If you're headed to Charleston, this is the wine bar you want to patronize (or porronize?) thefoodsection.com/is-vino-feo-...
Is Vino Feo the region’s best wine bar? - The Food Section
Call it a wine window, por favor
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100 percent agree. I also think that what a lot of people appreciated about her honest opinion was that in a criticism-starved culture, someone in her position will too often hold her tongue. There‘s something thrilling about seeing someone exercise such critical freedom.
Caleb Crain@calebcrain.bsky.social · last wk.I’ve been waiting for the print edition to read The Review (I am an old), but my principle here is that if a reviewer isn’t free to give her honest opinion of a work of art, what freedom worth having still exists in the world? Gratitude and ingratitude are just terms for social control here.
Fund the journalism you want to see in this world! If you don't have money to give, please consider circulating these appeals so they reach somebody who does. Word-of-mouth does wonders for independent news orgs.
Tina Vasquez@tinavasquez.bsky.social · 2w agoIf you've worked with me in recent weeks as a freelancer, I've probably shared this news with you, though it's time to share it more broadly: @prismreports.org is in serious trouble, y'all. We have lost half a million dollars in philanthropic support & we have almost no secure funding for next year.
SOURCE CALL: If you work or recently worked at Maine Beer Co. and would like to tell me what Dan Kleban is like as a boss, I'm all ears. Email me dave@dinfontay.com or securely text dinfontay.11 on Signal. Anonymity available. (RTs appreciated!)
Rather than reel off all the reasons I'm especially fond of today's TFS feature, I'll leave it to a paying subscriber to rave about Elijah Siegler's story: "Great article!" this reader writes. "A keeper." Check it out here: thefoodsection.com/the-gods-of-...
The gods of American Chinese restaurants - The Food Section
Religious history lessons at your local buffet
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A reminder that if you're choosing who to back in the World Cup based on the quality of the nation's bread (totally defensible strategy!), there's an excellent Bosnian cafe in northeast Atlanta for tomorrow's viewing needs. thefoodsection.com/kicking-it-w...
Kicking it with kebabs - The Food Section
How to devour the World Cup this summer
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If you haven’t already installed @thefoodsection.bsky.social app, there are half a dozen alluring images of Northern Kentucky hot slaw in it for you this morning (along with Daniel Walton’s wise words on the unjustly overlooked side dish). apps.apple.com/us/app/the-f...
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Today's headline is hilarious to me and the two other longtime AAA members with a working knowledge of newsroom jargon. thefoodsection.com/interstate-4...
What do readers get when reporters leave their desks? Check out today's story about a Days Inn in western North Carolina where the price of a room includes stew for supper: thefoodsection.com/days-inn-in-...
Days Inn in western North Carolina rings the dinner bell - The Food Section
Mountain tradition of feeding boarders thrives at motel
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We describe Spirited Brunch, @thefoodsection.bsky.social's signature annual event, as "a self-guided snack tour of downtown Charleston's prayerful spaces." But art always says it better: So grateful for Annie Grotophorst capturing how it feels to follow the route. thefoodsection.com/depth-percep...
Time was that food editors were in constant touch with their readers, but @afrosypaella.bsky.social couldn't even get an interview with @ajc.com's new hire when she wanted to ask: "How [will you] ensure Black eaters feel seen and heard in coverage?" thefoodsection.com/stacked-cove...
Stacked coverage - The Food Section
AJC’s new food editor gives TFS the runaround
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Another excellent piece from @hannaraskin.bsky.social's Food Section, this time on restaurants using AI for marketing and socials. thefoodsection.com/when-moons-h...
When moons hit your eye like too much AI - The Food Section
Real debate engulfs Georgia pizzeria
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Antisemitism in America does not justify apartheid in Israel, apartheid is Israel does not justify antisemitism in America, a very simple concept that people seem to have a lot of trouble grasping.
Morgan Thomas takes a picture of every dining party at his restaurant in Section, Alabama, subtly making up for all the times that people today are ignored or overlooked. I’m so grateful he shared his Ole Gin Steakhouse portraits with @thefoodsection.bsky.social thefoodsection.com/photo-galler...
