Hey, everyone, welcome to

Hey everyone, welcome to Radio Cherrybaum, the podcast about women, food, and a whole lot more.

I'm your host, Carrie Diamond.

On today's show, I'm talking with Tagell Rowe, the California Restaurant Critic at the New York Times,

and a columnist for The Times Magazine.

For obvious reasons, it's an interesting time to be a restaurant critic.

I wanted to chat with Tagell about

how her job is evolving and about a column she wrote recently, titled Is My Take Out Risking Lives

or Saving Restaurants? It brings up a serious question and touched accord with many of her readers,

myself included. Before we get to our conversation, let's do a little housekeeping. Thank you to our sponsors

for supporting today's episode, a Cole Duques Culinary School and the Wines of Rioja. You folks are the

bomb. Tonight, Friday, April 17th, is the Jubilee 2.0 after-party on Zoom. Tickets are only available

until 3 p.m. EST today, so don't delay. The first hour

of our party is a wine hour with some of your favorite folks in the wine world, and I'm very

excited about this. Stephanie Danler, the best-selling author of the novel Sweet Bitter, will be reading

from her brand new memoir, called Stray. You do not want to miss that. Then, starting at 9 p.m., we've got

the Cherry Bomb Talent Show with lots of surprises. Folks will be competing for a $1,000 prize for

themselves and $1,000 for the charity of their choice. Tickets are only $5, and all ticket proceeds

are going to charity. Thank you to Sequoia Grove and Bouvet La Dubet for

supporting our event. Before we get to today's show, here's a word from Acole Duques. For more than 20

years, Acole Duques has been teaching French culinary and pastry arts to enthusiasts, students,

career changers, and ambitious professionals from all over the world. The school was

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