Awards and Recognition

2008 Awards and Nominations

WPA Maggie Awards

CHOW was an honoree in two categories:

• » Best Overall Web Design/Trade & Consumer
• » Best Web Publication Website/Consumer

Webby Awards

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.

Webby Awards

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

The Oregonian

(May 27, 2008)
"In the Mix: Web site offers tasty bits of chow"
"Lately we've been loving the 'Chow Tips' at Chow.com. ... The site has plenty more going for it, too: cooking videos, newsy blogs and a fresh look at food -- like recipes for hand-held snacks to serve during a Wii marathon."

PC.com

(May 9, 2008)
"Finding Food on the Internet ~ and Then Cooking It!"
"Chow. This food site has more nominations than I can laundry list here, and it is definitely a big player in the online food world ... complete with gorgeous pictures and sometimes video tips, it will be hard to go hungry here."

The Winston-Salem Journal

(January 24, 2008)
"Where to Eat? Internet smorgasbords serve up plenty of passionate choices about dining out"
"As the Internet continues to turn into the world's water cooler, food- and restaurant-centric message boards such as Chowhound.com and eGullet.com have become places for people to exchange restaurant reviews, swap recipes, industry information and travel tips, creating online communities where what's for breakfast, lunch and dinner is always a burning question."

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."

Contra Costa Times

(December 12, 2007)
"Cooking with the Web"
"Chow is where all the hip kids go to find recipes. The big bonuses are recipes and cocktails with interesting, cutting-edge ingredients and presentations."

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.

Online Journalism Review

(September 24, 2007)
"Foodie 2.0"
"Chow.com adds social media to online mix: CNet's marriage of a print magazine with an online discussion board is driving traffic while cooking up new content opportunities."

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."

Blogging Top Chef

(July 27, 2007)
"Chow Bella! continued..."
CHOW Multimedia Producer Meredith Arthur talks about the weekly Top Chef podcast interviews she does.

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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