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Title: Best Food Blogs
Post by: Pastis on February 18, 2009, 11:21:47 AM

Found this article in the online Times - 50 of the best food bloggers, allegedly. I haven't trawled through the lot but it might have some hidden gems in there. Any favourites?


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/real_food/article5561425.ece

Title: Re: Best Food Blogs
Post by: Bar Wench on February 18, 2009, 11:30:33 AM

Chocolate and Zuchini is a fav of mine and she has also had a couple of books published
Pioneer Woman cooks, well that is a heart attack waiting to happening. The amount of butter that woman uses is obscene. Also a book on the way I think
Smitten Kitchen I also like.
The Kitchn is a nice blog but I don't tend to use it so much for recipes. 

I also like, amusing and some nice recipes.
http://www.amateurgourmet.com/

And this one I sometimes use for packed lunches
http://lunchinabox.net/

Food blogging is a HUGE area.

Title: Re: Best Food Blogs
Post by: Pastis on February 18, 2009, 11:53:17 AM

Strangely the Chocolate & Zucchini was one of the first I landed on ...

I may be away for some time, brilliant photography as well  cloud9:

Title: Re: Best Food Blogs
Post by: Bar Wench on February 18, 2009, 12:00:45 PM

I don't really gel well with a blog unless it has decent pictures.

Title: Re: Best Food Blogs
Post by: Bar Wench on February 18, 2009, 12:21:13 PM

Actually the pioneer woman also has a homeschooling section that snoopy might find interesting.

Title: Re: Best Food Blogs
Post by: Pastis on February 19, 2009, 04:48:01 PM

Right. Here we go...

http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2009/02/brussels_sprouts_with_onions_and_squash_seeds.php#more

Tonight's substitutions are...

Red onions, 'cos I like the colour
Toasted pistachio nuts, 'cos I've still got half a kilo left over from the Iran trip

And, er... chicken as opposed to duck breasts... they want about 7 quid for a pair of duck breasts in Tesco's  eeek:

Title: Re: Best Food Blogs
Post by: Bar Wench on February 19, 2009, 05:15:42 PM

I've made that one too!  cloud9:

Title: Re: Best Food Blogs
Post by: Pastis on February 19, 2009, 05:55:56 PM

All prep'd ... and a preprandial on the go  8)

She only blogged that 2 days ago!  eeek:

Title: Re: Best Food Blogs
Post by: Bar Wench on February 19, 2009, 06:22:51 PM

 ;)

I'm quick!!

Title: Re: Best Food Blogs
Post by: Pastis on February 19, 2009, 06:31:43 PM

I'm impressed. D'you do outside catering?  ;)

Title: Re: Best Food Blogs
Post by: Bar Wench on February 19, 2009, 07:54:33 PM

Hell no! That would be like a job. As it happens the day she published it I was on hols and had all the stuff in the house already. I'm not often that quick off the mark.

Title: Re: Best Food Blogs
Post by: Pastis on February 19, 2009, 07:56:42 PM

Well, the verdict...

Hmmm. I've had brussels with chestnuts before but this was quite different; the inclusion of mild chilli pepper and toasted pistachio put the taste somewhere to the East of the Alps. Softened red onions made the bridge to the flesh of the fowl and in spite of getting the timing out by a few seconds, it was nothing short of delicious.  cloud9:

Title: Re: Best Food Blogs
Post by: Nick on February 19, 2009, 07:59:45 PM

Did you eat it or marry it?  rubschin:

Title: Re: Best Food Blogs
Post by: Pastis on February 19, 2009, 08:01:00 PM

Jealous?  ;)

Title: Re: Best Food Blogs
Post by: Barman on February 19, 2009, 08:24:17 PM

Quote from: Nick on February 19, 2009, 07:59:45 PM

Did you eat it or marry it?  rubschin:

lol: lol: lol:

Title: Re: Best Food Blogs
Post by: Bar Wench on February 19, 2009, 09:04:33 PM

Quote from: Pastis on February 19, 2009, 08:01:00 PM

Jealous?  ;)

He's just upset because he has half the contents of a banana boat at his house.

Title: Re: Best Food Blogs
Post by: Darwins Selection on February 19, 2009, 10:36:47 PM

Quote from: Bar Wench on February 19, 2009, 09:04:33 PM

Quote from: Pastis on February 19, 2009, 08:01:00 PM

Jealous?  ;)

He's just upset because he has half the contents of a banana boat at his house.

The contents are mostly hot air.


Oh I see. . . .

(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bali-activities.com%2Fimages%2Fbanana%2520boat.jpg&hash=80278085090f3b45e953c61a2cc36cc92d7c8454)

Title: Re: Best Food Blogs
Post by: Nick on February 20, 2009, 08:31:45 AM

Is that Jacqui SMith?  rubschin: