Ep. 42: Old restaurants are the new restaurants ft. Matt Rodbard

14/05/2025 1h 5min
Ep. 42: Old restaurants are the new restaurants ft. Matt Rodbard

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This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Matt Rodbard, a seasoned writer, editor and author in the food and culture space. Matt is the Editor in Chief of the award winning food publication TASTE and co-host of podcast This is TASTE.__MattWebsiteInstagramLinkedInTasteWebsiteNewsletterPodcastYouTubeInstagramTwitter/X__Links & ReferencesNieman Lab piece on Clone__Timestamps00:00:00 Introducing Matt Rodbard00:01:39 Food content at The Webbys00:06:39 The shift to creator-first journalism00:14:32 Rising critical food content online00:18:37 Visual identity in a sea of sameness00:27:41 The relationship between written and audio content00:32:10 The financial landscape of the food industry00:35:58 Diners habits are changing00:40:20 Pop-ups are the newsletters of restaurants00:45:40 The old thing is someone's new thing00:55:43 Like it or not, you're a founder01:01:58 The best German food outside of Germany__Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.