FoodCrunch, what happens when VCs get into food

November 20, 2006 By

Paul Matteucci, one of the VC’s who funded PodTech, writes a good foodie blog called “FoodCrunch.”

That makes me wonder: who has the best food blog? Even better, who has the best Thanksgiving Day recipes? What’s the best way to cook a turkey? Yes, inquiring geeks want to know this. After all, our families are coming over and we want to impress them with everything we’ve learned on Google in the past year.

Talking about Web 2.0 might be fun for geeks, but it won’t feed your parents.

Oh, and it wouldn’t suprise me if FoodCrunch were acquired by TechCrunch. Imagine a whole “Crunch” family of blogs. Yikes, that’s scary. But why else would Mike Arrington be trying to leave the valley for a couple months? I smell “VacationCrunch” or maybe “SkiCrunch” coming soon to a blog near you.

Anyway, Paul has a whole foodie blog portal up on FoodCrunch.com too, in addition to the blog linked above.

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  • http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/paul/default.aspxhttp://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/paul/default.aspx paul

    My Mom cooks a turkey the same way her Mom did.

  • http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/paul/default.aspxhttp://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/paul/default.aspx paul

    My Mom cooks a turkey the same way her Mom did.

  • http://foneshow.blogspot.com/ Erik Schwartz
  • http://foneshow.blogspot.com/ Erik Schwartz
  • Andre

    My all-time favorite food blogger (flogger) is Grocery Guy: http://groceryguy.blogspot.com — the blogotropolis needs more floggers like them. Writers that aren’t afraid to talk about cooking to get laid.

  • Andre

    My all-time favorite food blogger (flogger) is Grocery Guy: http://groceryguy.blogspot.com — the blogotropolis needs more floggers like them. Writers that aren’t afraid to talk about cooking to get laid.

  • sam

    I’m partial to Uncle Tykie’s Vegan Kitchen, but maybe I’m biased– it’s written by my family dog, and we go all the way back to his puppy days.

    http://uncletykiesfoodblog.blogspot.com/

  • sam

    I’m partial to Uncle Tykie’s Vegan Kitchen, but maybe I’m biased– it’s written by my family dog, and we go all the way back to his puppy days.

    http://uncletykiesfoodblog.blogspot.com/

  • http://blog.ellybabes.com/ elly parker

    I was just thinking about this subject the other day, both myself and my fiance are geeks that love cooking. My Mum took the time to type out all her recipes into Word so that I could have a copy, but I never go to them unless I’m looking for something specific… I’m more likely to search for recipes online or check out http://www.videojug.com since they’ll walk me through the recipe step by step. Having them in Word is just not a user friendly storage method, and while I could print them out that just doesn’t work with my ‘digital lifestyle’.

    I think there’s a good gap for a company out there to launch an interactive recipe portal, one that community members can add to and be able to store all their own recipes online – easy sharing of your stuff with family and friends. If the portal also combined recipes from professional chefs (with an option to search for just professional or for the ‘amateur’ recipes as well) then people could use it not only for storage but also to find new ideas and add them to their own portfolio…

    It’s a shame that most geeks are guys, that’s why there are loads of pieces of software/websites out there for cataloging your DVD/CD collection, but none for recipes (that I could find, anyway…)

  • http://blog.ellybabes.com elly parker

    I was just thinking about this subject the other day, both myself and my fiance are geeks that love cooking. My Mum took the time to type out all her recipes into Word so that I could have a copy, but I never go to them unless I’m looking for something specific… I’m more likely to search for recipes online or check out http://www.videojug.com since they’ll walk me through the recipe step by step. Having them in Word is just not a user friendly storage method, and while I could print them out that just doesn’t work with my ‘digital lifestyle’.

