Palates & Prose: A Day in the Life of a Professional Food Writer
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In today’s episode, we speak with our guest John Lehndorff, an acclaimed Colorado-based food writer, radio host, and editor.
In this episode, John shares how he pivoted from yearning to be a music critic to becoming an award-winning food media professional—penning the Nibbles column since around 1985 and hosting Radio Nibbles show at KGNU FM for more than 25 years. He takes a deep dive into his “food critic” days when he reviewed more than 400 restaurants for the Rocky Mountain News. John also elaborates on what it’s like to be a head judge at the National Pie Championships.
Listen as John talks about how to cover local food scenes, what his days typically look like as a professional food writer, and his deep affinity for pies.
Chapters
1. Palates & Prose: A Day in the Life of a Professional Food Writer (00:00:00)
2. The Magic of Pie (00:01:52)
3. Radio and Rain (00:03:17)
4. Local Fare (00:07:35)
5. The Colorado Spirit (00:12:10)
6. It All Started with Lasagna (00:14:15)
7. I Wanted to Write (00:17:56)
8. Lehndorff on Music (00:19:51)
9. Freelancer to Food Editor (00:22:52)
10. Food is More than Cooking, and Media Savvy Matters (00:26:09)
11. Being a Critic: The Ego Experience (00:30:28)
12. A Day in the Life (00:35:05)
13. Storytelling (00:39:09)
14. A Story of Pie and Beer (00:42:59)
15. John L-E-H-N-D-O-R-F-F’s Ultimate Dish (00:47:08)
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