Comments on: Who is the Best Food Writer Today?

By: davidtran

davidtran — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:23:58 +0000

Jonathan Gold, of course.

By: snack recipes

snack recipes — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:28:25 +0000

Hi, I applaud your blog for informing people, very interesting article, keep up it coming

By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:01:10 +0000

Hi Jennifer, I haven't seen it yet but hope to get a copy soon. I adore Ree Drummond. Did you see this post I wrote about her?

By: Jennifer Wedemeyer

Jennifer Wedemeyer — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:39:02 +0000

Just wondering if you have seen this cookbook
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl and if you have what do you think about it?
I have heard so many wonderful things about the cookbook but I live in the same area that Pioneer Woman is from. I have read her blog for a long time and made several of her recipes and I’ve loved them all! Let me know what you think about Pioneer Woman.

By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:07:20 +0000

This is another topic, but…

I I like to include ounces in the ingredients list sometimes (ex. a 12-ounce can) in addition to cups. Re grams, now that people from all over the world can read our blogs, we need both systems. But must we do the conversions by hand, or is there a piece of software for that? And does it get messy to include? Maybe this needs a separate blog post.

By: msmarmitelover

msmarmitelover — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:31:01 +0000

Thanks Dianne and it’s nice to see your blog cover wider subjects…
I’m writing out recipes at the moment myself, I’ve been rather slack on that subject and it’s very enjoyable, but I must get the measurements right…cups or grams or ounces?

By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:26:29 +0000

Yes, this is a provincial crowd, I’m afraid. But I’m so happy to hear from a Brit, and I love your blog, and Roden and Slater are excellent choices.

Yes, food writing is much more than recipe writing, although a good recipe is a thing of beauty.

By: msmarmitelover

msmarmitelover — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:46:49 +0000

I guess as you are an American the names you cite are mostly American. I would cite Claudia Roden and Nigel Slater as a great food writers.
Is a food writer somebody that does recipes? Or someone who writes about food more generally?
I read blogs, but I get bored of just recipes. I get bored also of hearing how perfectly all their food turns out.
In my food blogging, I attempt to interject humour and vulnerability, ups and down, mistakes as well successes.
But I still need books…

By: diannejacob

diannejacob — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:29:57 +0000

LOL, very clever. Now we just need a few more votes for him. Thanks, Kristen.

By: motherload

motherload — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:11:30 +0000

My husband, an editor at Wired magazine, contributed an essay to Grant Achatz’s dazzling cookbook Alinea (Ten Speed Press, 2008). Alinea is also the name of Achatz’s Chicago restaurant, where he’s a master and forerunner of molecular gastronomy.

My husband had written about the chef before, and was thrilled to be asked to contribute to the cookbook. When he found out who else would be writing essays, he was bowled over: Jeffrey Steingarten and Michael Ruhlman. Nice company to keep for one’s debut into the cookbook realm!

So to answer the question you’ve posed, I’d say my hubbie, Mark McClusky, is the best food writer out there. Though I’m a bit biased.