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Food Bloggers: Share Breaking Food News Stories on NowPublic.Com

Now Public CuisineLooking for a great place to share interesting and topical food related news stories?

Recently, the folks at NowPublic.Com were kind enough to name me their new Cuisine Editor.

The NowPublic Cuisine Section is really growing, so if you’re a food blogger, a professional chef, or a passionate home cook I’d like to encourage you to share any interesting and topical food related news you’ve come across (from your food blog, community, and elsewhere) on the Cuisine portion of the site which is at http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/cuisine.

According to Quantcast.Com, NowPublic.Com attracts a growing audience of 643,000+ readers a month, so any food related news you contribute will be enjoyed by readers around the globe. Time Magazine named NowPublic one of the Top 50 Websites of 2007.

Of course, signing up at http://www.nowpublic.com is completely free of charge, and you can start posting food related news stories quickly and easily. (If you’re a food blogger, you can tastefully link to your food blog in your byline at the end of any stories you contribute, as well as in your NowPublic profile).

What Kind of Food Related News Are You Looking For?

Hugging the Coast.Com Doug DuCap is Named NowPublic.Com's Cuisine EditorNowPublic is especially looking for topical stories about such food news as regional food events, new trends in cooking and ingredients, news about famous chefs and restaurants, foodie stories tied to holidays and topical events (ie. Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.), locavore and vegetarian news, etc.

To get an idea of what kind of stories work best, checkout the the food column of your local newspaper’s website for an idea of tone and topic. (The Dining & Wine Column in The New York Times is a great place to find inspiration as well.)

You can also read NowPublic’s helpful FAQ here.

Gentle Warning: Of course, NowPublic.Com isn’t the place to post press releases or commercial pitches.

I’ve joined NowPublic.Com. How Do I Make Sure My Foodie News Story Ends Up in the Cuisine Section?

To make sure the food stories you create automatically show up in the Cuisine Section, just make sure to add them to the STYLE CATEGORY using the convenient pulldown at the bottom right hand side of your post as you are writing it.

Then, under tags, make sure you include the word cuisine before you click the SAVE BUTTON. Voila! Your story is now instantly ready to be viewed in the Cuisine Section!

Whether you’re a food blogger, a professional chef, a citizen journalist, or a passionate home cook, I hope you’ll join me on NowPublic to regularly read and share food news.

BTW, my NowPublic username is Huggingthecoast.Com…hope to see you there! :)

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4 Responses to “Food Bloggers: Share Breaking Food News Stories on NowPublic.Com”

  1. Mike Says:

    I’ve been playing around with it… so do I have to manually add my blog posts to PublicNow? I see that PublicNow will contribute tagging to my blog..

  2. webmaster Says:

    Yes, you manually have to add your topical blog posts to NowPublic to announce breaking news. However, NowPublic uses an post editor which is very similar (and simple to use) as the one used for Wordpress type blogs.

    To make sure your posts appear in the Cuisine section, just make sure one of your tags is “cuisine” (without the quotes). :)

  3. thehungryengineer (april) Says:

    Do I read from this that it doesn’t have to be unique content? That it can be a post on our blogs? I’ve always been curious how that stuff works exactly.

  4. webmaster Says:

    As long as it’s newsy and has general interest for other foodies, it can definitely be a post (or based on a post) from your blog.

    For example, Sometimes I share posts from HuggingtheCoast.Com on NowPublic but remove any extremely personal asides (like shoutouts to other specific fellow bloggers) from the NowPublic version of the post so it has more universal appeal.

    Hope to see you there! :)

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