Russ Parsons Named Food Section Editor

Russ Parsons is the new editor of the Los Angeles Times Food section.

Parsons, who has worked at The Times since 1991 and served for several years as deputy editor, writes the In the Kitchen and In Season columns. Before joining the Food section, Parsons was food editor at the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. Before that, he edited the food section of the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner.

Parsons replaces Laurie Ochoa, who had edited the section since 1993. She is moving to New York to be the executive editor of Gourmet magazine. Her superior there will be Ruth Reichl, who herself edited the Times Food section from 1990 to 1993.