Serious Eats is a website and
blog
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focused on food enthusiasts, created by food critic and author
Ed Levine. A Serious Eats book was published by Levine in 2011.
Serious Eats was acquired by Fexy Media in 2015 and then by
Dotdash
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in late 2020.
Content
The site consists of general food features as well as recipes and home cooking advice.
The site is notable for launching the career of
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, whose column "The Food Lab" was adapted into a
James Beard award
The James Beard Foundation Awards are annual awards presented by the James Beard Foundation to recognize chefs, restaurateurs, authors and journalists in the United States. They are scheduled around James Beard's May 5 birthday. The media awa ...
-winning
cookbook of the same name. Lopez-Alt's writing was highly regarded among amateur cooks for its rigorous approach to cooking and recreating cultural food icons, such as the ShackBurger and Chick-fil-a, in the home kitchen.
Critical reception
In 2008, ''Serious Eats'' was ranked #17 on ''
Time
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'' magazine's list of the 50 Best Websites. Serious Eats was the recipient of two
James Beard Foundation
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awards in 2010 for Best Food Blog and Best Video Webcast.
See also
*
List of websites about food and drink
This is a list of websites about food and drink.
Websites about food and drink
* African Food Network
* ChefsFeed
* The Daily Meal
* Eater.com
* Food Network
* Food.com
* Freezerburns
* Gil's Thrilling (And Filling) Blog
* HungryGoWhere
* ...
* ''
The Food Lab'', a cookbook written by Serious Eats columnist J. Kenji López–Alt
References
American cooking websites
External links
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