The Ghost Kitchen Trend? Florence Fabricant of The NY Times Explains

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Why have famous folks including Maria Carey, Uber founder Travis Kalanick, and Flavortown Mayor Guy Fieri jumped on the ghost kitchen trend? Is this pandemic-era phenomenon here to stay? Joining us to talk about these virtual restaurants and what they’re all about is Florence Fabricant, the legendary food columnist from The New York Times. Florence also shares the best ways for publicists and entrepreneurs to pitch her and how she got her start in food media. Also, find out why Lia Ballentine of the Yum Day snack company thinks Kaitlin Mogentale of Pulp Pantry is the Bombe. Today’s show is supported by Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, An Unlikely Family, and the American Dream by Tung Nguyen and Katherine Manning, out March 16th from Chronicle Books.

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0:00.0	There's nothing I like to snack on more than bread and butter.
0:03.6	To me, that's heaven.
0:20.5	Hi, everyone. Welcome to Radio Cherrybaum, the show that's all about women and food. I'm your host, Carrie Diamond. Did you know Mariah Carey is in the ghost kitchen business? Yes, she is with Mariah Carey's cookies, her partnership with the company Virtual Dining Concepts. If you haven't heard of ghost kitchens
0:37.6	before, they're basically delivery only restaurants and bakeries, meaning no front of house,
0:42.8	no servers, no seats, no reservations. And they've become quite the phenomenon during the
0:48.5	pandemic. It's not just Mariah. According to the Wall Street Journal, Uber founder Travis
0:53.8	Kalinick has raised over
0:55.0	$400 million. That's so much money for his company Cloud Kitchens. And Guy Fieri, the mayor of
1:01.9	Flavortown Town, recently debuted his ghost concept, Flavortown Kitchen. Today's guest has
1:07.4	written about ghost kitchens and gets pitched news about them on a regular basis.
1:11.6	So we asked her, legendary New York Times food columnist Florence Fabricant, to come on the show and tell us more.
1:18.4	Stay tuned and learn what the famous Flofab has to say. Also, get some bonus conversation about
1:24.2	pitching Florence if you have a product to promote and learn about her
1:27.7	amazing career in food media. Now, this will come as a surprise to no one, but I am a book nerd,
1:33.9	so I'm thrilled today's episode is supported by Mango and Peppercorns, a memoir of food, an unlikely
1:40.2	family, and the American Dream. Out March 16th from Chronicle Books.
1:45.1	Mango and Peppercorns delves into the life story of Tung Wen and Catherine Manning,
1:50.0	the chefs behind Miami's award-winning HaVong Vietnamese restaurant.
1:54.3	The book offers a behind-the-scenes look at how Tong, who left Vietnam in 1975,
1:58.7	and Kathy, who volunteered to host Tung in her home, opened and grew their restaurant together.
2:05.1	Mango and Peppercorns also includes recipes for 20 of Haivang's most popular dishes, like Bunbo Hue, and the restaurant's signature mango and peppercorn sauce.
2:14.9	If you are a culinary memoir fan, like I am, maybe you love Ruth Reischel's books,
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