Wed
Feb
17
Chef Wars on Twitter
There’s an interesting article in The New York Times about how well-known chefs are using Twitter as a marketing tool for their restaurants and to “air their grievances” virtually. I thought Chef Joe Dobias (@chefjoedoe) of the East Village Restaurant JoeDoe said it best:
“JoeDoe is a character I play online to keep my name in front of people. I just need them to come into my restaurant, and then my food will do the talking and I can shut up.”
JoeDoe was recently in a Twitter war with a local supplier after he criticized them for not delivering produce on time (or something). Not going to lie, I am now following all the chefs listed in this article to see what other Twitter controversies are happening in the culinary world!
- Rebecca
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- Twitter - Rebecca - food
Thu
Feb
4
NYC Celeb Chefs Serve Up Free Street Food
…if you check out NBCNewYork.com and answer some trivia questions for their Around Town Contest. According to Luxist, 500 lucky trivia winners will be given a cart location and a secret password to present at the cart, speakeasy-style, in exchange for their free lunch (cool!).
The campaign is to promote NBC New York’s new food site, Feast, which is set to launch this winter. Mmm, can’t wait.
- Rebecca
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- Rebecca - contests - TV - food
Tue
Nov
25
The legendary Butterball Turkey Talk-Line (a hotline for Thanksgiving cooks to call in case they run into trouble while preparing the bird) has gone mobile, just in time for this Thanksgiving! If you sign up for Butterball text messages, the turkey experts will send you special Thanksgiving cooking content straight to your phone, including:
- Tips on how to prep and cook a turkey.
- Reminders on when to buy and start thawing your turkey.
- Shopping list alerts for new recipes.
- Features to instantly connect to the Butterball Experts
-Alyssa
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- Alyssa - mobile - food - moms
Tue
Oct
7
The Latest Trend in Food...Personalization
From HungryGirl.com:
You can actually click on this Web site and create your very own personalized cereal, choosing from over 40 all-natural ingredients. Then you get to name it, have it shipped to your door… and eventually CHEW IT! The best part is that you can watch the nutritional info change as you build it. FANTASTIC!
Hungry Girl also mentions you can do the same thing with bars and shakes at youbars.com, and you can make your own personalized bottle of Jones Soda at every Wal-Mart photo center in the U.S.!
- Rebecca
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- Rebecca - moms - food
Tue
Jul
8
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- Alyssa - Hearst - MSN - food - websites