Food bloggers you should be digesting
One should never read food blogs on an empty stomach. This is something I’ve learned in the past year or so as I’ve amassed a list of wonderful food bloggers that I try to keep up with every week. If the delicious descriptions don’t make my stomach start to rumble, the fabulous photos will start the drooling.
Although cookbooks are still my main recipe source, food blogs are quickly gaining ground. And with blogs, you not only get the recipe and usually a photo or two, you get a commentary on the problems and solutions the author ran into along the way. You can ask questions or drop compliments on each post, or offer suggestions and changes for recipes you’ve tried. Not to mention that whole no-cost thing.
Here are a few of my must-read food blogs.
• … slowly she turned
This local lady’s “journal about simple living, slow food and sustainability” is high up there on my list of favorite food blogs. She makes me want to eat more natural, local food every time I read her posts, as well as be more aware of the earth around me. Wonderful recipes — especially her soups — combined with photos and stories combine will keep me reading as long as she keeps writing.
• Culinary in the Desert
Joe is an Arizona blogger who is only 27, and his pictures and recipes belie his self-proclaimed amateur status in the kitchen. As if it weren’t enough that the posts are a joy to read, the photos will make you drool. Every time I visit, I put another recipe down on my to-make list.
• The Amateur Gourmet
This is one of the few food blogs that makes me truly laugh out loud. Along with recipes, reviews and photos, the Amateur Gourmet includes hilarious videos — check out Project Sourdough — and reader forums. One of PC Magazine’s Top 101 Web Sites in 2005 and winner of Best in Show in Humor in the 2004 Food Blog Awards, this is one you don’t want to miss.
• Cooking for Engineers
“Have an analytical mind? Like to cook? This is the site to read!” proclaims this blog that makes an art of the science of cooking. When Michael Chu wanted to know the difference between frying, broiling and microwaving bacon, he set up an experiment and blogged his results. Step-by-step recipes, with photos, and flowcharts will satisfy left-brain cooks everywhere.
• Vegan Lunch Box
“Jennifershmoo” started her blog to talk about vegan, kid-friendly lunch ideas as her son went off the school to prove that veganism isn’t about “deprivation or packing a million peanut butter sandwiches.” As you read about flautas and fondue, you’ll find yourself wishing this mom would pack a lunch for you, too.
