FoodMayhem is a food blog

Blog

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 featured on the NYC TV show Cool in Your Code

Cool In Your Code

Cool In Your Code is a television show on nyctv, New York City's Public-access television channel, as well as on sister station WNYE-TV. The show profiles various ZIP codes in New York City with the tagline "It's the city, unzipped." The show has won three regional Emmys.Shortly afterward, a...

 . It features entries from co-creators Jessica and Lon, a wife and husband team living in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

. FoodMayhem frequently updates its content (about two main articles and many Twitter

Twitter

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 per day). Its primary contributor, Jessica, is a culinary- and pastry-trained chef who studied both at The Art Institute of New York City

The Art Institute of New York City

The Art Institute of New York City – is one of The Art Institutes, a system of over 44 education institutions throughout North America, providing education in design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts...

; Jessica worked under Chef Didier Virot and Pastry Chef Jehangir Mehta

Jehangir Mehta

Jehangir Mehta is the executive chef and owner of New York City restaurant Graffiti. He is also the author of the 2008 HarperCollins cookbook "Mantra: The Rules of Indulgence," offers a cooking class at his restaurant for children 4-14 called "Candy Camp" designed to build interest in more...

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FoodMayhem was officially formed in February 2006 when Jessica and Lon were living together. They combined earlier content (as far back as January 2002) from their individual blogs.

2008 has been a strong year for FoodMayhem. Blogger featured FoodMayhem as a blog of note early in the year. A month later, The Village Voice referenced FoodMayhem for its coverage of the 2008 Choice Eats event. In October 2008 New York Magazine

New York (magazine)

New York is a weekly magazine principally concerned with the life, culture, politics, and style of New York City. Founded by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to The New Yorker, it was brasher and less polite than that magazine, and established itself as a cradle of New...

 referenced FoodMayhem's critical coverage of Alinea

Alinea (restaurant)

Alinea is a restaurant in Chicago that opened on May 4, 2005. Its head chef and owner, Grant Achatz, is known for his preparations and deconstructions of classic flavors....

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Distribution

FoodMayhem is frequently syndicated to major web publications including Chefs.com and Reuters

Reuters

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