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Tastespotting - what happened?
Thanks for taking into account my concerns, both FP daily and gawker are looking good and even though I have asked my hubby if we could take up the void left behind when TS left ('would love to, but seriously, we don't have the time'), I am glad someone is. Just hoping it/they will be close to as good as TS was. :)
Tastespotting - what happened?
2 things about these tastespotting copies:
okey, I love that all these tastespotting copies are coming up but,
1. i liked that they rejected stuff, and i know it ticked people off, and would leave me scratching my head as to why some stuff was up and some wouldn't (they rejected two of mine that kinda made me rethink some stuff) but i LIKED that. and i think that is what needed in a replacement.
2. Tastespotting either requested a 250x250 pixel photo or they would cut 250x250 out of your picture, they didn't resize.
these posted links above seem to be resizing or shrinking to fit in an area that they don't fit, therefor the pictures are pixalated (spell?) and look bad.
Crazy delicious and creative hot dog creations?
onepercent99 - holy crap the 'triple bypass' sounds exactly what I would want. like now.
we have a hotdog stand here that is called 'Mustard's Last Hotdog Stand' that does really great combos. My favorite is the 'Cowboy' which is a dog wrapped in bacon, wrapped in tortilla, deep fried then covered with chili and cheese.
(pic of it here)
Do you use/like Liquid Smoke?
Isn't that the type of stuff Burger King uses? It's kinda off, if it is. Want a cool cheap smoker? Try the Alton Brown Smoker (I mention and link to one of tons of links on it here it looks easy from when I was observing it.
It made the most amazing ribs and i just don't have anything that can compare to the greatness of them. He smoked a duck on Thanksgiving with it as well and it was just as heavenly.
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Tastespotting - what happened?
From the front page:
"we're just marinating a bit longer, but tastespotting will be back shortly..."
Tastespotting - what happened?
The site also mentions a new site they're working on: Liquorious in alpha, devoted to, you guessed it - drinks! This may tide some of you over for a bit.
Tastespotting - what happened?
WAIT! DONT WORRY! I just went on to the tastespotting website and it says that the site will be back up and running shortly!!! I am sooooo happy now!!!!
Tastespotting - what happened?
Thanks for taking into account my concerns, both FP daily and gawker are looking good and even though I have asked my hubby if we could take up the void left behind when TS left ('would love to, but seriously, we don't have the time'), I am glad someone is. Just hoping it/they will be close to as good as TS was. :)
Tastespotting - what happened?
@fotocuisine Regarding Food Gawker, we are definitely rejecting submissions. The photo quality will continue to increase (to get onto Food Gawker) as the quantity of posts increases.
As far as image resizing is concerned, we are just cropping and not resizing similar to TS. The occasional pixelation that you are seeing is due to a reduction of image quality to 94%. We just upped it to 96%. Since we aren't monetizing the site currently and paying for hosting on our on dime, we need to stay wary of our hosting bandwidth usage. We hope to not reduce image quality in the near future.
Finally, I want to thank everyone who has visited the site. The response has been really positive so far!
Tastespotting - what happened?
@fotocusine: thanks for the input... though right now I'm not thinking I'll ever make mine that similar to tastespotting. I wouldn't be able to keep up with it! And I plan on rejected photos that I don't like, too, and maybe getting some dialouge going about what makes a good photo.
About the resizing, I'm going to nix it. Yesterday I thought I'd make all the photos as near to 500 px wide so it looks uniform and clean, but I check the site on a PC today and it looked crappy.
I do like food gawker a lot for its tastespottingness. Great job, Chuck!
Crazy delicious and creative hot dog creations?
Didn't they eat something on "Sopranos" called Lincoln Logs made out of hot dogs and cream cheese? I never actually ate them.
When I lived back in Brasil, I used to get hot dogs - hot dog in a roll, a layer of peas and onions in tomato sauce, mayonnaise, ketchup, and then a layer of mashed potatoes on top, covered with grated Parmesan cheese. For some reason I used to always eat them with a Fanta grape soda.
Crazy delicious and creative hot dog creations?
There's a place in Iowa called Blue Mountain Lodge, they have hotdogs that you can customize anyway you want, and they usually have a special dog of the week, miss piggy's nightmare: a dog wrapped in bacon and topped with pulled pork, the hawaii 5-0: a fried hot dog with teriyaki sauce, grilled pineapple and sesame seeds. I always get two fried hot dogs with mayo, ketchup, bacon, pulled pork, cheese, jalapenos and diced onion. I made myself hungry...
Crazy delicious and creative hot dog creations?
Those all sound great! How about a Cobb Dogg with bacon, blue cheese, egg, and avocado?
Website: http://www.fotocuisine.com
Location: Central East Coast Florida
About: Photographer, turning foodie, mom of 4, now a 'blogger'. :)
Favorite foods: garlic stuff, pizza, schnitzel, bearnaise steak, any filet, grouper, swordfish, shark, snapper, tuna, sushi
Last bite on earth: My husbands Filet bearnaise with frites. about 9 servings of it. with a reese's cup blizzard to finish it off.