Blogs

Appears in
Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America

By Andrew F. Smith

Published 2004

  • About

Web logs, or “blogs,” have given food writers a chance to self-publish regularly online, and for their readers to respond. Unlike publishing for print media, blogging is fast, cheap, easy—and easy to correct, when needed. Their disadvantage, for readers, is that since blogs are neither edited by someone other than their authors, nor reviewed for accuracy, they may not be factually reliable, and the recipes may not be adequately tested. They do, however, bring fresh new voices—and some familiar ones—right to one’s desktop. There are thousands of food blogs; these are only a few of the better ones.