Favorite cooking blogs?

[jvanderh]

I realized today, as I congratulated myself for making a sandwich, that I'm in a rut. I'm wondering if people might have suggestions for things I should be reading. I'm especially interested in fast and easy. I'm open to any ethnicity and have lots of grocery options nearby: Asian, Halal, Mexican, etc.

[yerioy]

For baking:
http://www.happygomarni.com/

[mamueller]

I haven't seen macheesmo.com mentioned - I check in on him most days. Also really like to go to foodblogsearch.com where I trip over lots of good stuff.

[xcskier20]

my favorites are:

http://www.adinnerparty.net/
http://chocolateandzucchini.com/
http://www.latartinegourmande.com/
http://leitesculinaria.com/
http://www.thewednesdaychef.com/
http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/

[cookkevin]

my fav is Closet Cooking.

http://www.closetcooking.com/

[HillJ]

I enjoy the riffs/menus on Closet Cooking and what Kevin Lynch does with leftovers! Some wonderful dips on that blog too.

[jvanderh]

I wondered this morning whether it would be entirely offensive to send him an email saying that I really enjoy his posts, and would enjoy them more with a few more commas and periods :-P.

[HillJ]

I'm wondering if CH cookkevin is Kevin Lynch.

[jvanderh]

Looks like Closet Cooking Kevin is in Toronto and cookkevin is in the twin cities. I think we have two Kevins on our hands.

[HillJ]

Disappointed. I had a recipe question.

[cookkevin]

I wish, but no...............sobbing

[operagirl]

I subscribe to Yotam Ottolenghi's weekly recipes from The Guardian -- you can get them via RSS. He is wildly creative, and it's often my favorite thing to pop up in my reader each week!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyl...

[cityhopper]

Fortheloveofcooking-recipes.blogspot.com
Lebovitz
The Kitchn

[katecm]

I like to scroll through www.foodgawker.com and www.tastespotting.com, which have postings from hundreds of food blogs. If you like a particular picture, click on it and you may end up liking that blog, too.

[FunCal]

foodgawker is good.
Also: sixsistersstuff.blogspot.com/ , and, how2heroes had a great blog with videos

[blue room]

It seems like I find a good cooking blog every time I'm feverishly OR nonchalantly browsing for recipes!

David Lebovitz never disappoints, http://www.davidlebovitz.com/

and I often look at Baking Bites http://bakingbites.com/

I have an ice cream maker, but this from Baking Bites caught my attention--might be fun for somebody before summer's gone. http://bakingbites.com/2011/08/how-to...

[jvanderh]

I am loving reading all of your suggestions. I also discovered that there are some feed readers and proxy services that allow you to subscribe to posts with certain keywords only within a blog. This means I can subscribe to the 'fast' or 'quick' or 'weeknight dinner' section of a bunch of blogs without having to sift through an overwhelming amount of content. Woohoo! :-)

[cleobeach]

I an another simplyrecipes fan.

[kookiegoddess]

Another SK follower, although I'll be really pleased when she's finished writing her books, I feel like she's constantly holding back on us these days, and I really miss her cakes/sweet recipes. I think she is super busy with her son/writing commitments and I'd love to hear more about her general food interests, eg use of more grain flours, her very judicious use of meat, how she plans her menus without meat etc. She used to be a veggie - i wish i was brave enough to serve more meatless meals, but I am often scared of going hungry! plus am pg so need plenty of energy/protein right now.

I also love use real butter - she is an excellent photographer, I don't know how she keeps her images so clear and devoid of clutter and mess. Only pain is that her stuff takes a while to load due to the size of the images.

Lots of delicious oriental recipes, tho I tend to omit her bamboo shoots, I really don't care for the flavour but I guess she has grown up with them.

I like simply recipes too, for old fashioned american cooking and simplified versions of tasty international dishes. Very reliable cooking and she writes with warmth.

[shaebones]

http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/

[nutmeg0287]

I second Joy!! I love her!

