Perils of the Job

For anyone who thinks being a high-profile restaurant critic is a dream gig, consider this piece by New Orleans critic Brett Anderson wherein he confronts reader rage: "The thick skin required for this job is the only thing keeping me from devolving into an over-pampered human jellyfish. So it is that I could actually see value in being welcomed to work by a message from a reader who believes, based on the opinions in a critical review of a Latin-fusion restaurant, that I consume food from an orifice not typically associated with consumption." [Times-Picayune]