"Stop Calling It "Ethnic Food"-and More Tips on How to Talk About Eating". "San Francisco Chronicle hires writer and 'Racist Sandwich' podcast host Soleil Ho as its new restaurant critic".
^ a b c Carman, Tim (December 5, 2018). "For This Class, 'Remember When' Mingles With 'Never Forget' ". "Why San Francisco's Top Restaurant Critic Is Resigning After Just Four Years". " 'Racist Sandwich': This podcast wants you to think critically about race and food". "Soleil Ho is a young, queer woman of color who wants to redefine food criticism". ^ a b c d e f Judkis, Maura (March 8, 2019). Ĭoncerned about their legacy in a high profile position, Ho commented, "What if I screw up and no one ever hires a queer woman of color for a role like this again?" References The book is described as a "graphic novel on culinary mentorship, queer romance, and eating insects". They co-authored Meal with Blue Delliquanti. Ho says that they want to write about restaurants that "tell a story" which may focus on "race, gender, class or the culture of the Bay Area". Ho mentions poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib, food critic Ruth Reichl and newspaper critic-at-large Wesley Morris as among their influences. Ho says "The imprecision of the word-and the assumption that it doesn’t apply equally to people and cuisines associated with Europe or white America-gives me such a headache." They consider terms like "sustainable," "responsibly grown" and "farm-to-table" to be marketing buzzwords that are too often abused. More generally, they do not think that "ethnic" food is a legitimate concept. A specific example is that they do not use the term "kaffir lime" because kaffir is a racial slur in South Africa. Ho is careful about the connotations of the words they select. Ho has joked that Bauer, their predecessor at the newspaper, held the job since they were "not even a fetus". In 2019, they replaced Michael Bauer, who retired after 32 years as the restaurant critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. Īs a chef, Ho has worked at restaurants in New Orleans, Minneapolis, Portland, Oregon, and Puerto Vallarta, where their mother owned a restaurant. Ho graduated from Grinnell College in 2009. According to Ho, they were embarrassed as a child by the "brothy, weirdly fishy" dishes that their family ate, at least in part because of how other children might react. Life and career īorn into a Vietnamese-American family, Ho was raised in New York and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 2005. Ho left the position in 2023, becoming a part of the Chronicle 's opinion desk. 
Ho became the food critic at the San Francisco Chronicle in 2019, replacing Michael Bauer. Formerly co-host of the podcast The Racist Sandwich, Soleil Ho (born 1987/1988) is an American chef, food writer, podcaster, and restaurant critic.
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