We knew that the debut last week of our new restaurant review column, The Eater, would stir things up (the Post has called us “insanely committed foodies,” after all)… we just didn’t realize it would happen so fast and with such fury! Here’s a recent letter from a fan of the new column:

Dear editor,

I could not help but grin when I opened your May 15 issue and found your new weekly feature, “The Eater,” and as the editor’s note suggested, I ate it right up. I found food critic Ned Oldham’s
review of Maya to be smart, polished, and fair, and it is on this latter point that I wish to dwell for a moment. From his surprise at the grouper’s fishiness to his questioning of whipped cream’s prefab
packaging, his inaugural review made for good journalism not just because he’s knowledgeable and perceptive (he clearly is), but because he has integrity— he put his name on it. I hope our community receives him well; he’s doing something very, very difficult. Eating is the easy part.

Cheers to you, Ned, from someone who cares very much.

Kate Malay
Charlottesville