RIP Chowhound

[LindaWhit]

For anyone who wants a bit more history about the exodus from CH:

The decline of Chowhound, by the numbers

When Hungry Onion celebrated the joining of its thousandth member, I thought about Amy Scattergood’s LA Times article, What Happened to Chowhound?, which explains the genesis of Hungry Onion and Food Talk Central. At the bottom of the article, Chowhound co-creator, Jim Leff, who sold the site in 2006, suggested that the changes which prompted a Hound diaspora could “make room for new blood, fresh perspectives and a new crop of chow tips”. Some devotees continue to contribute high quality conten…