Adam Platt is executive editor of MplsSt.Paul. He joined the magazine in 1998 and over the years has led its restaurant and food coverage and front-of-book sections, in addition to writing or editing many of its general features. Adam grew up outside Chicago and moved to the Twin Cities in 1981 to attend Macalester College in St. Paul. For nine years he worked for the alternative weekly Twin Cities Reader (later merged with City Pages), serving as the region’s only full-time press/broadcast critic. He then spent time with the Star Tribune and edited a national trade magazine before joining MplsSt.Paul. Adam lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two children.