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Comment on Where Life and Lunch Meet: The Phad Thai Theory by Thailand

Thailand — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:09:39 +0000

Would you kindly translate your blog into Italian as I’m not so comfortable reading it in English? I’m getting tired of using Google Translate all the time, there is a cool WP plugin called like global translator which will render all your articles automatically- this would make reading posts on your great blog even more cosy. Cheers mate, Thailand!

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Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:30:55 +0000

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Comment on A Question for Food Bloggers by Chris Perrin

Chris Perrin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:40:07 +0000

Todd,

That’s an interesting take. And one I’m a little more surprised more people don’t take.

So the question to seriousness goes… does that apply to recipes I write? How does it affect recipes I create that use products I was given?

Comment on A Question for Food Bloggers by Todd Kuhns

Todd Kuhns — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:25:53 +0000

Chris,

I have to say that I agree with the AFJ. Of course, if this is your hobby and it’s fun for you, you can always do whatever you want. But I’m not sure you can expect to be taken as seriously as you would be if your paid for the food you review. It just depends on how seriously you want to be taken.

Hard news journalists pay. Restaurant reviewers pay. Roger Ebert pays. Consumer Reports pays – and then they auction off what they bought to staff and friends to recoup some of the cost. It’s the only way to be 100% neutral.

Comment on A Question for Food Bloggers by RJ Flamingo

RJ Flamingo — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:08:20 +0000

Can’t believe I just left this comment in the wrong post! Brain fart.

RJ Flamingo Says:
March 12th, 2010 at 10:05 am
This topic, or something resembling this topic, seems to crop up about every 6 months, like clockwork. Federal law says that as bloggers, we must disclose & that’s quite sufficient for me. I’m including the link to my own blogpost of a year ago, treating something similar.

http://www.flamingomusings.com/2009/05/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badge.html

Although I’ve become more of a food blogger than I was at the time of writing that, my feelings on the subject haven’t.

Comment on Sustainable Eating #4: Why I Support #MeatlessMonday by RJ Flamingo

RJ Flamingo — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:05:55 +0000

This topic, or something resembling this topic, seems to crop up about every 6 months, like clockwork. Federal law says that as bloggers, we must disclose & that’s quite sufficient for me. I’m including the link to my own blogpost of a year ago, treating something similar.

http://www.flamingomusings.com/2009/05/i-dont-need-no-stinkin-badge.html

Although I’ve become more of a food blogger than I was at the time of writing that, my feelings on the subject haven’t.

Comment on A Question for Food Bloggers by Hannah

Hannah — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:24:24 +0000

Good question, Chris. Like Jean, Vivien and Suebob, I think that you would retain the integrity of your blog via adequate disclosure [and thanks for linking to the Blog with Integrity Pledge, Suebob!].

So long as bloggers are honest about any conflict of interest surrounding the products & services they review, readers should be trusted to make up their own mind about whether or not they take notice of the content.

Comment on A Question for Food Bloggers by Johnna

Johnna — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:11:57 +0000

While on the 52 Donuts journey, I was conflicted as to how I should handle offers of free donuts (well, other than to eat them of course). I ultimately decided to rarely mention to donut shop owners or employees that I was a food blogger. This did eliminate the offers of free food but it also eliminated much of the great conversation and delightful donut history stories shared when I mentioned the blog. Like you, I always divulged what was given to me at no charge.

On this years 52 journey, I am baking in my own kitchen and not buying baked goods. I have a new perspective on this dilemma. Now I am more than happy to accept products and ingredients for review and inclusion in my recipes. The change in thinking comes from the increase in my grocery bill. It does get very expensive to work with high quality ingredients, buy new bakeware, cookbooks, etc…I do think it is possible to write an ethical review of a product provided at no charge and I also think the companies providing such items expect honest reviews, even if that is a bit negative.

Comment on A Question for Food Bloggers by Suebob

Suebob — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:07:45 +0000

With all due respect to the AFJ, I think their guidelines are outdated. The Blog With Integrity pledge http://www.blogwithintegrity.com is a perfectly good guideline. I wouldn’t mind if traditional media got paid or got freebies as long as they disclosed them as well as any advertising relationships their publication has with the subject of the article.

Comment on Where Life and Lunch Meet: The Phad Thai Theory by Homer Ankersen

Homer Ankersen — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:42:02 +0000

The food in Bangkok is yummy and not expensive, all the locals we met were very nice and anxious to advice use. We stayed at Bann Thai Resort and Spa- a completely different place to the hectic tourist trap in the west of Bangkok like that KhaoSan Road place.