Background
Sifton, Sam was born on June 5, 1966. Son of Charles Proctor and Elisabeth Sifton.
Sifton, Sam was born on June 5, 1966. Son of Charles Proctor and Elisabeth Sifton.
Sifton graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with an Bachelor of Arts degree in history and literature in 1988.
He was previously the paper"s National Editor. Sifton has also worked as deputy dining editor (2001). Dining editor (2001-2004).
Deputy culture editor (2004–2005) and culture editor (2005–2009).
In October 2009, Sifton succeeded Frank Bruni as restaurant critic for the Times. Sifton"s last review as restaurant critic was published October 11, 2011.
He began his journalism career as assistant editor for American Heritage magazine in 1988. From 1990 to 1994, he taught social studies in the New York City public school system.
Sifton held a number of positions at the weekly New York Press during his tenure there from 1990 to 1998, including restaurant critic, contributing editor, senior editor, media critic and managing editors
Sifton was a founding editor of Talk (magazine) in 1998. He came to the Times in 2001. Sifton is a son of the Honorary
Charles Proctor Sifton, a senior district judge (from 1995 until his death in 2009) of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and Elisabeth Sifton, a senior vice president at Farrar, Straus & Giroux and author of The Serenity Prayer (2003).
Elisabeth Sifton"s father was the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. Sifton is married to Tina Fallon, an independent theatre producer and lives in Brooklyn.
Married.