Description: The Saboscrivner is a librarian who writes about food in Orlando, Florida, and beyond. He is NOT an influencer; in fact, he takes perverse pride in having been called an "anti-influencer." Instead of a content creator, he proudly thinks of himself as a MALCONTENT creator. Nobody is paying him to write this blog, so all his reviews are his own opinion, which he stands by with a clear conscience. For his origin story, an introduction to this food blog, and an explanation of what a saboscrivner is and does
The Saboscrivner is a librarian who writes about food in Orlando, Florida, and beyond. I was inspired by Chew, a brilliant, bizarre, food-obsessed comic book series about characters with food-related super powers. Creators John Layman and Rob Guillory introduced their saboscrivner in Chew #3 with a description: "[A saboscrivner] can write about food so accurately, so vividly and with such precision – people get the actual sensation of taste when reading about the meals [he] writes about."
I love food. Love eating, love cooking, love discovering, talking about, recommending, and reviewing food. Food is everything: culture, history, art, science, politics. In these uncertain times, I think sharing a good meal is something everyone can find common ground over, even if they’re diametrically-opposed foes on every other topic. So here’s one more food blog that can possibly even contribute to the shared human experience in this tumultuous world.
I live in the Orlando, Florida area. Orlando has been unfairly dismissed for far too long as being “chain restaurant hell,” a destination for theme park tourists and not much else. But I’ve lived here since 2004, and I love our rich, diverse, multicultural city, which has a TREMENDOUS culinary scene. We have amazing restaurants far from the gates of the parks (and a few that are closer), so the main point of this blog will reviewing my local food experiences. I don’t make it out of town very often, but