Allen Salkin

Allen Salkin is an American journalist, author, and critic. His 2013 book, From Scratch, gives a behind-the-scenes look at the history and personalities who created and staffed the Food Network. He is also the author of the book ' about the parody holiday of Festivus. Salkin spent three years as a staff reporter at The New York Times, hosted a video series on AOL's former blog Slashfood, and appeared on a reality TV series. More at Wikipedia