Yes, I took that photo myself. How did you know? How did you know that wasn’t the work of a professional food photographer? I mean, the food doesn’t look perfect, that’s for sure—isn’t that the point? (Um, it’s a little more complicated than that.) Every issue of Food & Drink since Summer 2011 has contained…
Every issue of Food & Drink since Summer 2011 has contained one of my columns. Here’s the latest one, from the Spring 2016 issue. (NOTE: The image is unique to this blog entry.) Note: The original title was “Flirting with Danger: Should you acknowledge your competitors or pretend to exist alone in an empty universe?” but it…
Hey! That new project I was teasing toward the end of last year? IT’S NOW AVAILABLE at all the usual outlets: Amazon, iBooks, Barnes & Noble. You can think of it as a companion to my other restaurant marketing book—Selling Eating: Restaurant Marketing Beyond the Word “Delicious,” which you can read reviews of here. Here…
This shouldn’t take too long. I’ve only got about fifty-seven hours worth of opinions about puns. I’ve even been on New Hampshire Public Radio arguing with an editor of The Atlantic Monthly in a mock debate about whether puns are good or bad. My position: bad. Basic reason: opportunity cost. I’ll keep it simple. In…
All the money I’ve ever earned in my career, I earned as a writer. There have been variations on that theme, but that’s my background. Now that doesn’t mean I don’t have advice on visual stuff. Like this IHOP menu photography. My Quick Review: That’s too perfect. The edges of that toast have been meticulously groomed;…