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Tastespotting - what happened?
I have it on very good authority that the issue has nothing to do with images or copyright.
A Tonic for the Average 'Tonic'
We did a tonic taste-test of all the boutique brands we could find (actually, two tests, now that I think of it) compared with the usual suspects. Our favorite by far is the Fever-Tree.
What's the Best Mexican Food Town in the U.S.?
I'm a San Franciscan, but I have to give the nod to Chicago on this one, followed closely by L.A. We have a lot of good Mexican food here, but it's not very diverse; all of our Mexican immigrants seem to come from one region.
Cook the Book: The River Cottage Cookbook
lots of herbs, plus tomatoes, bergamots, meyer lemons, kaffir limes, and Santa Rosa plums
Sweetening the Mix
Also in Seattle, bartender Jamie Boudreau tops his bar's namesake drink, the Vessel 75 (bourbon, bitters, and orange zest) with maple syrup foam. Mmm...
Sober Thoughts about Pink Elephants
I get vehement hate mail on my blog pretty regularly, where some random troll accuses me of being a raging alcoholic. I'm not entirely sure how a casual reader can infer that one drink a week makes a drinking problem, but I guess I do take it personally.
In fact, the worst spate of this I ever experienced was on a post about why champagne-based drinks make good choices for cocktail parties, as they're relatively lower in alcohol and much less likely to sneak up on guests who aren't used to the harder stuff. OMG, what a ration of Schlitz I got over that one!
But really, I guess, the main reason why I don't talk about the intoxicating aspects of cocktails is that at this point in my life, it's the last reason why I drink. I like the taste of a well-balanced drink, I enjoy the alchemy and the tinkering of mixology, and I find a lot of pleasure in the company of like-minded cocktailians. The fact that alcohol takes the edge off after a long day is just a pleasant side benefit. There are plenty of times I've found myself wishing that I could have another drink, just to explore a menu in more depth, but not wanting to go overboard.
Ice Cream, Unsweetened
We made a pecorino-pear ice cream last summer from David Lebovitz's book. I wanted it to be more-odd, but it was surprisingly mundane (if delicious).
The Jewish-Chinese Fusion Question
In the late 80s, there was a kosher Chinese restaurant in L.A. called Genghis Cohen that did a booming business. Although I cannot imagine Chinese food without pork, crab, etc...
And then there's the Kung Pao Kosher Comedy folks here in SF: They take over a Chinese restaurant on Christmas.
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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!
What's the Best Mexican Food Town in the U.S.?
I agree with fivrforfun. I live in Bend and the Mexican food at Pepe's rocks. My friend Marcos has a restaurant called La Rosa that is also a locals favorite.
Some really awesome burritos de carne asada can be found at El Grullense in Salem OR. In fact when I'm there I get a cooler and ice and load up before driving home... yes, that good!
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!
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.
Tastespotting - what happened?
I spent the weekend making my own tastespotting replacement since my wife and I pretty much can't live without it. I'm trying to expand upon the idea and have already added a few new features that tastespotting never had, like voting, comments and the ability to save your favorite posts. Hopefully it will get us through this dark time without tastespotting.
If anyone has any ideas or features that they would have liked to have seen on tastespotting, please drop me a line and let me know.
Tastespotting - what happened?
I SO miss Tastespotting. Although since it's departure, I have found myself eating less in the afternoon.
Wouldn't it be cool if there were a site just like our dearly departed Tastespotting, with the all the food porn pictures that linked back to blogs, AND had a handy search function.
Website: http://www.marriedwithdinner.com
Location: San Francisco, CA
About: My husband and I co-write a blog called "Married …with dinner", which chronicles the continuing adventures of a couple of San Francisco food dorks. We're both professional writers, amateur cooks, cocktail geeks, and avid diners.
Favorite foods: Mexican food (the real stuff or the Gringo version), pork in all its guises, potatoes
Last bite on earth: