eGullet reports that Tony Bourdain is leaving the Food Network “Tony and the Food Network have been unable to attain a meeting of the minds on issues of cost and content for future episodes of A Cook’s Tour.” On the second page of the discussion, Tony admits it – “Yep, it’s true. At the end of the day, I just didn’t want to be on television that badly. FN was good to me. I have no gripes with them… But I’ve got things I want to see and write about and film in Asia and elsewhere on this incredible planet..and that just didn’t seem likely to happen there.”
Oligopoly Watch on Food “The latest maneuvers of the new oligopolies and what they mean.” Great info on who owns what in the food industry. Also some good articles on trends like the coming organic oligopoly.