Keith Lee: Food writing, food media has a role beyond utility. There was a huge aspect of romanticism to me when I was in my teens and twenties reading about food. When I read Bourdain for the first time, it wasn't because I just wanted to know the food ways of places he was going. And so much of what I read now doesn't make me feel romantic about food. It makes me feel like just it's so much as a lecture at me now. Which is never how real criticism was written.
After an illuminating game in which Dave asks Chris to guess which 2023 food trend listicle was written by ChatGPT vs. a real person, they debate the relevancy of food writing in a world ruled by social media and where food media will go from here. Other topics include the diet changes that aging brings, being the Tom Brady of eating, and how to update the James Beard Foundation Awards for our times.
Hosts: Dave Chang and Chris Ying
Producers: Sasha Ashall, Aleya Zenieris, and Gabi Marler
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