Five Things I Wish Food Bloggers Would Stop Posting About

• Things Made Out of Bacon

  Yes. I know. Bacon is the food of the gods and the coolest thing on the Internet. Everyone loves bacon. Do we really need to see another hat/handbag/bra/bicycle/skyscraper made out of bacon? Do we really need another post about the bacon-wrapped chocolate-covered baconburger that someone came up with while scheming about what could get them 10,000 diggs?

  Apparently.

• Alice Waters vs. the Obamas

  Alice Waters is a leader in the local/seasonal food movement. Apparently, people think that this means she should get to decide what the president of the United States eats. She made a recommendation about the White House chef. She criticized the Obamas for not planting beets in their garden and decided that it was wrong that Barack Obama doesn't like beets. Apparently, most food bloggers think this is news. I don't understand why.

• Stupid Products

  There are a bunch of these things, but even mentioning them legitimizes them and makes the problem worse. ...but I suppose I need an example. To me, the worst of these was probably Christian salt. I'm not going to link to it.

  People probably buy these things because of the press that blogs give them. That's just not right.

• Awful Commercials

  Funny commercials are one thing. I can get behind funny. Exploitative and offensive commercials (Carl Jr's/Hardees, I'm looking at you) are another matter. Criticize the practice, yes, but don't re-post them. Posting them is just free advertising.

• Swine Flu

  I don't mind people posting about precautionary measures as a public service announcement. That's all good... but (despite what Israel seems to think) the swine flu has almost nothing to do with food. It gets its name from the genetic origin of the virus. You don't catch it from eating pork.

Yes, I realize the inherent irony of this post.