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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:
Any good Khmer joints that I haven’t covered in the past few years?
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.
Melbourne’s Oldest Restaurants
Melbourne’s oldest restaurant is Florentino (est.1928), if you count restaurants opened on the same site, serving the same cuisine under the same name. The oldest continuously running restaurant (as far as I could find) is Cuckoo Restaurant in Olinda (est.1958) which took over the site from Quamby (est.1914). Even though they’re important to local cuisine,… Continue reading Melbourne’s Oldest Restaurants
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.
This is coffee!
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