Full Belly Files | Resolution Time: Eat and Report More Diversely
On Hopes to Write About Restaurants, Farmers, and Trends
I appreciate the concept and am happy when it works for others, but I’ve never been one for New Year’s resolutions. To me, it just paves the path for disappointment down the road when you fail.
But for 2022, I’m resolving to make at least a few resolutions when it comes to my food & drink coverage, and I’m hoping you can help me reach some of these goals in the months to come. Here they are.
Report on a wider diversity of restaurants: A bulk of my food & drink coverage focuses on places that have just opened or establishments that have hired public relations professionals to get the word out. These deserve our attention, but there can be a sameness to these stories, from similar styles of cuisine to echoed talking points to, well, a lot of white people.