Photo gallery: Images of customers from an Alabama country steakhouse - The Food Section
All photos by Morgan Thomas
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If better food journalism has hit the airwaves this year than Episode 3 of Catching the Codfather, I haven’t heard it. Major props to @iancoss.bsky.social and team for not only turning up archival snippets and getting the best quotes, but knowing which ones serve the story. overcast.fm/+ABDdBFBDyso
Catching The Codfather | 3. Punch in the Kisser — The Big Dig Presents: Catching The Codfather
The west has cowboys, the east has fishermen – it’s a job defined by freedom and self-reliance. But in 1991 a contentious lawsuit forces the government to step in, setting Carlos Rafael and the regula...
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What counts as a Southern dish? The answer's always changing, but Candy Hom makes a irrefutable case for dry-fried eggplant in @thefoodsection.bsky.social, demonstrating how it reflects the modern culinary history of Atlanta and the city's ethos today. thefoodsection.com/canon-fodder/
Canon fodder - The Food Section
Dry-fried eggplant becomes a Southern standard
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I do my best Paul Theroux, attempting to turn the four hour Mardi Gras Express into an epic journey, with plenty of meals along the way. Perhaps today it becomes the Lentan Local? gardenandgun.com/feature/amtr...
All Aboard Amtrak’s New Mardi Gras Service
Riding the revived line from New Orleans to Mobile (or vice versa) takes about four hours. But for a dedicated and hungry train-iac, it’s also an opportunity to explore the Gulf Coast flavors along th...
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When our W. Va. bureau chief pitched a Tudor's Biscuit World story, she mentioned the chain was so homey that its biscuits were named for loyal customers. "Oh, yeah?" I said. "You think that's true, or a story cooked up by corporate?" And thus began her Ron search. thefoodsection.com/biscuit-sand...
Biscuit sandwich man of mystery - The Food Section
Bird-dogging a Tudor’s Biscuit World legend
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There are a few TFS stories I like to cite when explaining how @thefoodsection.bsky.social covers Southern food, and Hallie Lieberman’s reporting on the popularity of fried chicken-flavored lube may have just shot to the top of the list. Subscribe to read! thefoodsection.com/georgia-adul...
Georgia adult store releases Southern food lubes - The Food Section
Making sure your Valentine’s Day goes smoothly
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With the Post effectively abdicating its local news role, I would encourage anyone wanting to support local news in DC to support @51st.news and my old colleagues at @wcp.bsky.social. There is so much reporting needed in that city. Support them. Grow them.
If you are able, The Post's union has started a layoff fund for those fired by the world's fourth-richest man today. gofund.me/a310d0286
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This is 100 percent correct, but it doesn't mean successful media orgs--ones which are serious about exposing and challenging harmful power structures--can't emerge from the ashes. Collaboration is coming. (We started as a measly Substack, and published a former Postie this week: thefoodsection.com)
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Kristen Evans@paperalphabet.bsky.social · 6mo agoi know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media.
Props to @seamushughes.bsky.social for showing how many vital stories go untold where legacy local news is kaput. One-man shops like @courtwatch.bsky.social & @thefoodsection.bsky.social can help, but we need reader support to hire reporters and obtain documents. www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...
The Rabbit Hole: Dockets Die in Darkness
Among the 17 counties in Georgia that don’t have a single local news source, 12 of them are in the Middle District of Georgia’s jurisdiction. This week, we sought to examine the dockets dying in the d...
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Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
A giant American flag that covers a full football field costs $6,900 to rent for a game.
Ryan Nanni@celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 7mo agohow much you think one of those giant American flags retails for
Remember that great moment in Looking for a Ship when a sailor seethes at hearing a "storm has gone safely out to sea"? Turns out racism doesn't end at the shoreline either; TFS reports today on what Black seafood professionals have experienced in the industry: thefoodsection.com/racism-was-i...
“Racism was in the water” - The Food Section
Seafood professionals break down the Black experience
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It's annual report day at @thefoodsection.bsky.social! Brass tacks: We're ending the year with a $5K shortfall that we'd love to shrink before the start of our fifth anniversary year. Fortunately, TFS subscriptions make great gifts! thefoodsection.com/tfs-releases...
TFS releases its 2025 annual report - The Food Section
Getting down to business
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I know I'm notorious for saying every story is a food story, but dollar stores really are where rural America shops for groceries--for reasons outlined in this insightful and maddening investigation of another company picking the pockets of our nation's poorest consumers.
Barry Yeoman@barryyeoman.com · 8mo agoHere's our investigation, co-authored with @jocelynzuck.bsky.social. Through an nationwide records search, we found that Dollar General stores have failed more than 4,300 government price-accuracy inspections over the past four years. Family Dollar stores have failed more than 2,100. (2/2)