Chris Macias, formerly The Bee's pop music critic, is the new food and wine writer. Macias has been a food and wine enthusiast for over a decade, and is stoked to be on this new beat. For the past several months he has been the wine understudy of Mike Dunne, who has retired. Macias will continue writing his twice-monthly reviews of area tasting rooms, the Liquid Assets column and general news and feature stories on food and wine. He's succeeded Dunne as the author of the Bee's Appetizers blog: www.sacbee.com/appetizers. Reach him at cmacias@sacbee.com or (916) 321-1253.
