Danielle N. Salmon, aka Chief Eating Officer of Follow My Gut, is known for her candid restaurant reviews, with special emphasis on the Los-Angeles’ buzzing food scene. With more than 15,000 fans on Instagram, Salmon’s online platform is a space where foodies of all types can discover their next favorite spot.
But like most of us, with Covid-19, food bloggers around the world had to rethink the way they navigate the world, and their plate. “The world is in a huge tilt right now as a result of coronavirus, racism, famine, and so much more that if you could just squeeze ten, fifteen, or even dare I say it an hour for yourself you will be doing so much good,” wrote Salmon in a recent Instagram post. “Find what that for your and just try it.”
For Salmon, the solution was straight forward enough: bring her favorite dishes back home, and adapt to a new style of blogging. “What changed five months ago has only led us to days where there’s no end in sight for the pandemic and we may be diving further into it,” Salmon further explains on her website. “I would love to say that I’m comfortable dining out in Los Angeles like it was first quarter 2020, but I’m not. I follow the news too closely and I work in a hospital, neither of those are quelling any fear about being in public. The challenge is that I still want to review restaurants because it makes me happy. At a point, I realized that I missed photographing food and being in the creative culinary space. While COVID isn’t changing just yet, how I’m reviewing restaurant has.”
“If you caught that I didn’t mention eating in the restaurant, you would be right!” she adds. Her tip for fellow bloggers? “I suggested that you photograph the plated food, box it up, tip, and that was it. Yep, after you tip you bounce with your food, head home, and eat it there.”
