened for a bad review or a disparaging remark in general.
and i thought being a food critic was a safe job.
I got an anonymous postal note once (but I knew who it was from) that contained a crudely drawn cartoon of a heart with a knife through it and drops of blood dripping out. A prior occupant of the critic's seat once had his tires slashed. But by and large, threats (or actual violence) are rare in the business.