After a nearly two-month (!) hiatus, our baby podcast is back this week, catching up on various vacations and Kristen at CES [3:52], leading a panel and meeting José Andrés over margaritas. (Kinda, details here.)
Andrew talks about the newly launched Crypto Culinary Club, with its roster of celebrity chefs and a familial c-suite [7:09]. Then we discuss the devastating and puzzling Vox/Eater layoffs [12:14], and I’d like to revise my business suggestions [20:00] to include an acute focus on niche newsletters.
Plus, two New York Times stories that got us going this week: the first, about the National Restaurant Association’s ServSafe program, with an aggressive assertion that proceeds are funneled directly into lobbying against higher wages for restaurant workers [22:40] (and don’t miss the most ridiculous defense argument I’ve ever heard). The second: the business of negative reviews and how some of the biggest tech companies in the space could be combining forces to combat the trolls.
It’s good to be back!
We're back! Crypto Culinary Club, Vox layoffs, ServSafe shenanigans, and combatting the business of negative online reviews