New York Times critic Pete Wells has resigned from his round after discovering the toll that dining out was taking on his health. This has led to Wells - and other food critics - to weigh in on the challenges of their food tasting jobs. MacKenzie Chung Fegan, a restaurant critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, sampled Peking duck all over the city for a story about a restaurant that specialized in the dish. She thinks restaurant critics can help readers by being open about their own needs. Times food writers Melissa Clark and Priya Krishna will step in as restaurant critics on an interim basis, the newspaper said.
