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Tastespotting - what happened?

Ummm, dbcurrie, trademark law says a trademark owner must police rights or lose them. Copyright law says no such thing. Your work can be infringed by a million people, and you will still own your copyright and you can still sue the million and first infringer (though the other infringements might affect your damages or ability to claim wilfull infringement.)

Not that there aren't good reasons for authors to protect their works, and lots of good debate about where lines should be drawn.

Just saying.

tastas at 12:00AM on 06/14/08

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Where to eat in Seattle / Lynnwood / Bothell - Washington

Le Pichet in Belltown or its sister, Cafe Presse, on Capitall Hill.

Cafe Zoe in Belltown, my favorite Tom Douglas venue thought it doesn't get the publicity Dahlia gets. Serious Pie is his too, and has yummy pizza but has been so crowded the two times I've been there that the meal was not very enjoyable (Friday night both times, I should get a clue!)

Agua Verde right by the ship canal in the U district is fun.

Second the vote for Macrina for brunch - there is a Belltown venue too.

I am still a fan of that old standby Wild Ginger.

As a local, I always enjoy and benefit from hearing about other locals faves, and I think you all made good suggestions ;-)


tastas at 2:09AM on 06/13/08

From Talk

Time for Chisai to buy new food books.

Anything at all by MFK Fisher.

tastas at 3:47AM on 03/01/08

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Best Find from Trader Joes?

Black Mountain cabernet - best $5.99 wine I've had in a long while!
Medium frozen cooked shrimp
Feta (the one in the yellow and green packet)
Red bell peppers
Ham and gruyere pizza
Edamame
Dark chocolate with hazelnuts
Blood orange soda (mix this 3 to 1 with campari, yum!)
Lavendar shower gel
Organic firm tofu (the non-organic is not good)
Broccolini (can't use regular broccoli in stir fry any more)
Salami with pepper rind

tastas at 12:59AM on 09/02/07

From Serious Eats

Waitering, Part Two

The story is funny and well told. Adam is a bit spoiled, though. Most people can't afford to quit their jobs (Mom and Dad aren't subsidizing them) and so they just suck it up and persevere.

tastas at 2:51AM on 04/04/07

From Talk

Favorite Trader Joe's items?

Dried mango with chili powder - so sweet and spicy and tender, not leathery. Yum.
Greek yogurt - prefer Fage to the house brand.
Frozen Prig Khing Green Beans (in tamarind sauce); to die for, currently unavailable but I am assured they are looking for a new supplier.
Organic firm tofu is really good; the non-organic firm tofu not so good.
Cheap and yummy red bell peppers; sweet 100 tomatoes; avocados; begged spinach and rocket . . .
Feta cheese - the one in the yellow and green packet, don't get the cheapest kind they have.
Sesame pita - these freeze really well.
Mochi ice cream - not a TJ brand, but cheaper than it is elsewhere, though the selection at TJ can be limited. Green tea flavor is the best.
Frozen chile cheese tamales.
Frozen chicken chili is gooood.
Frozen edamame.

Disappointments:
Their house brand virgin olive oil.

tastas at 12:11AM on 02/13/07

Responses to Comments by tastas

From Talk

Tastespotting - what happened?

From the front page:

"we're just marinating a bit longer, but tastespotting will be back shortly..."

GourmetGlam at 11:40AM on 06/21/08

From Talk

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.

toastykitten at 11:32AM on 06/21/08

From Talk

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!!!!

moooob at 5:32PM on 06/20/08

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Where to eat in Seattle / Lynnwood / Bothell - Washington

Hey!
You have many eatouts to eat there... check out this site for more information.. www.yummyuck.com.. you can also read reviews, other people's experience and price structure without steppin in to it.

Babila at 3:19AM on 06/20/08

From Talk

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. :)

Fotocuisine at 3:28PM on 06/17/08

From Talk

Best Find from Trader Joes?

The chocolate!! I can't go back to the grainy, cloyingly sweet Hersheys stuff anymore; I can't afford to buy only high-quality imported European brand names, what's a girl to do? TJ's has some of the best store-branded chocolate, most coming from Belgium, for only a bit more than generic American chocolate. :) Mmmmmmmmmmmm!!

Pammeh at 1:55AM on 06/17/08

From Talk

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!

SundayNiteDinner at 12:24AM on 06/17/08

From Talk

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!

caviarandcodfish at 6:34PM on 06/16/08

From Talk

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.

Fotocuisine at 4:17PM on 06/16/08

From Talk

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.

http://www.newtastings.com

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.

bmease at 1:23PM on 06/16/08