Episode Five: Mhhh Food
Guest Host: Matty Tucker
Date aired: November 4th, 2015
Food: It has been around forever, but has our relationship with it changed with the advent of the Internet?
The Fat Jew ruins a ramen food festival:
http://www.grubstreet.com/2015/08/food-lab-fat-jew-ramen.html#Instagram food hashtags:
https://instagram.com/explore/tags/thecameraeatsfirst/Fancy Junk Food Instagram:
https://instagram.com/chefjacqueslamerde/The Japanese black Whopper:
http://www.businessinsider.com/black-burgers-at-japans-burger-king-2014-9The Grey Cheeseburger:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemcneal/gray-burger?bffbtrending&utm_term=.ndnKllzg5p#.pwVa66dVKqThe Rainbow Dorito troll:
http://distractify.com/humor/2015/09/22/mariamsharia-doritos-more-like-gayritos-amirite-1361964683
Diet: Because of social media and the Internet, food is visibly intertwined with class and status. Now that eating is a global and communal experience, our sense of diet is warped.
This ol’ gem:
http://thisiswhyyourefat.kinja.com
Service: There is more visibility to the lives of people working in the service industry, but has the Internet helped or hindered food servers and establishments?
- Yelp, and its relationship with restaurants, as demonstrated on South Park:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/857499#i0,p0,s19,d0
- San Francisco Restaurant offers discount for 1-star yelp reviews:
http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2015/01/14/yelp-hating-botto-bistro-keeps-trolling-yelp-offers-50-percent-discount-for-bad-reviews/
- Workers rights in the service industry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4BqM4tSoOc