Ligaya mishan biography definition

LIGAYA MISHAN FEEDS THE SOUL OF A HUNGRY CITY

INTERVIEW: ROHAN KAMICHERIL

ILLUSTRATION: SOMESH KUMAR

igaya Mishan belongs to a class of culinary explorers that is both new and timeless.

She’s best known to New Yorkers for the "Hungry City" column that she has written for over seven years for the New York Times.

Ligaya mishan biography definition

In it she visits and reviews the smaller restaurants—many of them immigrant-run and -owned—that are often overlooked by many critics and food writers.

But in exploring a lesser-seen side of New York City dining, Mishan has also willfully tangled with questions more difficult to answer than whether or not the food at these establishments tastes good.

Her reviews, which have become an essential resource for anyone looking to eat well and democratically in New York, give equal attention to alluring descriptions of food and to deeper, more probing observations about culture, race, assimilation, and other topics that