302465 Wed Aug 10 16:37:47 -0700 2005 3 29 Not About Food 0 1693669 How to become a food writer She's been a pretty good writer for a local alternative freebie newspaper. "Pretty good" because she hasn't had much to work with on the local good eats scene (IMO) and look where it's seems to have gotten her. Link: http://www.citybeat.com/current/diner.shtml Wed Aug 10 16:37:47 -0700 2005 0 SBCochran 1 1693673 "Bite Me" is a blatant ripoff of the title of a longtime column by the late lamented Marnye Oppenheim (Los Angeles Reader, among other publications). Wed Aug 10 18:12:30 -0700 2005 1693669 0 dave g 1 1693677 She says how much she loves writing. I don't see her saying how much she loves food. Food seems just like a way to get paid for writing. Had she sent in a sports column, her life would be just as satisfying. Maybe that's why she was a good read in a food deprived town. Maybe that's why we get all those flowery reviews that are more about prose than chow. The best food writers I know get to the point and have a passion for food and not journalism. Wed Aug 10 21:38:43 -0700 2005 1693669 0 rworange 2 1693704 Ms. Covrett doesn't say how much she likes food because the article is not about food, it's about writing about food. Read her archived articles, and you'll see she has plenty to say about food. Thu Aug 11 11:42:05 -0700 2005 1693677 0 twisty cup