I like building random things because it satisfies my innate need to make lists of synonyms. At the tweeted request of Steve Cumper, here’s a heirloom tomato name generator. If you were a delicious heirloom tomato variety, your name would be:
Tag: meta
Deactivating almonds: foodie backlash and the commitment to food
Overcommitted. If you’ve been on Twitter over the past week in Australia, the slightly bewildering hashtag #activatedalmonds has been in ascendency. Pete Evans, chef, reality television judge and corporate spokesperson for Weight Watchers and Sumo Salad was eviscerated 140 characters at a time over a weekend newspaper fluff piece that documented his day of eating:… Continue reading Deactivating almonds: foodie backlash and the commitment to food
Australian food blogging list updated; no longer tracking freebies
I’ve updated my Australian Food Blog list: it will forever be incomplete but the best that I can do. I’ve decided to stop tracking bloggers who receive free meals, cash or other incentives in exchange for writing posts because I can’t keep up with them and for the most part don’t ever read them. It’s… Continue reading Australian food blogging list updated; no longer tracking freebies
Blogger entitlement: Not making money with your food blog.
For quite a while I’ve been meaning to update the “making money with your food blog” post that has drifted out of relevance over the past few years. I’m no longer certain that you can make money with food blogs, reliably, through advertising or affiliate links. By reliably, I mean a predictable minimum wage, $589.30… Continue reading Blogger entitlement: Not making money with your food blog.
2012 Food Trend Generator
Once again, it is the time of the year when food journalists wheel out the world’s worst portmanteau, the listicle, and predict where food trends will head in 2012. For a writer, they’re brilliant content. No editor is going to sack you if Cambodian does not become the new Thai or the world’s predicted hottest… Continue reading 2012 Food Trend Generator
Do online consumer reviews affect restaurant demand?
One of the more difficult questions in social media is the degree to which online reviews impact upon the bottom line of businesses; and whether bad online reviews cause declining patronage. Harvard Business School’s Michael Luca says yes, and very much so [PDF]. There is not only an impact, but that impact is causal: Do… Continue reading Do online consumer reviews affect restaurant demand?
Talk amongst yourselves
Just for interest’s sake, I extracted the comments table from my blog to see if I could come to any conclusions about the nature of blog commenting. My theory is that comments from non-bloggers have moved elsewhere: to Facebook and Twitter; to the recesses of the web that are difficult to plumb with any accuracy.… Continue reading Talk amongst yourselves
Food Blog Name Generator
So you’ve decided to start a food blog and broadcast your eating life to the world, but you can’t find the perfect moniker under which to write. So here’s a food blog name generator to fill in your blank. You should name that blog: Apologies if it comes up with the name of a real… Continue reading Food Blog Name Generator