Matthew Amster-Burton is a restaurant critic, food writer, and former rock journalist with credits in "The Best Food Writing", "The Seattle Times", "Gourmet", "Seattle Magazine", "San Francisco Chronicle", "Parent Map", culinate.com, and egullet.com as well as his food blog, Roots and Grubs. Helives in Seattle with his wife Laurie, a school librarian, and his daughter Iris.