http://www.adamkuban.com/stylebites A style guide for the editors of Serious Eats Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:14:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Please note the accent on the n: jalapeño. To make a tilde on a Mac: use alt-n and then type n. Not sure what it is on PC, but you can use HTML to achieve: ñ for lowercase ñ Ñ for uppercase Ñ http://www.adamkuban.com/stylebites/2009/05/08/jalapeno-2/ Yes: prix fixe No: prix fix Hyphenated as an adjective: Many brunch spots offer prix-fixe menus. http://www.adamkuban.com/stylebites/2009/03/18/prix-fixe/ Note the hyphen and the spelling. Shoo, not shoe. Etymology: Shoo-in on etymonline.com http://www.adamkuban.com/stylebites/2009/02/24/shoo-in/ The basic rule is that if you can count it, use fewer. If you can't count it, use less. Examples After some reworking, the dish now has fewer calories. After removing half the butter, the dish has less fat. http://www.adamkuban.com/stylebites/2009/02/23/fewer-vs-less/ It's South Beach Wine and Food Festival. Note the order. Wine comes first. Yes, we're used to food and wine, thanks to the magazine of that name. Also: Let's just dispose of the ampersand in there. Just make it an and. http://www.adamkuban.com/stylebites/2009/02/20/south-beach-wine-and-food-festival/ Please use the tilde over the n in jalapeño. Creating the tilde On Mac: option-n + n creates an ñ character HTML: ñ or ñ http://www.adamkuban.com/stylebites/2009/02/18/jalapeno/ Do not use chef as a title. No: She passed the bag of Cheetos to Chef Boulud. Yes: She passed the bag of Cheetos to Boulud. Yes: Daniel Boulud, the celebrated French chef, enjoys eating Cheetos at the end of the night. Yes: Jane Doe works as a sous chef at Bar Boulud, where ... http://www.adamkuban.com/stylebites/2009/02/12/chef-as-title/ Thought to myself is redundant; in most cases thought will do. http://www.adamkuban.com/stylebites/2009/02/09/thought-to-myself/ Image Size We use three sizes/formats 95 percent of the time (please do not deviate from them): 500px HORIZONTALLY ORIENTED run the full width of the entry. Do not use anything larger than 500px, as it will break the layout. Keep them as shallow as possible, avoiding heights of more than 375px. ... http://www.adamkuban.com/stylebites/2009/02/04/images/ Describing something as "quality food" raises the question: "What kind of quality?" We already have enough low-quality and mediocre-quality food. That is to say quality is not an adjective but a noun. If you're using quality to mean stupendous, use high-quality. http://www.adamkuban.com/stylebites/2009/02/04/quality/