March 7, 2008
It's OK to Blog With Your Mouth Full
You're right, Mr. Pink. Food blogging can be tiring, especially when you're holding a hunk of chevre in one paw and a glass of Riesling with the other -- all while surreptitiously taking notes and snapping pictures. So, while Mr. Pink takes his food coma nap, the DCist Food and Drink team is looking to pick up his slack with a few new enthusiastic Food and Drink writers.
But we won't be satisfied with just any spectator foodie. We're looking for the type of adventurous eater who'd be the first with their nose buried in a bag of coffee beans; the eagle-eye who can spot a dirty beer tap from across the bar; the talent who can not only appreciate a beautiful set of grill lines on a steak, but also work the grill line if the chef asked; the reporter able to scoop the industry gossip before it clogs the interwebs; the Eastern Market farmer's favorite customer; or someone who TiVos Top Chef for the closeups of the dishes, not Padma.
Although all our writers are free to post on any food and drink beat, we are hoping to fill a few specific roles, including:
a bar/lounge/nightlife reviewer - this may also include beer, wine, and spirits
a features writer - interviews, sneak peaks
a general food writer - reviews, news, eating in
a restaurant reviewer
Contact Eddie Kim (eddie.c.kim -at- gmail.com) for more details. Sorry, LOLcats, dogs, and other animals need not apply.
Photo by DCist Kyle
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That cat looks like how I feel. Is it 5pm yet?
I am willing to live blog every bag of rap snacks that I consume.
interesting....
boondoggle - Don't forget to blog when they come out the other end. Because Lil Romeo Hot n' Spicys go through me like a Ferrari.
Monkeyrotica,
I believe Lil Romeo advocates the BBQin with my Honey flavor. I could be wrong though... any fact checkers out there?
Lil Romeo comes in Original, BBQin with My Honey, AND Hot n' Spicy form. Although, maybe the Consumer Product Safety Commission finally recalled the Spicys after all those complaint letters I sent, punctuated with a liberal use of "They make mah booty HURT!"
It's Riesling, not Reisling.
I think readers will find every aspect of rap snack digestion fascinating:
Can a hip hop based snack treat reach the high bar of flavor set by the consistent quality of Andy Capp's Hot Fries? Or will they be brushed aside like so many Funyuns before them?
More importantly, can they transcend the criticism that they glamorize violence against women and the thug lifestyle? A subject for a far less brilliant mind than mine to document.
The website is amazing
Think about all the confusion that could be avoided if the dcist feature 'This Week in Hip Hop' were renamed 'This week in rap snacks'.
Why doesn't dcist have a snack reviewer? I'm sick of the same sui generis reviews of booshwa watering holes and nuevo riche slopshops. I want expert comparisons of Old-Bay-Crab-vs-hotdog-and-mustard-flavored potato chips. Why do Zapps Crawtators taste so good with hard liquor? There's a world of fattening snacks and we've barely scratched the surface. I had no idea that Fritos were kosher. Also, did you know that urine is sterile? That's right. You can drink it.