Annabelle Tometich's guest appearances

Annabelle Tometich

This Filipino American Life

Three Song Stories

Manny Pacquiao

Pat Mitchell

Katie Fogarty

Jesse Thorn

Dale Talde

John Davis

Les Stroud

Mike Martin

David Baker

Scott Miller

Angela Garbes

Marc Davis

Eugene Cordero

Jose Antonio Vargas

Geena Rocero

OwlTail

Surprise, surprise, TFAL talks about their favorite subject – FOOD – in this episode! Specifically food criticism. The team talks about the rise of Yelp reviews to which one of us wanted to be a food critic? Could you guess who that might be? If you suspect a TFAL food appreciator, you might be correct! In this episode, the team talks story with Annabelle Tometich, a Florida based writer who revealed that they wrote under the pen name of the long established food critic Jean Le Beouf for The News Press and Naples Daily News. Annabelle shared her story in The Washington Post with the Opinion piece “What pretending to be a White guy taught me about privilege.” The conversation covers Annabelle’s journey from line cook to food writer and everything in between.  Listen or download the episode through the embedded player on this page, find us on Mixcloud or subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts here. And for folks on Spotify, you can take a listen to us here. Who are some of your favorite food critics? Are you Yelp Elite? Let us know by leaving a voicemail at (805) 394-TFAL or emailing us at thisfilipinoamericanlife@gmail.com!

Surprise, surprise, TFAL talks about their favorite subject – FOOD – in this episode! Specifically food criticism. The team talks about the rise of Yelp reviews to which one of us wanted to be a food critic? Could you guess who that might be? If you suspect a TFAL food appreciator, you might be correct! In this episode, the team talks story with Annabelle Tometich, a Florida based writer who revealed that they wrote under the pen name of the long established food critic <a href="https://twitter.com/jeanleboeuf?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jean Le Beouf </a>for <a href="https://www.news-press.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The News Press</a> and <a href="https://www.naplesnews.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Naples Daily News</a>. Annabelle shared her story in The Washington Post with the Opinion piece “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/08/white-male-privilege-pretending-restaurant-critic-filipina-writer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What pretending to be a White guy taught me about privilege</a>.” The conversation covers Annabelle’s journey from line cook to food writer and everything in between.  Listen or download the episode through the embedded player on this page, find us on<a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/ThisFilipinoAmericanLife/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Mixcloud</a> or subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-this-filipino-american/id1114155238" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. And for folks on Spotify, you can take a listen to us <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7jTAf1Cv2OpqdGoBhIhaq2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Who are some of your favorite food critics? Are you Yelp Elite? Let us know by leaving a voicemail at (805) 394-TFAL or emailing us at <a href="mailto:thisfilipinoamericanlife@gmail.com">thisfilipinoamericanlife@gmail.com</a>!

Episode 163 – Who’s le beouf? TFAL talks food criticism with Annabelle Tometich

Annabelle Tometich is a journalist and food writer for The News-Press, Naples Daily News and USA TODAY Network. For the last 15 years she hid behind the “Jean Le Boeuf” restaurant critic pseudonym.

Annabelle Tometich is a journalist and food writer for The News-Press, Naples Daily News and USA TODAY Network. For the last 15 years she hid behind the “Jean Le Boeuf” restaurant critic pseudonym.

Episode 164 - Annabelle Tometich