The list of possible Frank Bruni replacements just got longer: Eater adds hometown boy Michael Nagrant to their list of potential candidates to fill the soon-to-be-emptied spot at the New York Times. Of the Ludicrously Prolific One, Eater outlines the whys: “A few people have dropped his name given he knows his way around food. Also, he just took a vacay from his blog.” And the why nots: “Problem: chances of [the NYT] not promoting from within, even on a job such as this, are pretty low.”
Still, with our fingers crossed, we got in touch with Times dining editor Pete Wells, who was unsurprisingly mum: “On the subject of the next critic, we’re not going to say anything until we have something to say.” We’re taking a realistic view and calling it a long shot, but hot damn if we wouldn’t throw a gigantic celebratory party if this winds up happening. [Eater NY]
