tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724666728631654262011-12-03T20:05:49.784-08:00Association of Food Journalists' Food For ThoughtAssociation of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.comBlogger431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-24027035003233748242009-10-12T12:20:00.001-07:002009-10-20T10:16:56.483-07:00New Orleans Edible SchoolyardFour members of the Association of Food Journalists journeyed to Samuel J. Green Charter School, which is in the middle of the gritty neighborhood where rapper Lil Wayne grew up. Attached to the school is the first Edible Schoolyard outside of the original founded by Alice Waters in Berkeley. The Green school had been taken over by First Line schools 10 days before Katrina. During the storm, the Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-22158304169695771312009-10-12T12:02:00.000-07:002009-10-20T10:19:20.823-07:00AFJ 2009: A New Orleans ThanksgivingProbably the best quote at the final session of the Association for Food Journalists conference came from chef Frank Brigtsen: "Everyone in Louisiana has a propane burner out back of their house that could probably launch a rocket." This is how fried turkies and house fires are born. Brigtsen roasts his turkey by doing the following: Rub the turkey with butter and salt and pepper. Put butter Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-16954499730412537812009-10-12T11:29:00.000-07:002009-10-20T10:22:19.410-07:00AFJ 2009: New Orleans Food and Farm NetworkYour blogger came back from the Association for Food Journalists conference, weighed herself and nearly passed out after seeing she only gained a pound. I've only recently found the energy to post on the conference's final activities. Saturday morning we boarded a bus with Daphne Derven of the New Orleans Food and Farm Network. NOFFN provides tools, gardeners and support for urban farming effortsAssociation of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-8834363002506691212009-10-09T21:30:00.000-07:002009-10-20T10:24:25.633-07:00AFJ 2009: Sugar In and Around Baton RougeWhile some members of the Association of Food Journalists breakfasted on churros and brandy milk punch, it was a croissant dipped in honey for your blogger. It would not be the last time something sweet crossed her lips. Before we get down to the granular level of the information we received on sugar throughout the day, I have to moan aloud about the candied bacon that was laid across an Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-31075868150479216992009-10-08T17:08:00.000-07:002009-10-20T10:28:05.725-07:00AFJ 2009: Katrina’s Unknown Stories
<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-79242101789942501952009-10-08T16:57:00.000-07:002009-10-20T10:30:00.096-07:00AFJ 2009: Writer in Residence John T. Edge
<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-9604525347554417742009-10-08T16:47:00.000-07:002009-10-20T10:32:03.675-07:00AFJ 2009: Lunch at Hermann-Grima House and Broussard'sThe Hermann-Grima House was built in 1831 and features an authentic hearth kitchen with ironwork from the era and we food journalists enjoyed shrimp with mascarpone grits from the hearth prepared by Bacco's. The house was lavish for its time and was dressed for a wake when we arrived. We were also greeted with a bananas Foster martini, which was refreshing after the steamy walk from the Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-61018394497204192812009-10-08T16:40:00.000-07:002009-10-20T10:34:22.821-07:00AFJ 2009: Digital Boot Camp 2.0 Social Networking and Online Tutorials<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-73304449470565136252009-10-08T16:30:00.000-07:002009-10-20T10:35:07.080-07:00AFJ 2009: Digital Boot Camp: Essential Multimedia Training
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<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-38864444867437486872009-10-08T15:52:00.000-07:002009-10-08T16:25:06.849-07:00AFJ 2009: Second line parade and Taste of New OrleansTaking a cue from Leah Chase, the Association of Food Journalists conference attendees decided to eat, drink and enjoy after the day's sessions. So when the brief downpour cleared, we followed the Storyville Stompers through the streets over to the Southern Food and Beverage Museum on the Riverwalk near the Convention Center. We had our beads, and our hankies and strutted as best we could on theAssociation of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-84511409945248844462009-10-07T18:06:00.000-07:002009-10-20T10:37:38.296-07:00AFJ 2009: Creoles Are Not a Fairy Folk: An Updated Definition, with Food <!--[endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5inAssociation of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-83281403981995434532009-10-07T17:44:00.000-07:002009-10-20T10:39:22.527-07:00AFJ 2009: The Sicilian Connection (accessorized by fig cookies)
