An example of British food writing, for comparison’s sake
San Francisco food media is going national. A little bit.
You’ve got Michael Bauer gallivanting around New York, reviewing Big Apple restaurants hither and yon. Today, he did a comparison between New York and San Francisco dining, as described by former Rubicon (and current Corton) honcho Drew Nieporent. Basically, it boils down to San Francisco diners being all about the food and New York diners being all about being cool. Also, he stopped using OpenTable because of rampant no-shows and reservation scalping.
Meanwhile, closer to home, one of our beloved local bloggers and an editor for one of our beloved local publications will moderating a panel on food writing with some seriously heavy hitters. Plebiscite’s Chris Ying, who is also an editor at McSweeny’s, will keep Harold McGee, Michael Pollan, and Bonnie Azab Powell on topic during an 826 Valencia discussion titled, “Food Writing: the politics, the science,” on Feb. 25.
Our area is a national epicenter of restaurants and dining trends. Could we also be coming into our own as a center of food media, or are we just getting lucky this month?
Differences in bicoastal dining [SF Gate/Between Meals]
Corton [MenuPages]
Corton [Official Site]
New! Seamless Self-Promoting Pants [Plebiscite]
Food Writing: the politics, the science [826 Valencia]