    I think there’s a good gap for a company out there to launch an interactive recipe portal, one that community members can add to and be able to store all their own recipes online – easy sharing of your stuff with family and friends. If the portal also combined recipes from professional chefs (with an option to search for just professional or for the ‘amateur’ recipes as well) then people could use it not only for storage but also to find new ideas and add them to their own portfolio…

    It’s a shame that most geeks are guys, that’s why there are loads of pieces of software/websites out there for cataloging your DVD/CD collection, but none for recipes (that I could find, anyway…)

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  • http://www.fiftyfoureleven.com/ Mike Papageorge

    http://www.heateatreview.com/ gets my vote. Well written (+ no punches pulled, + wittiness included), has a good following and they seem to have a nice formula going on there with the multiple authors… Maybe not what some would consider food…

  • http://www.fiftyfoureleven.com Mike Papageorge

    http://www.heateatreview.com/ gets my vote. Well written (+ no punches pulled, + wittiness included), has a good following and they seem to have a nice formula going on there with the multiple authors… Maybe not what some would consider food…

  • http://walkin.wordpress.com/ walkin jobs

    It seems like we might gonna see a large Crunch Family.

  • http://walkin.wordpress.com walkin jobs

    It seems like we might gonna see a large Crunch Family.

  • http://will.hughesfamily.net.au/ Will

    Slashfood ( http://www.slashfood.com/ ) is the best overall Food Blog, and they even have a decent looking stuffing recipe (http://www.slashfood.com/2006/11/18/simple-stuffing-for-thanksiving/ ).

    Another good site is Cooking For Engineers ( http://www.cookingforengineers.com/ ) – also a food blog(ish) site – has the best layout for recipes I’ve ever seen.

    (I’m not associated with Slashfood or Cooking for Engineers, just like the sites)

  • http://will.hughesfamily.net.au Will

    Slashfood ( http://www.slashfood.com/ ) is the best overall Food Blog, and they even have a decent looking stuffing recipe (http://www.slashfood.com/2006/11/18/simple-stuffing-for-thanksiving/ ).

    Another good site is Cooking For Engineers ( http://www.cookingforengineers.com/ ) – also a food blog(ish) site – has the best layout for recipes I’ve ever seen.

    (I’m not associated with Slashfood or Cooking for Engineers, just like the sites)

  • http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/ offthebroiler

    If I may toot my own horn:

    http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com

  • http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/ offthebroiler

    If I may toot my own horn:

    http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com

  • http://justinrudd.wordpress.com/ Justin Rudd

    My wife run’s a food blog called http://www.culinaryconcoctionsbypeabody.com

    She has a lot of desserts and appetizer type food.

  • http://justinrudd.wordpress.com/ Justin Rudd

    My wife run’s a food blog called http://www.culinaryconcoctionsbypeabody.com

    She has a lot of desserts and appetizer type food.

  • Diego
  • Diego
  • Diego

    There’s talk of Arrington going after people using Crunch this and Crunch that. He should be worried when Capt’n Crunch comes after him for trademark violations. :)

    http://www.lavasurfer.com/cereal-quakeroats.html

  • Diego

    There’s talk of Arrington going after people using Crunch this and Crunch that. He should be worried when Capt’n Crunch comes after him for trademark violations. :)

    http://www.lavasurfer.com/cereal-quakeroats.html

  • http://www.fogview.com/ Tom Newman

    I use to work with Paul at Adaptec many, many years ago and I’m glad to see he’s doing well (he got a link from Scoble :-) . It’s a small world and thanks for helping to make the connection.

  • http://www.fogview.com Tom Newman

    I use to work with Paul at Adaptec many, many years ago and I’m glad to see he’s doing well (he got a link from Scoble :-) . It’s a small world and thanks for helping to make the connection.

  • http://www.s-church.net/ Shane Church

    My personal favorites are:
    http://www.elise.com/recipes/ (Simply Recipies)
    http://cookingwithamy.blogspot.com (Cooking with Amy)
    http://bakingsheet.blogspot.com (bakingsheet)

  • http://www.s-church.net Shane Church

    My personal favorites are:
    http://www.elise.com/recipes/ (Simply Recipies)
    http://cookingwithamy.blogspot.com (Cooking with Amy)
    http://bakingsheet.blogspot.com (bakingsheet)

  • http://dancmorgan.wordpress.com/ dancmorgan

    Check out http://asliceofcherrypie.blogspot.com, great blog by a friend of mine.

    My geeky blog is at http://dancmorgan.wordpress.com

  • http://dancmorgan.wordpress.com/ dancmorgan

    Check out http://asliceofcherrypie.blogspot.com, great blog by a friend of mine.

    My geeky blog is at http://dancmorgan.wordpress.com

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