I just feel that there’s no reason to be combative in regard to the featured article even if you abhor any and all types of promotion, given that there’s so many much worse offenders around.
Does any recipe, cookbook, or general article about food on the internet NOT fall into this category??
Sometimes there's a bit of the "touching personal story" but I'm a lot more used to seeing failures and tests in the before-recipe section there. As a random example, check out this page on poached chicken:
https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-poach-chicken-recipe-8641...
On topic — I would say that this article not being a recipe is important in that case. The story is not something detracting from the main point, it is the point.
Also when I was saying that I’d like to see more of this type of promotional content, I meant that just mentioning you are writing the book on the topic at the end of the article (without even linking to it) is vastly superior to pop-up videos tracking you across websites. I did not mean that the Internet somehow needs even more advertising in it.
Recipes are not copyrightable (in the US not sure about elsewhere)
But a story with a recipe is. Creators are trying to protect their income first and foremost
The description of the authors cooking with Judith is both intimate and distant. Personal and communal. And yet while silent, speaks to a deep friendship built on years of experience and taste and creativity.
My favorite aspect of the article is the lack of recipes. Meals can be whimsical and unexpected and memorable when the ingredients are there but the plan is not.
I’m sure I’ll be thinking of this article for years to come.