All you food-lovin' Twitter haters out there might change your mind about the microblogging service when you see some of the food luminaries who are tweeting. The San Francisco Chronicle namechecks a few: Ruth Reichl, Martha Stewart, Mark Bittman, Grant Achatz. The paper localizes the story by noting some well-known Bay Area chefs using the service: Daniel Patterson, Chris Cosentino, Nate Appleman, Eater SF, and Richie Nakano. (And, as always, you can follow Serious Eats here: @seriouseats.)...
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The South By Southwest Interactive panel "The Secrets of Successful Food Blogging" wrapped up less than an hour ago. We hear from panelist Zach Brooks that it wasn't recorded, and until someone blogs it, we'll have to rely on the pointillist picture emerging from Twitteronia. Searching the hashtag #foodsxsw gives you the tweets of folks in attendance (those who bothered to hashtag their tweets, anyway). We've excerpted the most interesting ones. Panelists were Zach Brooks (Midtown Lunch), Cathy Erway (Not Eating Out in New York), Kalyn Denny (Kalyn's Kitchen), and Addie Broyles (Relish Austin)—moderated by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Cupcakes Take the Cake). Tweets below occur roughly in order. On Post Frequency and Traffic kittygutz: Don't get wrapped up in...
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From Bastholm on Twitpic. [via Deep Fried Kimchee]...
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You know you're popular when someone makes a fake Twitter account for you: @omgwtfkogibbq. The real one: @kogibbq. Related: A Typical Day on the Kogi BBQ Taco Truck...
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If you care about such things, we are watching CNN and tweetblogging inaugural food- and dining-related items today. Mostly insignificant stuff that doesn't really merit a full-on blog post on the main page here....
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We recently did an impromptu book giveaway to our 2,000th Twitter follower. Congrats to @quipster, who picked up a copy of James Peterson's What's a Cook to Do? If you're on Twitter, we're @seriouseats....
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Serious Eats' Adam Kuban wonders
who has the choicest food handles on Twitter and does a little free association as he explores the "menu" on the microblogging service.
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Houston Press: "What's a hungry foodie to do when they find themselves at a loss for a dinner or lunch companion? That's where @TwEATup comes in. The brainchild of local web entrepreneur and social networker Laban Johnson, TwEATup is a service that links Twitterers in the Houston area with others who want to grab a bite to eat."...
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"Just had a fun-size Snickers. All it did is make me want a Snickers the size of my head. Sigh." —dyfl, on Twitter...
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Photograph by static-photo on Flickr "I don't really like apples. Does that make me unpatriotic? Am I a real American?" —Amanda Hesser, on Twitter Make it apple pie, Amanda, and I think we'd have you on the next plane to Gitmo, but plain ol' apples, I sorta hear you. The regular supermarket variety are often flavorless, so why bother? But great heirloom varieties that are in season? Yum. What do you think, serious eaters? Who's pro-apple and who's anti-apple? As evidenced above, I'm taking a centrist stance here....
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