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Event Wed Dec 02 2009

Menu for Hope 6

mmenuforhope.jpg The food blog Chez Pim is hosting the sixth annual Menu for Hope in collaboration with the UN World Food Programme. Over the past three years, Menu for Hope has raised nearly a quarter of a million dollars to feed hungry people around the world.

Food bloggers come together and donate items or services as prizes. On December 14th, the raffle opens and those interested in bidding on prizes can purchase raffle tickets for $10 a piece. All of the money will be donated to the UN World Food Programme.

For more information on this fundraising event, including how to donate items to the raffle, visit Chez Pim.

 
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Feature Thu Dec 31 2015

The State of Food Writing

By Brandy Gonsoulin

In 2009, food blogging, social media and Yelp were gaining popularity, and America's revered gastronomic magazine Gourmet shuttered after 68 years in business. Former Cook's Illustrated editor-in-chief Chris Kimball followed with an editorial, stating that "The shuttering of Gourmet reminds...
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