tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103468005359152122.post5780855851285958028..comments2024-03-21T10:45:56.362+00:00Comments on Stomachs on legs are proud to present: Food blogging is dead.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103468005359152122.post-14473807066089887112012-03-29T01:04:01.584+00:002012-03-29T01:04:01.584+00:00Food blogging is dead — hardly. It seems to be on ...Food blogging is dead — hardly. It seems to be on the increase, whether good or bad ones, it's on the rise. And this post being back in 2008 doesn't have the foresight of now being viewed in March 2012.Simon Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10876960777476668265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103468005359152122.post-92214696638054607392008-01-24T05:21:00.000+00:002008-01-24T05:21:00.000+00:00Pimp away! Thusbakeszarathustra.com is an excellen...Pimp away! Thusbakeszarathustra.com is an excellent URL, by the way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09342644885907357598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103468005359152122.post-17148549084700624482008-01-24T02:45:00.000+00:002008-01-24T02:45:00.000+00:00Hmm, that's a good question. I'm fairly new to the...Hmm, that's a good question. I'm fairly new to the world of food blogging. I've been blogging personally for years, enjoying it as a kind of writing practice, and, honestly, that's all I think the best blogs are. <BR/><BR/>I think a major factor in the commercial blandification of a lot of blogs is where they come from. I think you can genuinely make money from an American blog in a way that Australian blogs just can't. <BR/><BR/>Either way,* I've jumped in to the fray with my own food/research blog, which I've started in the hope of (a) making the PhD process less isolating, (b) having a record of recipes and food I have liked. It sure as hell won't give Epicurious a run for its money, but hopefully it won't make people cringe, either. <BR/><BR/><BR/>* please don't take this comment as cheap blog pimping. I've just been thinking a lot about food blogging as I've been in the process of starting one, and thought I'd put in my two centsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103468005359152122.post-53801299358936500002008-01-11T00:46:00.000+00:002008-01-11T00:46:00.000+00:00Maytel - You're not weird. Voyeuristic consumption...Maytel - You're not weird. Voyeuristic consumption is better than conspicuous consumption. <BR/><BR/>I was going to compare the genesis story to the skateboarding scene going mainstream, but thought that the example would be too esoteric. Skating got better (and infinitely more varied) when it became more than just a few surfers hanging out in Dogtown. I think that food writing is getting better (and more varied) too. There are many more rides to enjoy. Even shit ones. I don't feel any loss if the nature of food writing on the web did somehow fundamentally change post-2005. <BR/><BR/>I'm not sure how you'd define a good food blog these days (or for that matter, in 2005). I enjoy good food writing (or just new ideas) with a lack of polish. It's like stumbling into an amazing barbecue in a vacant lot and getting to drink all their booze and eat their ribs. When blogs become consistently earnest they tend to annoy me, but I can't think of anything that links the ones that I read (or the ones that I don't). <BR/><BR/>Unless I'm writing for money, I've never really cared who reads what I write. I can't stop writing because I love the process of doing it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09342644885907357598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103468005359152122.post-51472087941957944342008-01-10T18:57:00.000+00:002008-01-10T18:57:00.000+00:00Fascinating that the blog bubble burst within two ...Fascinating that the blog bubble burst within two years! That is ephemeral indeed!<BR/><BR/>The genesis you describe sounds pretty much like the story of how the music industry (or whichever golden sub-genre you care to name) ended up turning to shit. Loads more people jumping on a bandwagon, before corporate labels try to make money from that (by now) old and rickety wagon...<BR/><BR/>I have to think more on this matter...<BR/>I wasn't blogging in the heyday of blogging, so I guess I can't feel that anything has been lost... I, like Maytel, claim no moral highground on blogging, but for me that's simply because nowhere more than the internet is it more clear that "there will always be people more talented or less talented than yourself."<BR/><BR/>From a reader's point of view, I would agree that the number of blogs has proliferated... and that there is a tide of shit out there. It just gets exhausting to plow through thousands of ill-informed opinions.<BR/>It's interesting to consider what makes a GOOD food blog nowadays... and it's interesting to hear that true-school bloggers don't necessarily rate top-notch pictures and presentation as categorical must-haves...<BR/><BR/>Though I have a number of blogs bookmarked, there are only a few that I bother to check up on now & then, <BR/>And I can't think of any single factor that links them other than maybe a sense of the beautifully absurd??<BR/>They range from the very professional but still personal A&A/Ideas in Food (tipped by Paul); to 'Watashi to Tokyo', a food diary by Mari-chan, which has quite poor grammar & few photos but very nice idiosyncratic style and interesting food news links from Japan that I wouldn't otherwise hear about. <BR/>...I like Phil's blogging a lot too.<BR/><BR/>Like Maytel I also enjoy publishing blog posts as a leisure activity, but also as an exercise – think that even if the photos aren't always brilliant or the writing engaging, it's always a good brain exercise via shouting into the void.... <BR/>it's made me think more about what, where, who with and how I cook or eat... <BR/>which I think in some regards is very good (when it comes to ethics, like Maytel's socio-economic asides), and in other regards it's kinda bad... in that I now have to more carefully weigh up between spending money on a fine meal or kitchen equipment or on some old records...<BR/><BR/>There was a sort of prayer I read in a nice old buddhist californian cookbook which cautioned against using food for self-glorification or obsession.... I think a bit of obsession is important for any hobby but. It's always good to question WHY you are doing something. Having said that it is indeed nice to read things that are written or presented nicely by thoughfully obsessive people, but it's much better when they're not TOO earnest about it.<BR/><BR/>The nice thing about Gut Feelings is that I don't think anyone on it has any special need to prove anything in particular to themselves... and I really enjoy reading your posts.<BR/><BR/>That's also why I think 'proper' journalism will always have its place... there are some bad writers working for various newspapers, but in many cases there is a reason why some people end up getting paid to write about food... it's because they're good at it. Good at performing the exercise thoroughly.<BR/>The one food blog which I do check every single week is in traditional media, the Village Voice: good old Sietsema.kinakoJamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13970004949868408674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103468005359152122.post-62130454216569663082008-01-10T17:16:00.000+00:002008-01-10T17:16:00.000+00:00Hmm, a lot of food for thought there young Phil. B...Hmm, a lot of food for thought there young Phil. But for me personally it had never occurred to me that I was ever blogging, about food or otherwise, for anyone other than myself and a couple of friends and family members. I've always considered blogging to be a purely self indulgent pass time that feels slightly more high-minded than playing tetris. I've met some cool people, yourself included, and generally find it gives me one more reason to go out and find yummy things to put in my mouth. That said, food blogging is only dead to people who ever saw it as something more than a self-centred infatuation with their own stomachs, which I never have. Food blogging will only die for me once I find a more entertaining procrastination option or cease to have an interest in what I put in my mouth. That's why I never edit my writing, throw up shitty photos and do but the bare minimum to make Gut Feelings a pleasurable reading experience. Because I don't care who's reading. Perhaps, the only way to revive your sentiments towards food blogging is to come ride the tide of shit and enjoy the ride for what it is. <BR/><BR/>I never read most food blogs either. I just look at the pictures. I like to see what other people eat. It fascinates me in the same way that peering inside someone's bathroom cupboard does...<BR/><BR/>Does that make me weird?Dr Maytelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16760526691897320990noreply@blogger.com