Julia Sexton stepped into the role of restaurant critic for Westchester Magazine in 2007, after fifteen years cooking in professional kitchens. She has published articles in the New York Times, Boston Globe, and several magazines. Her food features, reviews, and recipe-based articles for Westchester regularly appear in the New York Times food blog What We’re Reading. In 2009, Sexton’s own blog, Eat Drink Post, won the CRMA Best Blog Award in all subjects. A Hudson Valley native, she’s been a local editor of Zagat’s Westchester and Hudson Valley Restaurant Survey since 2009.