15 Awesome Links for Food Bloggers and Writers

Who has time to keep up with reading on the Internet about food writing and blogging? You probably don’t.

But luckily, I do. I love to sift through stuff to find the best links that are most appropriate, useful and fascinating. Usually I put them in my twice-monthly newsletter, but every once in a while, I make a list for you here.

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And now, here are 15 awesome links for food bloggers and writers:

1. Income Reports: What We Learned and Why We’re Stopping. Remember how thrilling it was to read Pinch of Yum’s astonishing income reports and live vicariously through their rise to six-figure blogging? Here’s why they stopped, plus a list of 20 things they learned in the last six years of food blogging.
2. The Hidden Risks of Writing a Cookbook. While it’s about chefs, there are good lessons that apply to writers.
3. Some of the newest cookbooks look like comics. But does that work for readers? Hand-drawn images instead of photography are the newest fad, but can cause visual dissonance.
4. Rules of Engagement: Food journalism in a multicultural America. Michael Twitty takes a common-sense approach to inclusiveness and civility.
5. This Instagram Star Faked Her Travel Photos, But Why Are People So Mad? Maybe they’re surprised that her fantasy-style posts weren’t real? Seriously?
6. The Truth About Fair Use. If you want to copy writing verbatim for your blog or story, is that okay?
7. America’s Most Political Food. Is it okay to eat at a restaurant founded by a white supremacist. It includes how food writer Kathleen Purvis discovered and covered the story.
8. Ingredient Weight Chart. David Lebovitz pointed out this chart, which can be helpful to American recipe writers who need to state metrics. (You can sign up for his newsletter here.)
9. A Blogger Is Suing Food Network for Allegedly Copying Her Viral Cupcake Video. You’ve got to admire her taking on a big company. She reportedly asked Food Network to remove its video, or to at least credit her somehow in it, but the company refused.
10. The Instagram Food Trends That Need to Die—According to You. Mermaid food? Cloud eggs? I am way behind.
11. Why We Can’t Talk About Race in Food. Writers reveal how trolls are trying to silence them.
12. Instagram Food Is a Sad, Sparkly Lie. Influencers love to photograph food that looks good but no one wants to actually eat it, including them.
13. Artisan’s new cookbook line. With a format of a low price point of $12.95 and 100 recipes, you’ll make much less in royalties — but consumers will be pleased.
14. The Classic Cookbooks That Shaped My Career as a Chef and Writer. A big, old-school Eurocentric list from Samin Nosrat.
15. Facebook’s Big Branded Content Update: What You Need to Know Do you put your sponsored posts on Facebook? Here’s an update on the rules.