Awards and Recognition
2008 Awards and Nominations
CHOW was an honoree in two categories:
- » Best Overall Web Design/Trade & Consumer
- » Best Web Publication Website/Consumer
CHOW was the People's Voice winner for:
- » Best Website/Food and Beverage
James Beard Award nominations
- » Website Focusing on Food, Beverage, Restaurant, or Nutrition
- » Webcast, for the Obsessives video "Innard Workings"
National Magazine Award nomination
- » General Excellence Online
IACP nomination for Bert Greene Awards for Food Journalism
- "By the Way, I'm Vegan: When diners drop the dietary bomb, chefs must work magic" by Lessley Anderson
2007 Awards and Nominations
IACP Bert Greene Journalism Award
- "Sweet, Sour, Salty, What? The return of bitter to the American palate," a feature about maturing American tastes by Senior Editor Lessley Anderson.
CHOW was an honoree in three categories:
- » Best Copy/Writing
- » Community, a shout-out to the inimitable Chowhounds.
- » Blog — Culture/Personal for the Grinder, our chronicle of food media and culture.
Recent Press
Rachael Ray
(November 25, 2008)"Rach to the Rescue & an Oven Giveaway"
"Alex Boylan and the Rach to the Rescue RV pull up with Aida Mollenkamp, Food Editor of Chow.com, to show Bonnie how to make the perfect homemade [Thanksgiving] dinner that all of her family can be thankful for."
PC World
(October 1, 2008)"10 Great Sites for Local Content and Mobile Devices"
"My foodie friends say [Chowhound] is the place to go to dig up great restaurants, recipes, cooking and dining stories and blogs, and good discussions about food and drink."
Examiner.com
(October 1, 2008)"Ten Best Alternatives to the Food Network"
"If you're looking for how-to videos, imaginative recipes, and lively discussion, Chow.com is the place to go."
The San Francisco Chronicle
(August 24, 2008)"On the Town: Jane Goldman's picks for coffee, beer, food"
"Jane Goldman is the editor in chief of Chow.com, the online magazine that features recipes, foodie stories and message boards where people discuss important matters such as where to find the best menudo in the Bay Area and how to seek out the finest restaurants at San Francisco International Airport. ... We asked her to tell us about some of her favorite places to eat and drink."
ABC News
(August 21, 2008)"Chow.com Serves Good Eats"
"The foodie Web site delivers recipes, cooking tips and restaurant reviews."
The Sydney Morning Herald
(July 31, 2008)"Navigating Modern Manners"
"The modern debate over how we should behave has become a whole lot feistier than it used to be. Just ask Helena Echlin, who pens the 'Table Manners' column on cult foodie website Chowhound.com."
CBS: The Early Show
(July 30, 2008)"'Ask Aida' -- About Eggs!"
"Chow.com's Aida Mollenkamp Answers Questions, Shares Recipes; Her Food Network Show Debuts This Weekend"
Rachael Ray
(December 21, 2007)"Lara's Surprising Dish"
"'Is that me on a cookie?' Rachael asks. Lara had it made at Chow.com where you can get cutouts of your favorite celebrities to make your own unique gingerbread cookies."
New York Times Magazine
(November 25, 2007)"In Defense of Lurking"
"The elegantly organized Chowhound, 'for those who live to eat,' puts Zagat to shame, engaging voluble gourmands from all across the country — at length. Try the 'What’s my craving?' feature. Corned beef, red velvet cake, Atomic Fireballs: read till you're stuffed."
Stuff
(November 12, 2007)"Foodie Websites Offer Entree into Exotic"
CHOW reaches New Zealand! This piece about destination sites for gourmets extensively quotes CHOW Editor in Chief Jane Goldman.
Travel + Leisure
(September 2007)"T+L's Top 25 Travel Websites"
"An obsessive community of feisty people around the world share secret finds. The site features interviews with experts, videos of local culinary customs (watch how to tie pancetta), and blogs such as the newly launched Tasting Notes."
Time Magazine
(July 2007)"50 Best Websites 2007"
"This hip food site, owned by CNET, serves its content like a five-course multimedia meal, with audio and video, photos, blogs and boards."
Seattle Times
(May 30, 2007)"Gather ’Round the Haute-Grub Campfire"
"Aida Mollenkamp, food editor at chow.com ... and her staff have focused on ... a series of recipes and tips they've tagged 'haute grub,' which merges camping and cuisine into a more accessible style."
LIME Radio: Before You Bite with Phil Lempert
(May 19, 2007)"Regan Burns, food editor of CHOW, a food website for irreverent and edgy foodies, joins Lempert to discuss 'Glamping' - a term for glamorous camping with surprising new twists on traditional campground foods - from freeze dried sloppy joes to an ode to s'mores! Burns shares tips on how to elevate your camp food to chic cuisine."
NPR: Morning Edition
(April 18, 2007)"Bloggers Debate Code of Conduct"
"The Web and the blogosphere can get plenty nasty. But blogger Kathy Sierra's call for a code of conduct was greeted by a torrent of posts threatening her with violence. Now some of the Web's leading voices are pushing for more civil behavior." Chowhound Community Manager Jacquilynne Schlesier weighs in on the debate.
The Independent
(February 17-23, 2007)"The 50 Best Food Websites"
"Too many cookery sites are stuffed with opinion, but lacking in style. Not this one. 'The moribund chowhound.com has been reborn and is now a must-visit site with how-to videos, forums, blogs, articles and features,' advises Andy. Within its smartly designed pages you'll find everything from how to care for cast-iron pans to a foodie Q&A with Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos and a discussion of how polite it is to eat from someone else's plate (not at all)."
Marie Claire
(February 2007)One of "Five Hot Spots to Surf This Month"
"CHOW.com: This online reincarnation of the now-defunct culinary mag serves up a buffet of inventive recipes, need-to-know etiquette, and food news. Link to companion site chowhound.com, where food enthusiasts exchange recipes and restaurant reviews."
New York Post
(January 9, 2007)"Surf's Up: The Sites You Can't Leave Home Without"
"TASTIEST FOOD SITE"
"Chowhound was always the refuge of the traveling foodie, and this year not only did it undergo an enormous, sensible redesign, it paired up with the defunct-but-worthy Chow magazine to become part of Chow.com, our favorite portal anywhere, with food blogs, food travel articles, plain old food articles for when we aren't going anywhere, and more treats. Hopefully this inspires last year's winner in this category - Roadfood.com - to juice things up a little."
New York Times
(August 16, 2006)"A Food Web Site, Spiced with Attitude" (registration required)
"HIPNESS is rarely a prime ingredient in the most popular Web sites devoted to food and drink. Chow.com, a new food Web site that begins its rollout next week, hopes to inject that sensibility into its smorgasbord of recipes, restaurant reviews, party hints, video tutorials and coverage of the marketing and culture of food."
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