Michele Laudig is a writer, artist and editor eating up New York City’s deliciously diverse food scene. Currently senior editor at Zagat in Manhattan, she was the staff restaurant critic and food blogger at Phoenix New Times since 2006, where she wrote cover stories, a weekly column and daily blog posts. Michele co-authored 100 Years, 100 Chefs, 100 Recipes, an Arizona Centennial Legacy Project published in February 2012, and has also written for Phoenix Magazine, Edible Phoenix, The Arizona Republic, Sommelier Journal and Hemispheres.
In previous lives, she served as New Times’ music editor, styled fashion shoots, toured with a rock ‘n roll band and lived in Tokyo. She has a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Columbia.
Or should I say, "again." After spending the Aughts in Arizona, eating my way around Phoenix as New Times' restaurant critic and resident food blogger, I've packed up my life and moved back to New York City, where I spent the better part of the Nineties. The last few months have been a roller coaster -- a frenzy of work on various projects, punctuated with weekend getaways to L.A. ...
Fashion addict Corbin Chamberlin asked me to spill the contents of my bag for his latest Arizona Foothills Magazine Q&A. I'm used to being the interviewer, not the interviewee, but boy, was it fun to gab about the goodies I happened to be schlepping around one day. Read the full piece here.