Movie Reivew: “Today’s Special”

For all those indie, foodie folks out there watch for local listings so you can get a serving of feel-good vibes from “Today’s Special,” a new movie by David Kaplan to be released Nov. 19, 2010. Samir (Aasif Mandvi, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and “The Last Airbender“) is a sous chef who is [...]

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Pitch to Publish, from Blogger to Author #IFBC

Panel Victoria von Biel, executive editor Bon Appetit Kirsty Melville, president, book division Andrews-McMeel Molly Wizenberg, Orangette, “A Homemade Life“ “What I discovered as a blogger is that could write even when I didn’t want to,” says Molly Wizenberg, blogger and author.

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Molly Moon’s Lavender Honey Ice Cream #IFBC #HUNTPOST

My expectations were low. This was a food cart, after all, and I’m from Boston, one of the states that consumes the most ice cream in the nation. “Lavender honey, please,” I said to Molly Moon‘s ice cream man. A small mound of white with flecks of tiny purple was pushed through the window above [...]

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Food Photography #IFBC

“I want to interject excitement and passion about food into my photos,” says Penny De Los Santos who has photo illustrated six cookbooks. “If I make you want to grab and eat that food, then I’ve done my job.”

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Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking #IFBC

Dr. Nathan Myhrvold, Modernist Cuisine, Intellectual Ventures, CEO “Some people say sous-vide sucks the soul out of cooking,” says Nathan Myhrvold. “We disagree! It’s about the art and science of creating great food.”

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Changing How You Think About Food #IFBC

Panel Debra Music, Theo Chocolate Andrew Stout, Full Circle Farm, CEO Jack Czarnecki, Oregon White Truffle Oil “Companies and consumers have to be willing to pay more for better produced chocolate,” says Debra Music of Theo Chocolate, a Fair Trade certified chocolate producer in Seattle.

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Law and Ethics of Food Blogging #IFBC

Moderator Barnaby Dorfman, Foodista.com, CEO Panel Robin Goldstein, IP attorney, food blogger Robert Schroeder, FTC Barnaby Dorfman

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Writing with All Five Senses #IFBC

Kathleen Flinn, author “The Sharper Your Knife, the Less you Cry“ Lemon writing exercise. M.K. Fisher is great at using verbs in the right places. Take a page of hers and write down all the verbs. She rarely uses the passive voice, she likes movement and sound.

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Search Engine Optimization #IFBC

Panel Barnaby Dorfman, Foodista.com, CEO Joy Victory, WordPress.com, editorial czar Mani Dhillon, UrbanSpoon.com, general manager

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The Art of Recipe Writing #IFBC

Moderator: Amy Sherman, author, blogger, recipe developer Speakers: Dianne Jacob “Will Write for Food” Kristine Kidd, former editor at Bon Appetit “My personal recipe style is to teach cooks independence,” says Kristine Kidd, a former editor at Bon Appetit.

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