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Chefs and critics share an uneasy bond. Then Ben Shewry turned on food media — and it blew up

The chef and the critic share a tighter bond than either would like to admit. When Ben Shewry took a kitchen knife to the food media industry, it landed like a nuclear bomb.

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Chefs and critics share an uneasy bond. Then Ben Shewry turned on food media — and it blew upThe chef and the critic share a tighter bond than either would like to admit. When Ben Shewry took a kitchen knife to the food media industry, it landed like a nuclear bomb.
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