I think it's quite telling that the OFM now ask for 'best instagram feed', replacing 'best blog'. Longform is dead? https://t.co/ZZADSZQxHs — hollowlegs (@hollowlegs) June 15, 2016 Food blogging is dead (again), so it’s probably as good a time as any to give up the ghost and put on the flesh. My dream book idea… Continue reading Five links on Friday – 8 July 2016
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Five (or more) links on Friday – 27 May 2016
pic.twitter.com/cl46nSxzam — Ketan Joshi (@KetanJ0) May 16, 2016 Halal Snack Packs on Smith St – the indefatigable Brian Ward rounds up the best places to eat the best halal sensation to hit Australia since Indonesian trepangers came for our delicious sea cucumbers. Erstwhile collaborator Austin Bush documents every Thai noodle soup for Lucky Peach Latent… Continue reading Five (or more) links on Friday – 27 May 2016
What if influencer marketing does nothing?
The Yelp Elite Party Kiss of Death In Melbourne, online review platform Yelp holds parties to reward their elite users, freebies where their high performing members get to sample the wares of Melbourne’s restaurants. Yelp’s elite are their best users who are handpicked for the frequency and quality of their online reviews, Yelp’s unpaid labour… Continue reading What if influencer marketing does nothing?
The difference between palate, pallet and palette
Roughly a third of the tweets every day use “palette cleanser” instead of “palate cleanser”.
Not an economic analysis of food trends
Thomas the Think Engine takes on an economic analysis of food trends and the growth in American barbecue in Melbourne, and it’s really quite wrong. The whole city is suddenly buzzing with American cuisine – and just a few short years ago, that would have seemed like an oxymoron. The reason is one restaurateurs almost… Continue reading Not an economic analysis of food trends
Burger Joint Name Generator
Any word that ends with “-am” can be joined to the word “burger” to make the name of a burger joint. Here are all of them:
Journalist in the streets, blogger in the sheets: Food journalists, food bloggers, food marketers.
It’s high time to reframe the food bloggers versus journalist debate. Food blogging hasn’t been separate as a form of media from journalism since Conde Naste started food blogging in 2006. That’s the point that I argued that food blogging had died as a separate medium a few years ago. People like me who started… Continue reading Journalist in the streets, blogger in the sheets: Food journalists, food bloggers, food marketers.
I want to eat here
1950s and 60s restaurant postcards via SwellMap. Click left and right on the photo to scroll. So many white people.