Adam Kuban: Kublog

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Slice redesign

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Eclipsed

On Gothamist the other day, I was a bit sad to see how this post on Slice was credited to Serious Eats instead.
Sure, they’re from the same “family” of blogs, and, sure, “The Food Lab” posts generally live on the Serious Eats homepage, so maybe this isn’t the best example to whine about, but it [...]

Why your auto-retweets are annoying

I follow a number of people on Twitter who also use Tumblr or the newish TypePad Microblog service. Some of these people have linked their Twitter accounts to their Tumblrs or Microblogs.
Some of these people are annoying.
I’m not going to name names, but you know who you are.
Basically, if all you’re using your Tumblr or [...]

Weird question-asking spam

As an editor at a food blog, I’m used to getting messages like this:
Hello,
How much does it cost to eat out in florence?
There are so many factors to consider. Would you be kind enough as to give me some pointers as what to look for or avoid?
Any help appreciated. Thank you very much. [...]

F1rst!

I can relate all too well with this tweet by Jason Kottke.
Being first is always nice, but it is equally nice to get some sleep, to actually go out and do things IRL, and to not worry about ephemeral crap that no one will care about 24 hours from now—or indeed two hours from now.
See [...]

Slice losing mindshare?

This kinda makes me sad. Brownstoner says that “Serious Eats checked in on the place …” when in fact it was Slice that did the checkin’ in.
I know that Slice is now a part of Serious Eats, but it still sort of hurts seeing your baby get sat on by a big ol’ elephant.
If people [...]

Crazy password-recovery system

I’m not picking on Gothamist, because this isn’t really their fault, but the standard password-recovery system that Movable Type (G’mist’s blogging app—and ours at Serious Eats) uses to send you your lost cypher is a bit logic-challenged.
In order to get my password, I have to remember my username and some secret recovery phrase I supposedly [...]

Bad Russian food styling

This bad Russian food styling item on Serious Eats was probably my favorite weird-ass thing on the site all day. I only wish more people would have been into it. I mean, look at it. WTF?!?

Dear Serious Eats

I love some of the emails we get at Serious Eats. Many are from people who think we’re the Food Network. Most are from sane, civil people. Some are from assholes. Here’s one of the latter:
saw your wing comparsion….you are sooooooo STUPID and clue-less when it comes to chicken wings….comparing kfc and other stupid places. [...]

adamkuban.com/stylebites now public

For the past couple of weeks in Serious Eats Talk, I’ve been meddling with Talk topic titles, trying to help make them more precise and reflective of what’s being asked in the thread.
In some cases, I truly think my meddling is helpful. For instance, “Need a butcher in Phoenix” is a better title than “Need [...]