Gary Vaynerchuk in Episode #285 of Wine Library TV.
Two nights ago, a top television exec dined at Babbo and I was his sommelier. As I masterfully executed a long-pour across the table, I hinted at my desire to host my own prime-time wine television show. He said, “I think you’re right. I was speaking with the president of the Food Network over lunch yesterday, trying to convince him that this was a good idea. America is ready for it."
Jonathan Gold, LA Weekly's restaurant critic, has become the first food writer to win the Pulitzer Prize. The late David Shaw often wrote about food, but he won the Pulitzer Prize for his media reporting. Gold is a fine writer, as this article clearly shows, but I for one am shocked that the Pulitzer jury didn't award it to someone like Johnny Apple, Jeffrey Steingarten, or Alan Richman first.
Yesterday I mentioned the story in the San Francisco Chronicle about the influence foodbloggers and food forums such as Yelp are having on the restaurant biz. The crux was, Who are these amateurs and can we trust them? The article mentions the 30-day grace period professional critics often give a new place and the fact that they visit multiple times before turning in their copy.
But what about professional critics who also blog?
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