<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-31916769448561035722009-10-07T17:32:00.000-07:002009-10-20T10:39:49.611-07:00AFJ 2009: Beyond French, Spanish and African-American Hands in the Pot<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-37298467462922956862009-03-20T08:48:00.000-07:002009-03-20T09:05:07.593-07:00Marion Nestle featuredGreetings fellow AFJ members. Anyone who attended the AFJ conference in Houston probably remembers NYU nutrition and public health professor Marion Nestle and her well-reasoned unpacking of the issues facing the production of food and its industrialization. Nestle appeared on WNYC, the NPR station serving New York City and environs during a segment of the "Brian Lehrer Show" on a bill in the Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-34688041300893533282008-11-16T12:40:00.000-08:002008-11-16T12:42:35.084-08:00Some posts updatedFor those of you who didn't attend the conference in Houston in October, I've added some photos by Richard Swearinger from Better Homes and Gardens to some of the posts. Many thanks to everyone who was there in Houston. My next post will be after I visit the special food collections at NYU. Also, I will post some digital 101 resources soon.Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-88220329077417910522008-10-18T12:21:00.000-07:002008-10-18T13:26:22.530-07:00AFJ and Roberta AndingRoberta Anding, Texas Children's Hospital Adolescent Sports Department, followed Berube and noted that information for the average consumer and try to apply that to athletes. For example, the low-carb craze has been completely misinterpreted. This does not apply to athletes. Some athletes cramp regularly due too little sodium.Also, BMI does not apply to athletes. Noted one retired Houston Texan Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-24824018400532657572008-10-18T11:36:00.000-07:002008-10-18T12:20:23.259-07:00AFJ Bonnie Berube and Nutritional AnalysisBonnie Berube presented on nutritional analysis and gave a handout detailing the information. This will be posted on the AFJ website since it is information dense and I would be hard pressed to summarize accurately in real time.She did point out the gluten intolerance craze and other allergens have impacted nutritional analysis. IBS is the trendy new disease.Berube has found some resistance to Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-24100779838176379172008-10-18T09:08:00.000-07:002008-10-18T09:12:43.348-07:00AFJ ethics and business meetingThe ethical discussion panel brought up issues facing many of our members. It will probably be better for AFJ if I don't summarize a lot of that discussion here, but I encourage attendees to use the forums on our website to explore some of these issues further. I think the same is true for the business meeting.Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-70785045868918511272008-10-18T06:42:00.000-07:002008-11-16T12:40:08.900-08:00AFJ with Jonathan GoldPulitzer Prize winner Jonathan Gold tried to write like Calvin Trillin and noted that the great thing about being a journalist was being able to call anyone up and tie them up for part of a day. He notes that you should be well read because you can't write well if you don't read well. He once had an editor who wold read copy aloud and you would anything to please him after hearing your prose Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-55805961554306384582008-10-17T14:13:00.000-07:002008-10-17T15:24:28.728-07:00AASFE afternoon idea swapThe session on ideas for various yearly events were presented in a PowerPoint presentation. The section fronts will be on on the AFJ and the AASFE websites, which are linked to here. There was also a discussion of industry changes affecting features and food sections. Some editors are seeing their writers turning up in other areas in the paper, others see section front ads, others are wrapping Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-6166391014506082052008-10-17T12:21:00.000-07:002008-10-17T14:21:52.254-07:00Creating multimedia food content at AASFEAddie Broyles deconstructed Twitter and how its microblogging capabilities resemble watercooler conversation or church chat. You can link your Tweets to your blog and there is some software that helps with that. Facebook also a good way to reach out to users. Giveaways also connect with users. Perhaps extend membership in AJ to bloggers (Editorial comment: assuming bloggers meet basic ethical Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-17382119718785076542008-10-17T09:18:00.000-07:002008-11-16T12:39:12.908-08:00Integrating Food Coverage Throughout the PaperThe panel here featured Teresa Farney of the Colorado Springs Gazette, JoLene Krawczak of the Oregonian and former Atlanta Journal Constitution food editor Susan Puckett. Farney began by speaking about food news moving out of the food section. She collaborated with a metro reporter on a new ethnic grocery store where the other reporter conducted interviews in Spanish.Susan Puckett said there was Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-46320073633567914402008-10-17T07:52:00.000-07:002008-10-17T09:39:47.577-07:00AASFE -AFJ joint session twoRob King, formerly of the Philadelphia Tribune, now works for espn.com. He presented about job transitions, a subject close to my heart at this moment. He said to cherish these three things -- yourself, your audience (constituents not necessarily readers but friends, family and your social circle), and your promise (what and who you invest in).He reminded us we were not powerless and showed a Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-53365984919799718302008-10-17T06:49:00.000-07:002008-10-17T07:32:39.006-07:00AFJ pirates board feature and Sunday editors vesselThe AFJ membership were surprisingly talkative at 7 a.m. as they rode over to the ZaZa hotel in the Museum District to join up with the Association of Sunday and Feature Editors. Caffeine was essential. We introduced ourselves and then Matt Thompson from the Minneapolis Star Tribune talked about user generated content and how to incentivize contributions. Twitter, the microblogging platform, was Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-80683516812529746902008-10-17T06:08:00.000-07:002008-11-16T12:36:12.863-08:00AFJ in Houston Day Two recapFirst of all, the second day of the conference was nonstop knowledge absorption and bus time. We started at the Omni with a pair of sessions with noted editor Judith Jones (John Updike, Julia Child) talking about the world of cookbook publishing and how the rise of celebrity chef cookbooks is more or less dumbing down the cookbook. For those of you who want to check out more of Jones' wisdom, Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-49992672007703706472008-10-15T20:52:00.000-07:002008-11-16T12:33:09.588-08:00Taste of Houston AFJ Day OneAfter talk of Texas, Tang and taxation of resources, we needed to eat. So the AFJ attendees sampled food from eight of Houston's best restaurants -- Indika, Reef, Hugo's, Cafe Annie, T'afia and Beavers, Brennan's and The Grove. The best sports of the evening were Judy Walker and Dale Curry of New Orleans, who were very gracious about the blogger's knocking over a flower vase and soaking our tableAssociation of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-25999344941662906382008-10-15T20:23:00.000-07:002008-10-15T20:52:08.068-07:00AFJ in Houston Day One Session ThreeThanks to apple retrieval, I missed a little bit of the first part of "The High Price of Food," moderated by Robin Davis of the Columbus Dispatch. Rosalinda Benner, RD/LD, the corporate dietitian for the HEB Grocery Company, said the average family has cut out 70 per cent of its eating out. The store is trying to help the takeout-dependent learn how to cook simple, fast, nutritious meals. HEB Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-64949452213632646532008-10-15T19:37:00.000-07:002008-10-15T20:22:19.347-07:00AFJ in Houston Day One Session Two"The Future of High Tech Foods" was moderated by Nancy Stohs of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Michele Perchonok of NASA shot down a long held misconception that Tang was designed for NASA. It just happened to fit with NASA's needs and is still in use. They need food to be safe, acceptable (no crumbs in the switches) and use resources carefully. Astronauts usually lose muscle and bone density inAssociation of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-65821058744395886892008-10-15T16:21:00.000-07:002008-10-15T17:16:54.765-07:00AFJ in Houston Day One Session OneHello all and sundry. I'm Claudia Perry, a new member of AFJ and I have volunteered to post daily from our convention in Houston. I mostly write about wine. If you're curious, you can check out my blog.Anyway, there are only 40 of us registered this year,which probably says a lot about the fate of print media and the economy of late. A few attendees mentioned section-front ads and consolidation Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-46031020266629517082008-05-14T10:46:00.000-07:002008-05-15T06:58:00.110-07:00Let's get smallI assume everyone is in the same boat I am -- less space than ever. But readers want more recipes than ever. What's a girl to do?What clever things are you doing to beef up the content of your sections while using less space?After all, many of us are home cooks. Make less taste like more ought to be right up our alleys.Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-84443163221485813082008-05-01T12:16:00.000-07:002008-05-14T14:06:31.351-07:00save these for friday afternoonFirst, view them. Then go home and make yourself a well-made drink. Don't scratch your nose. Don't use Rose's lime juice. Don't wink. And as you drink it, give thanks that no matter how bad your week was, you didn't make videos like these:http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2007/Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-886252191410687542008-04-28T06:31:00.000-07:002008-04-28T06:59:34.464-07:00bon appetit to you, too, alanI was reading Alan Richman's commentary in Bon Appetit, on the tribulations of the professional eating. And I was enjoying myself, nodding in agreement as only a fellow food traveler can, appreciating his point that getting paid to eat comes with its own penalties.And then I came upon this section:"The life of the restaurant critic isn't the same as that of food writers. You do not have to