http://www.corridorkitchen.com Necessity is the mother of invention. Tue, 23 Feb 2021 23:46:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/04/foodie-backlash/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/04/foodie-backlash/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:37:44 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=3290 a touch of animosity between food bloggers and the food businesses we write about. This is understandable, as no one starts out in hospitality thinking they want to run a crap restaurant and equally, no one starts out writing about food thinking they are going to produce crap writing. Otherwise, why on earth would we all keep doing what we’re doing? Writing about blogging about food Lately the foodie/food blogger backlash has been growing. Food blogging is increasingly being written about as a no-holds-barred free-for-all where uneducated nobodies who haven’t done the hard yards and thus aren’t entitled to their opinion put in their two cents. Chefs weigh in, journos weigh in, characterising us as annoying, inexpert, opinionated, lacking in standards and constantly compromising our own credibility. True, we have also occasionally been written about in a positive light, such as articles like this and this where we have been characterised as ‘championing’ little known cuisines/suburbs or letting people in on food ‘secrets’, or in this article, where bloggers and the food industry actually (gasp) work together. But by and large it’s been an alarmist, ‘they’re taking our jobs and our free dinners’ panic-fest of slapdash writing.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/04/foodie-backlash/feed/ 15 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/11/why-i-blog/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/11/why-i-blog/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:19:26 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=2528 Here's me thinking "Do I really have to write a post on this? Can't I just enjoy my macch?"]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/11/why-i-blog/feed/ 15 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/11/5-things-i-learned-about-food-bloggers-eatdrinkblog-2011/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/11/5-things-i-learned-about-food-bloggers-eatdrinkblog-2011/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:23:22 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=2481 1. They hate food fads just as much as you do Macarons. Masterchef. Those over-blogged ‘it’ restaurants. Food bloggers have been there, done that, or at least read it in their mile-long blogroll. At EatDrinkBlog, one food blogger admitted to me, in hushed tones ‘I don’t think macarons are that great, actually.’ I had another prominent food blogger email me to agree that Sydney’s recent night noodle markets were both overrated and lacking in noodles. Chances are your fave food blogger is as sick of hearing about Jamie’s Italian as you are...or soon will be. 2. They’re zeitgeisty, not trendy Food bloggers will break the next big thing months before the more cautious mainstream media. By taking risks, readers feel they get the inside scoop and other bloggers can follow suit and put in their 2 cents. As a rule, food bloggers don’t blog an experience they’re not that enamoured with, unless it’s macarons, possibly served at the night noodle markets by one of the contestants of masterchef, so the initial buzz bloggers create is often well-deserved.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/11/5-things-i-learned-about-food-bloggers-eatdrinkblog-2011/feed/ 24