Food and dining news from around the web and the world… * Don’t shoot. Some restaurants are banning food photography. [Business Insider] * But if you insist on the point and click. Here are some tips for jerk-free restaurant food photography. [PopPhoto.com] * Make no mistake. Or at least not these five mistakes that restaurant’s make with their [...]
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Portland’s Chefs Fired Up; High Cal Inaugural Lunch; Burgers Okay with Exercise
Food and dining news from around the web and the world… * Didn’t get invited to the inaugural luncheon? Your waistline will thank you — it was a 3,000 calorie meal! [Washington Times] * The tipping point. That moment when you start to hear a chef’s name everywhere. [Grub Street Chicago] * Get the burger. And [...]
Best Dates for Foodies: HowAboutWe Reveals Dining + Drinking Habits of Daters
They say a way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. I’d say that’s probably true of a woman, too. And, it’s been said that beer is the ultimate social lubricant. So, it’s no surprise that many dates involve food and drink. Curious about what food and drink is putting diners in the mood [...]
10 Things You Need to Know About Top Chef Seattle Episode 4
Full disclosure: Top Chef Seattle is driving me a little bit batty this season. I don’t feel as though I’m getting to know several of the contestants — and I know some others too well. We’re barely seeing Bart, Brooke, Eliza, or Chrissy. This episode featured a lot of two cheftestants who could have gone [...]
Tweet of the Week: Share Our Strength + Dine Out to Help End Childhood Hunger
OpenTable is a proud supporter of Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign, so this tweet from diner and SOS supporter Sara Elizabeth Dill, aka @SEDLAW15, really spoke to us. Happening now in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Portland, and San Francisco, Share Our Strength’s Dine Out For No Kid Hungry is a [...]
OpenTable Diner Reviews Reveal Top 100 Fit for Foodies Restaurants
As the height of harvest season draws near, we are pleased to announce the 2012 Diners’ Choice Award winners for the Top 100 Fit for Foodies Restaurants in the United States. These awards reflect the combined opinions of more than 5 million reviews submitted by verified OpenTable diners for more than 15,000 restaurants in all 50 states and the District [...]
Dining Dilemmas: Meeting the Chef, Ordering for Your Date, and the Art of Noise
* Marina O’Loughlin thinks meeting the chef is as overrated as everything else that’s overrated these days. [The Guardian] * Can you stay slim if you dine out often? You can if you follow Ed Levine’s three simple tips. [Serious Eats] * Portland restaurateurs discuss their different approaches to the art of noise in their [...]