Ligaya Mishan
American restaurant critic and writer
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Ligaya Mishan is a restaurant critic and food columnist. She is one of the two chief restaurant critics for The New York Times, and has been a food columnist for The New Yorker.
Early life and education
Mishan grew up in Hawaii, the child of a Filipino mother and English father. She has a BA in English Literature from Princeton University and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Poetry from Cornell University.[1][2]
Career
Mishan is the author of the book Filipinx: Heritage Recipes from the Diaspora, and has been a food columnist for The New Yorker.[3] She wrote the Hungry City column for the New York Times from 2012 to 2020,[4] and has written numerous columns in both the food section of the newspaper as well as in its weekly magazine.[5]
In 2019, Mishan was appointed as the Mary Higgins Clark chair on Creative Writing at Fordham University.[6]
In June 2025, The New York Times appointed Mishan as one of its two new chief restaurant critics, marking a shift toward nationally focused restaurant coverage and ending the tradition of critic anonymity.[4]
