Food blogging is first person or it isn’t food blogging. People will come back for the person not the ingredients. Therefore, copy without experience burning a pan or paying for a bad meal doesn’t deserve to be called food blogging.
Posts carry a point of view and a week of controversy. For restaurant roundups, I visit the restaurants. For technique pieces, I admit mistakes for the first time. The recipe remains for those quickly looking to satisfy their hunger. You move on from one controversy to the next.
An opinion requires someone to own it. A writer who has dined in a city has the capability of ranking the four new restaurants in the city by which is worth the trip, and which is enjoying the benefits of early reviews. That is the product you are purchasing. The headings and the recipe card are supporting structures.
Food writing created by algorithms has never had a bad meal. Nothing sticks, nothing splits, no plate disappoints. Also, it seems to reach for crispy outside and tender inside within about two paragraphs. This is why readers and detectors spot it at the same time.
1. Your Archive Comes First Your archive is prioritized over the writer’s. The writer reads ten existing posts to understand the voice and reoccurring jokes, so the new piece connects to the existing posts rather than repeating them. You approve an angle and a working title before any drafting. Consider yourself first. The writer creates a new post by understanding ten existing posts. This gives the new post a means to connect to existing posts while avoiding repetitive posts. You provide an idea of an angle and a provisional title to be used while drafting.
Match the length to the job in front of it. A post of approximately 1,200 words provides space to include one recipe or idea. A roundup taking into account the numerous variations of the topic in question, or a guide to a technique, calls necessitates approximately 2,000 words. To compensate readers who stick around, a 3,200 word guide to a city spanning two years at the top of your site earns its keep.
One rate, whatever the format: $10 per 100 words. You are paying for the writer’s time and judgement, so the price scales with the words rather than with a package tier.
| Typical food blog | Words | Writing | Fee (1%) | You pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard post | 1,200 | $120 | $1.20 | $121.20 |
| Guide or roundup | 2,000 | $200 | $2 | $202 |
| Pillar city guide | 3,200 | $320 | $3.20 | $323.20 |
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That is your call. Copyright transfers to you on delivery with no attribution requirement. Most sites publish under their own byline. However, if you wish to credit the writer, tell us and we will see if they are open to that before you make it publicly known.
Yes, and we ensure we can check them. Names, addresses, and signature dishes are double-checked against the current listings. We will never make a visit. If the piece needs a first-hand meal, let us know the city and we can say whether a writer can go.
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Reviews from completed, paid orders in this category.
The author noted in their original post that they had made the brine and that the salt amount in our notes was not correct for the volume, which it was not. They did a self correction and rightfully so, it is the bare minimum that writing about food gets right.
The descriptions were beautiful and about fifteen words too long for a one-page menu. I asked for them cut and got them back shorter and still good. Should have specified a character count. My fault, their patience.
Our old procedures were written by people who understood the process. These are not. They name each button on each step. Two of our newer drivers used them without even asking me questions, which has never happened before.
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