feel Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-61897799989243912972008-04-24T13:31:00.000-07:002008-04-24T13:58:42.016-07:00Would my kid be a son of a biscuit eater?An e-mail I got today: "Kathleen, hello! I hope this email finds you well. I am working on a special project and was hoping you could lend your talent and expertise…it’s for Bojangles’ Restaurants – we are filming a commercial using “real people” to give their first hand perspectives on Bojangles’ biscuits – the concept is to basically give a review of the biscuit on camera. We will be shooting Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-81155409922090206562008-04-23T05:23:00.000-07:002008-04-23T05:25:15.684-07:00Did you catch this at The Slate?http://www.slate.com/id/%202189234/check it out and tell US what you thinkAssociation of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-85771562546770541902008-04-22T12:46:00.000-07:002008-04-22T14:43:49.816-07:00how do I keep up with you people?AFJ has a blog? Seems to me I heard that somewhere. Most of missed it somewhere between Kessler's video class in Minneapolis and the latest round of belt-tightening here at the Observer, where we're now required to work a couple of GA reporting shifts for Metro every month.But if I can find a way to keep up with Serious Eats, Egullet (that one's not hard -- once the shiny wore off, the boards Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-9972718181996045022008-02-27T09:43:00.000-08:002008-02-27T09:47:46.239-08:00Holding down the grocery budgetI just returned from the grocery store. Prices, especially for basics such as eggs, milk and bread, are rising rapidly. What are your tips and strategies for saving money at the supermarket?Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-68818464039602249372008-02-15T10:24:00.000-08:002008-02-18T11:17:45.503-08:00Critics' Notes: Small Plates and ServiceIn Seattle, where I work as a restaurant critic, as well as the whole length of the West Coast, small-plates dining has outlasted both faddishness and trend fatigue to become a permanent change in the way we dine out. Most of the new restaurants I’ve reviewed this year no longer divide their menus into starters and entrees. Now it’s “pizzette, crudi, and big plates,” or something even more Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-60495938054554060762008-02-12T04:17:00.000-08:002008-02-12T05:12:34.069-08:00Just Because You Can Do Multimedia, Doesn't Mean You Have To Do MultimediaAmid the desperation of the crumbling industry, too many newsrooms are acting like doing multimedia journalism is their best lifeboat.That may have been true if that effort had begun 10 or 15 years ago, but it's unlikely to prove true now.That hasn't stopped them from buying a ton of equipment and throwing it at people who have neither the talent, the interest or the aptitude for using it.For theAssociation of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-63773179153130087092008-02-04T14:26:00.000-08:002008-02-04T14:36:51.322-08:00Miami.com Entertainment RevampOne site you'll want to keep an eye on in coming months is Miami.com's new entertainment guide. You can see the beta version of the site by clicking here.There's lots of food stuff embedded on the site, including my new favorite: Dude, where's my wine bar.I don't see a lot of community building on the site yet, other than a Featured User thumbnail section and a solicitation for people to send in Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-46620867290051961232008-01-31T08:55:00.000-08:002008-01-31T09:06:19.650-08:00Self check“Have you seen these things?” asked Jay Leno in a recent monolog on The Tonight Show. “Self-check scanners at the supermarket? You check out your own groceries.”They call it sharing technology, he said.“We used to call it ‘a job’ -- what are they going to do next ‘Breakage in Aisle 7 – everyone grab a mop, come on …’”Giggle.I have seen the self-checks -- they’ve been around for a while now. I’ve Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-14006107128721890092008-01-28T14:12:00.000-08:002008-01-29T11:48:51.934-08:00Culinary Poetry“I have eaten” begins the poem, a phrase appealing to all gourmands, arousing our curiosity before the next line tempts our eyes, our tongues, our touch: “the plums.” As the poem unfolds, we learn this fruit is “delicious / so sweet / and so cold.”In “This Is Just To Say” by William Carlos Williams, 28 words in twelve lines say much about taste, sensuality, desire, temptation, contrition, Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172466672863165426.post-79137499368705681622008-01-03T12:37:00.000-08:002008-01-24T07:32:58.277-08:00Ethics for DummiesOkay, let’s start the year out right with an ethics discussion--and maybe one on international diplomacy while we’re at it.The following comes from an e-zine posted by the food and travel writer David Rosengarten (www.davidrosengarten.com) last fall. His advice made me cringe (I have highlighted the most egregious statement):People on the Road Don't Take You Seriously in Your Quest for Authentic Association of Food Journalistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633398530772361737noreply@blogger.com0