Jay Rayner marks two decades as the Observer’s restaurant critic and explains why food writing is about more than what’s on the plate

Ian Parker’s profile of Pete Wells, our restaurant critic, lays out the trials and tribulations of eating for a living, and underscores the pressures that job brings to bear on the critic’s psyche — and physical being. (It also breaks the news that The Times will be offering starred reviews of restaurants in cities beyond New York.) — Sam Sifton, Food Editor

In this post, you can read about Elizabeth David, who not only revolutionized the way Britain ate, but also truly understood French cuisine.

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