Gael Greene, restaurant critic who made food ‘seductive,’ dies at 88

Gael Greene, an influential New York magazine food writer who shook up restaurant reviews with a cutting wit, vibrant passions and descriptions of dining as a feast of the senses, died Nov. 1 at an assisted-living facility in Manhattan. She was 88.

Ms. Greene had been receiving treatment for cancer, said Mariah Hurst, spokeswoman for Citymeals on Wheels, a New York group Ms. Greene helped found in 1981 to provide food for the elderly and homebound.