Well ok, I’m really stretching the meaning of the word “featuring”, but they did use one of my photos (by permission of course) to illustrate a very tasty sounding recipe by Robin Robertson for vegan Vietnamese Pho soup (she of the infamous couscous cake contest). You can see the recipe along with my photo here: Vietnamese Faux Pho.
Now the odd thing is that while the recipe is for Pho soup, the picture of mine used is not of Pho but of a tofu appetizer that came served with Pho. You can see my original article where this photo was used on my post about vegan Pho soup at Blossom restaurant. I explained to them when they asked for it that the picture they were requesting is not of Pho but of tofu, but for some reason they wanted that particular picture instead of my pictures of actual Pho. Odd, but I ain’t gonna argue!
They did credit To Live and Eat in L.A. for the photo but sadly it is not actually linked back to my blog. Their new website looks nice but I’m finding that it’s a bit wonky in some sections… seems like it might have been released before they thoroughly tested it on all browsers, but overall they did a nice job and it’s a big improvement over their old site. I’m hoping that in the future they’ll have a better system for crediting solicited contributors who offer their work for free, and also that they’ll turn the links on in their comments section… I tried being sly and posting my link in the comments but they’ve got hyperlinks turned off. Hey VegNews, why not spread the link love around a bit?
Anyhow, my minor grumblings aside, it’s nice to see all the great articles and info on their new site… there’s a lot more content than there was before, so check it out when you get a chance, and don’t let me discourage you from bombarding them with comments about what a freaking amazing picture of tofu that is! One of these days someone’s actually going to pay me (or at least link to me?) for my talents… just you wait and see.
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