You can count on @poynterinstitute.bsky.social to do journalism right! Touched that @amariscastillo.bsky.social called @thefoodsection.bsky.social's ABC evaluator, mortgage broker Kodaah Hansen (pictured here 20 years ago, when he was in Big Brothers with my husband.) www.poynter.org/business-wor...

The Food Section's ABC rankings page is shaping up nicely, with another set of store scores today, along with a look at the state's amaro deficit by @btparsons.bsky.social and an appreciation of Amarula, frequently offered by clerks familiar with just one ama- liqueur. thefoodsection.com/abc/

Every day, @thefoodsection.bsky.social implicitly counters contemporary food journalism’s shortcomings—but sometimes we have to take on legacy media directly. Many thanks to Candy Hom for sharing her accounting of the AJC’s new 50 Best Restaurants list. thefoodsection.com/looking-for-...

Need to add more food journalism to your media diet? TFS is among the pubs participating in the Indie Media Drive this month: We'd love your support! thefoodsection.com/subscribe/

You can’t go home again, but you can go back to the town where you worked your first newspaper job…and get above-the-fold treatment. cdispatch.com/news/two-dec...

I returned from #IRE25 all fired up to use AI for FOIA requests, but ChatGPT cried uncle, saying the task was too boring for anyone but a freelance journalist.

Just witnessed the best May Day moment I could ever hope to see: A St. Augustine tourist on a trolley barked at a groundskeeper watering a hotel lawn that he’d missed a spot—and the worker sprayed him in the face.

Yep, not about to play it cool on this one. If you want to find out what kind of food journalism is worthy of an Ellie, subscribe at thefoodsection.com

Boy, if I was a chef in Savannah--or anywhere else in Georgia--I'd be pretty mad about the whole state (save Atlanta) being left out of contention for Michelin's first regional guide to the American South.

What kind of excess? "At its annual Tupperware Homecoming Jubilee in 1954, dealers were instructed to...'Strike it rich!' It took hours, but they unearthed mink stoles, diamond rings, gold watches, and a toy Ford that could be traded for the real thing." (Photos: State Archives of Florida)

After all, should you have to wait months upon months to learn about the rage for pastry hot dogs in West Virginia, unenforced food safety provisions in the poultry sector, and the latest in North Carolina quinceañera menus? thefoodsection.com/our-best-sto...

Curious if this platform is as robust and chatty as claimed, so putting it to the sourcing test: Who among you wore a Doodles suit for Chick-fil-A, or can connect me with someone who did? #mascots #fastfood #firstjobs