Food writing before when you were young, it was a great thing. My where it's unfair is the stories that they're trying to write about have already been written about now so much that it's been saturated. But I think some version of that starts to come back. How do you get people to look at shit? By engaging with and even then even now with the pandemic is subsiding.
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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