Merill is an acerbic, witty, urbane Editor of the Zagat Survey, longtime host of the Feed Your Face Radio Show, Host of Fine Living: Critics on the Fine Living Network, Restaurant Critic for the Southern California Newspaper Group, and author of American Dish and the El Cholo Cookbook — has written and spoken about the pleasures of the palate, and the joy of travel, both in America and abroad, for most of his adult life. His words have graced the pages of the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel & Leisure, Diversion, Food Arts, Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, Focus, the Chicago Tribune, American Way, the Gault-Millau Guides and Playboy. When he’s not dealing with food and travel, Shindler is also writer of many popular radio and television programs, including American Top 40, American Top 20, America’s Top Ten, Cinemattractions, America’s Choice, the VH1 Top 21 Countdown, Christmas at the Movies, and the American Video Awards.