September 27, 2006
Restaurateurs are wary of culinary bloggers
Guess who joins the long list of privacy-fearing businesses who are wary off cameraphones and bloggers? Restaurateurs and their staff, because of a "blossoming number of camera-wielding patrons", reports The San Francisco Chronicle.
"The marriage of food bloggers and camera phones has given rise to often extensive photo essays of fancy meals. "
While cameras once signaled a diner trying to capture a happy moment, many restaurateurs now view them as the badge of a would-be critic. While the resulting photographs allow hungry Web surfers to preview their meals online, they also signal a new level of scrutiny for restaurants -- and less privacy for diners.
... Many bloggers, including some of the Bay Area's most notable online scribes, often painstakingly document each morsel of food put before them during a meal and publish dozens of images of a single meal online."
Picture from Gastronomie
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