{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6ace5fa439599f7c5608c536/6acfe3ae3b41843137e8d102?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"852: Washington Post Food Critic Elazar Sontag on His First Big Best Restaurants List","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6ace5fa439599f7c5608c536/1792009110278-26dbbfe0-5f98-499f-a216-099b18fa459f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Elazar Sontag</strong> published a cookbook at 18, ran <em>Bon Appétit</em>’s Best New Restaurants list in his mid-twenties, and (last fall) succeeded Tom Sietsema as the <em>Washington Post</em>’s food critic—with no disguise required. He joins us to talk all about his inaugural <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/interactive/best-dc-restaurants/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">⁠best restaurants list⁠</a>, which is firmly an Elazar list and likely causing some debate in and around DC. We also talk about bringing back star ratings, his many travels to Virginia and Maryland, and much more with one of my favorite voices in modern food writing. It was a real treat to have Elazar in the studio. </p><p><strong>Read: </strong><a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/interactive/best-dc-restaurants/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">⁠</a><strong><a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/interactive/best-dc-restaurants/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The 40 Best Restaurants In and Around Washington D.C.</a></strong><a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/interactive/best-dc-restaurants/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">⁠</a></p><p><strong><em>Subscribe</em></strong><em>:</em><strong><em> </em></strong><a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-taste-podcast/id1393739959?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">⁠⁠⁠</a><em><a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-taste-podcast/id1393739959?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Apple</a></em><a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-taste-podcast/id1393739959?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">⁠</a><em>, </em><a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/3LsLXfnYt6Ugml415hyUfh?si=MRMn32W-S5i9HktfZ_eBIg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">⁠⁠⁠</a><em><a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/3LsLXfnYt6Ugml415hyUfh?si=MRMn32W-S5i9HktfZ_eBIg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify</a></em><a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/3LsLXfnYt6Ugml415hyUfh?si=MRMn32W-S5i9HktfZ_eBIg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">⁠⁠⁠</a><em>, </em><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@ThisIsTASTE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">⁠⁠⁠</a><em><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@ThisIsTASTE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube</a></em><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@ThisIsTASTE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">⁠⁠</a></p>","author_name":"Matt Rodbard & Aliza Abarbanel"}