Gael Greene

American restaurant critic

Gael Greene (December 22, 1933 – November 1, 2022) was an American restaurant critic, author, and novelist.She became New York magazine's restaurant critic in fall 1968, at a time when most New Yorkers were unsophisticated about food and there were few chefs anyone knew by name, and for four decades both documented and inspired the city's and America's growing obsession with food.

She was a pioneering "foodie."