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Maud Rivers
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Author Tilly Rivers is Immediate Release Media’s New Dining Out Food Critic.
Having an author and radio host as the food critic might not be so crazy after all!
(NY)- May 23, 2008- Tilly Rivers just may be a new breed of restaurant critic, a maverick whose face will accompany her weekly reviews, launching today.
“When I first thought of approaching Rivers with the idea of being the food critic for Immediate Release Media” says Senior Editor, Maud Rivers, “My first reaction was that everyone would think that we are related-the surname is completely coincidental, the second thought was that everyone would think I was crazy.”
“I am obviously trying to do something fresh and interesting," says Maud Rivers, the brains behind the new Media hub Immediate Release Media- the popular press release blog of book, music and food reviews, chef profiles and business and entertainment news.
“Tilly penned a wonderful mixture of food and pleasure in her release of Erotica Café- not to mention she is internationally known. Her author rank has reached celebrity status- and New Yorkers’ have a soft spot for her, as this is where her career really took off. In the words of Malcolm Gladwell’s “Tipping Point”- a #1 National Bestseller- “What makes someone a Connector? The first- and most obvious criterion is that Connectors know lots of people.” ”
Tilly is putting her face alongside her reviews, which are based on her own personal rating scale of one to five stars- and will be posted on http://immediatereleasemedia.blogspot.com/ every Thursday beginning today.
“I love food” says Tilly Rivers, “ I am not sure what qualifies one as an avid foodie- but I certainly know bad food when it hits my taste buds. The choice to have a photo along the review is going to be fun. I really do not think that critics in general should dine incognito-after all a restaurant is not going to bring in a celebrity chef or whip up a fresh menu just because a critic has come to eat at their establishment.”
Maud adds “If she receives preferential service- I am confident that Tilly will write about that as well- the rules are that she doesn’t make reservations under her own name or announce herself upon arrival.
“I am just like you.” Says Tilly, “If I am going for a light lunch- or a full course dinner, I want the same things everyone does- good food, good service, and good atmosphere.”
Tilly will be focusing on food reviews in her own backyard and throughout Ontario- until her tour this fall/winter 08-09 for her new book Forbidden Fruit, at that time she will continue to add her reviews for restaurants across Canada and the USA.
