{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6ace5fa439599f7c5608c536/6ace60a9253c13a898eb439e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"766: The NYT's Freshest Voice Is Arguing About Pizza and the $40 Half Chicken with Luke Fortney","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6ace5fa439599f7c5608c536/bb7d6f934345c595b30d6d39fecdd703.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>It’s the return of<strong> Food Writers Talking About Food Writing</strong>. Every couple of weeks, Matt invites a journalist to talk about some favorite recent food writing as well as their thoughts on the industry as a whole.</p>\n<p><strong>Luke Fortney </strong>went from covering New York's restaurant scene at Eater — where he won a New York Press Club Award for a piece on flour tortillas — to contributing weekly to the terrific <em>New York Times</em> food newsletter, <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/where-to-eat-new-york-city\"><u>Where to Eat</u></a>. On this episode we talk about pizza, schedules, and why some of the best food writing right now lives inside a 600-word newsletter. We also talk about some recent food writing that we enjoyed.</p>\n<p><strong>Discussed on the episode: </strong></p>\n<ul>\n  <li>\n<a href=\"https://www.bestfoodblog.net/the-8-can-of-vegetables/?ref=best-food-blog-newsletter\"><u>The $8 Can of Vegetables</u></a> [Best Food Blog]</li>\n  <li>\n<a href=\"https://www.grubstreet.com/article/viral-garlic-bread-tiktok-commenter-abuse.html\"><u>U Went Viral for the Wrong Reasons Honey</u></a> [NY Mag] </li>\n  <li>\n<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/dining/at-restaurants-fusion-is-no-longer-a-dirty-word.html\"><u>At Restaurants, Fusion Is No Longer a Dirty Word</u></a> [NYT]</li>\n  <li>\n<br><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/dining/damn-lines-new-york.html\"><u>Can Webcams Help Solve New York’s Restaurant Line Problem?</u></a> [NYT]</li>\n</ul><p> </p>","author_name":"Matt Rodbard & Aliza Abarbanel"}