Serious Eats is a website and blog

Blog

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 focused on celebrating and sharing food enthusiasm through blogs and online community. Created by food critic and author Ed Levine

Ed Levine

Ed Levine is a New York-based food writer and blogger, and a frequent New York Times contributor. His stories on iconic American foods such as hot dogs, hamburgers, ice cream and cheesecake have appeared in many U.S...

, Serious Eats employs a combination of community and content to bring together food bloggers worldwide, along with compelling original and acquired food video, and spirited, inclusive, conversations about all things food- and drink-related.

Content

The site consists of "Serious Eats", a news and commentary section; "Recipes", which gathers and curates recipes from cookbook writers, chefs, and the community; "Eating Out", an advice section; and "Talk", the community forum.

Related sites

The Serious Eats family of sites also includes "Serious Eats: New York"; "Slice", which offers pizza-related news digests, reviews, videos, and musings; "A Hamburger Today", a hamburger blog; "Drinks," dedicated to all things drinkable from cocktails to milkshakes; and "Photograzing", a place for people to share their food photography and discover new food blogs.

Critical reception

Serious Eats was ranked #17 on Time Magazine's list of the 50 Best Websites.. Serious Eats was the recipient of two James Beard Foundation

James Beard Foundation

The James Beard Foundation is a New York-based national professional non-profit organization named in honor of James Beard that serves to promote the culinary arts by honoring chefs, wine professionals, journalists, and cookbook authors at annual award ceremonies and providing scholarships and...

 awards in 2010 for Best Food Blog, and Best Video Webcast.

Staff

• Ed Levine
  Ed Levine
  Ed Levine is a New York-based food writer and blogger, and a frequent New York Times contributor. His stories on iconic American foods such as hot dogs, hamburgers, ice cream and cheesecake have appeared in many U.S...
  
  , founder of Serious Eats, is a New York–based food writer, cookbook author, and frequent New York Times contributor. His stories on iconic American foods such as hot dogs, hamburgers, ice cream, and cheesecake have appeared in many U.S. periodicals, including GQ, BusinessWeek, and the New York Times.
• Alaina Browne, Serious Eats' general manager and the creator of A Full Belly.
• J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, Serious Eats' Managing Editor and author of The Food Lab column.
• Robyn Lee, aka The Girl Who Ate Everything, editor of A Hamburger Today. Robyn takes many of the photos found on the site.
• Carey Jones, editor of Serious Eats NY.
• Erin Zimmer, editor of the Serious Eats National site
• Maggie Hoffman, editor of Drinks and Sweets
• Meredith Smith, editor of Slice (pizza)
• Nick Kindelsperger, editor of Serious Eats Chicago

Additionally, Serious Eats features guest bloggers with columns touching on a variety of food-related topics.