{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6ace5fa439599f7c5608c536/6ace612165f99a36eb60e976?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"799: The Dream of the $50 Dinner in New York Is Alive and Canada's Wild Run at North America’s 50 Best with Luke Fortney","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6ace5fa439599f7c5608c536/30fce749ff47b3963c27c1ce0e3ba7f2.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>It’s the return of Food Writers Talking About Food Writing. 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. <strong>Luke Fortney</strong> went from covering New York’s restaurant scene at Eater 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>⁠. In this episode, we talk about the dream of the $50 dinner in New York, changes at the grocery store, Canada’s big showing at North America’s 50 Best, and how restaurants can think about a membership mode.</p>\n<p>Featured on the episode:</p>\n<ul>\n  <li><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/dining/but-first-restaurant.html\"><u>But First, Restaurant</u></a> [NYT]</li>\n  <li><a href=\"https://www.snaxshot.com/p/the-new-grocer-1e4\"><u>The New Grocer</u></a> [Snaxshot]</li>\n  <li><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/dining/the-dream-of-a-50-dinner-is-still-alive-at-these-restaurants.html\"><u>The Dream of a $50 Dinner Is Still Alive at These Restaurants</u></a> [NYT]</li>\n  <li><a href=\"https://www.expedite.news/p/why-dont-more-restaurants-have-memberships\"><u>Why don't more restaurants have memberships?</u></a> [Expedite]</li>\n  <li><a href=\"https://caper.media/p/canada-restaurants-worlds-50-best-north-america-2026\"><u>Oh, Canada</u></a> [Caper]</li>\n</ul>\n<p><em><strong>Subscribe to This Is TASTE</strong></em><em>:</em><em><strong>&nbsp;</strong></em><a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-taste-podcast/id1393739959?mt=2\">⁠⁠<em>Apple Podcasts</em>⁠⁠</a><em>,&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/3LsLXfnYt6Ugml415hyUfh?si=MRMn32W-S5i9HktfZ_eBIg\">⁠⁠<em>Spotify</em>⁠⁠</a><em>,&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@ThisIsTASTE\">⁠⁠<em>YouTube</em>⁠⁠</a><br></p><p> </p>","author_name":"Matt Rodbard & Aliza Abarbanel"}