Mediagazer: Rise of food blogs creates pasta paparazzi (Michelle Locke/Associated Press)

6:30 PM ET, May 23, 2010

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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:

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Rebecca Leffler / Hollywood Reporter:

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The Huffington Post:

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Michelle Locke / Associated Press:

Rise of food blogs creates pasta paparazzi — Grant Achatz is happy that food bloggers are so excited about dining at his renowned Alinea restaurant in Chicago that they want to shoot photos and even video of their experience. And he embraces the Web as the new medium for disseminating dining information.

Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost:

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Lloyd Grove / New York Times:

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Crain's New York Business:

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Brett Michael Dykes / Yahoo! News:

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Jeremy Mullman / AdAge:

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

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