Also, http://www.melissaclark.net/blog and smittenkitchen!

[FunCal]

tons, but I'll just name a few (they won't link as I'm too new, but the sites are great!)

the reluctant gourmet.com
askmen.com
eggsonsunday.wordpress.com
thepioneerwomancooks.com

[jvanderh]

I didn't find a cooking section on ask men. Is there a special place I should be looking?

[FunCal]

Look under the "Fine Living Simon Majumdar >Shrimp Toast Recipe" catagory

[Caitlin McGrath]

Hi, FunCal, and welcome! All you need to do to get sites to link is to include the htttp://www (if the URL includes www) in it, e.g., http://eggsonsunday.wordpress.com/

[FunCal]

thanks. Haven't had to do that elsewhere. I tend to talk in shorthand, I guess I type in it too!

LOL!

[LisaPA]

http://simplyrecipes.com/ - not Mexican, but Southwestern with a lot of Mexican-inspired stuff
http://steamykitchen.com/recipes- Asian
http://www.davidlebovitz.com/ - American pastry chef in Paris
http://www.latartinegourmande.com/ - reverse, a French woman in Boston. Bonus, she's an amateur photographer.
http://www.101cookbooks.com/ - vegetarian and vegan. She's great at combining things you've never thought of.

And I'm also a fan of Smitten Kitchen. The chocolate peanut butter cake is the most decadent thing I think I've ever made.

[GardenFresh]

Some of my all-time favorites include:
The previously-mentioned http://smittenkitchen.com/ - might be my #1
www.food52.com/blog - also a great recipe database
www.seriouseats.com - very broad scope, but great info and really in-depth if you want it
http://lunch.thecanalhouse.com - no words, just a daily picture, nice inspiration
http://casayellow.com
www.brooklynsupper.net
thestonesoup.com/blog
www.thekitchn.com - has nice recipes, but also a lot more than recipes
www.thesweetbeet.com

All very nice blogs ... this is but a small sample of just the food-related blogs I subscribe to. I have a problem, I know :)

[ttoommyy]

For Italian, I like The Italian Dish. Her recipes and photography are very nice.

http://theitaliandishblog.com/

[danbuter]

http://bitesnbrews.com/ - Lots of stuff on both beer and food.

[foodiewoo]

I love this one : www.theeleganteggplant.com

[HillJ]

http://foodwishes.blogspot.com/
Have you visited Chef John over @ Food Wishes?
John's an all around good egg, award winning chef-blogger and his menus, recipes and videos are fun, approachable and varied. I'd highly recommend checking his blog for inspiration. Also, John's "blog roll" of bloggers he follows will lead you to some wonderful recipes.

[dave_c]

Not quite a blog, but lately, I've been going to YouTube to look for videos in lieu of blogs. The production value of the videos vary, but that's okay by me. I think it's a hoot when little kids jump in the videos.

One of my favorites is a French video about making Macarons. High production value in French with English subtitles.

Another good site for vids is PBS, especially Julia Child. Watching her usually gets me out of my cooking ruts.

On blogs, I do like is David Liebovitz. (http://www.davidlebovitz.com/
)Ruhlman's website (http://ruhlman.com/) is good too. I also use Ruhlman's website as a jumping off point to other blogs via his list on the rhs of the screen.

[jvanderh]

Thank you kindly! I like baking by weight and have Ratio, so I'm not sure why I haven't subscribed to him already.

Any other favorite youtube videos?

[dave_c]

Can't think of any others in particular. I just look up things on a whim. Pizza tossing, making lumpia, carnitas, cannoli... etc.

[Becca Porter]

I really like:

http://desertculinary.blogspot.com/
http://smittenkitchen.com/

[jvanderh]

Those ginger bars look amazing, and zucchini fritters with an egg on top sounds delicious, seasonal, and like I'd only have to wash one pan. Thanks so much :-)

[ForFoodsSake]

Another SmittenKitchen follower :)

[lilgi]

I'm constantly peeking at Smitten Kitchen :)