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Lawton Mackall
1888–1968
Known for his wit, wide-ranging interests, and sharp eye for good living, this American writer moved easily between journalism, criticism, fiction, and food writing. He is especially remembered for a lively New York restaurant guide that arrived years before modern dining surveys became common.
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Bizarre
by Lawton Mackall
Scrambled eggs
by Lawton Mackall
About the author
Born in Philadelphia in 1888, Lawton Mackall was an American author, journalist, and critic whose career covered far more than one subject. Sources consistently describe him as a writer and magazine editor, and note that he worked in New York publishing and journalism over many years.
He wrote fiction as well as nonfiction, but he is most often remembered as a gastronomy expert and restaurant critic. His 1948 guide Knife and Fork in New York is regularly noted as an early, influential restaurant guide, sometimes described as a forerunner to later survey-style dining guides.
Mackall died in 1968. Reliable sources available here confirm his reputation as a versatile man of letters with a lasting place in American food and magazine writing, even if many details of his life are only briefly documented online.