VICE Launches Food Video Series

VBS.tv, the online video network run by VICE Media, has launched of a new series called MUNCHIES profiling chefs, critics, and eaters.

The first episode follows chef David Chang as he dines on Korean fried chicken in Midtown Manhattan and hosts chef Jose Andres for a late-night dinner at Ssam Bar. Tune in for lots of self-deprecation, swearing, drinking, and pork buns.

 


CHOW Takes on Yelp, Launches National Restaurant Index

Watch out, Yelp. CHOW has launched a searchable restaurant index with user reviews and tie-ins to related discussions on Chowhound.
 


Online Recipes, Written En Masse

Several new websites are crowdsourcing and wiki-fying the act of recipe creation (and refinement). What does it all mean?

 


Food52 Launches

Food52, Amanda Hesser's new food website -- part online recipe forum, part cooking contest, and part "crowdsourced cookbook" -- launches today.