Jay Rayner talks about restaurant criticism, coronavirus, and confronting his own mortality.
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Communal Table with Kat Kinsman featuring Jay Rayner
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Episode 55: Jay Rayner

除了写书,作为一个公关演出ofessional musician,hosting podcasts, performing one-man shows, and appearing on TV shows likeMasterChefandTop Chef, Jay Rayner has served the last 20 years as restaurant critic forThe Guardian. The question he has received with extreme regularity: "You’re about to die. What would your final meal be?" Rayner made it his business to contemplate that question, and embarked on an intercontinental journey to explore the foods that brought him the most pleasure. Rayner was recently in New York City as the first cases ofcoronaviruswere being reported in the United States, and he sat down for a conversation about his new bookMy Last Supper, the role of restaurant criticism, andsupporting your local Chinatown.

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