Who are your favorite food bloggers?

[RootedInTheValley]

Looking for some seasonal cooking inspiration! Thank you!

[thecitylane]

Anyone have any favourite Vietnamese based food bloggers? I'll be there next week and am keen to start researching food related places.

[HillJ]

http://www.theravenouscouple.com/

really interesting one here.

[thecitylane]

Thanks HIllJ!

[jpc8015]

I love this one:

http://thebeeroness.com/

[OhioHound]

I follow many of the blogs listed previously. One I have not yet seen mentioned here: Oui, Chef.
http://www.ouichefnetwork.com/

[cookiebaker]

I, too, find these lists great to help me find new blogs. Thanks!

Here are the ones I check regularly:
Amateur Gourmet, funny, great writing: http://www.amateurgourmet.com
The Bitten Word, they cook from their food magazines and share the results: http://www.thebittenword.com
Canal House Cooks Lunch, pretty pictures: http://lunch.thecanalhouse.com
She Simmers, Thai: http://shesimmers.com

These bloggers don't post that frequently but still a great read and for tips:
Kimchimari, I've been fascinated with Korean food this has been a great resource: http://kimchimari.com
Orangette, just lovely: http://orangette.blogspot.ca

Others already mentioned include: Food52 and the Kitchn
Saveur compiles a Best of List of Food Blogs, I've made so discoveries there: http://www.saveur.com/article/Kitchen...

[foodiefan6]

These are my go-to blogs:

simplyrecipes.com
wholegraingourmet.com
amateurgourmet.com
www.davidlebovitz.com

[RootedInTheValley]

Thank you so much!

[lapiccola]

I like to follow www.lifeovereasy.com - they're home cooks with mostly original recipes and do their own photography

[HillJ]

the St. Patty's dog's a riot!

[lapiccola]

seriously - thats my niece who keeps dressing the dog up - too funny

[HillJ]

seriously-that's really cool!

[RootedInTheValley]

Can't wait to check them out! Thank you so much!

[drongo]

Here are some that I look at regularly:
http://honest-food.net/ (Hunter, Angler, Gardener, Cook
)http://www.simplyrecipes.com/
http://www.seriouseats.com/
http://leitesculinaria.com/

[HillJ]

David of http://leitesculinaria.com/ knows his way around Instagram!

[RootedInTheValley]

Awesome recommendations - thank you!

[drongo]

I see Hank Shaw won the James Beard Award for "Best Individual Blog for 2013".

http://honest-food.net/2013/05/06/my-...

[EM23]

My favorites for recipes, nice pics and pinning:
OKRA (Southern food) http://southernfood.org/okra/
La Tavola Marche (cooking school blog) http://latavolamarche.blogspot.com/
Martha's Circle Food Blogs http://marthascircle.marthastewart.com/Food/
Edible Ireland http://edible-ireland.com/recipe-archive/
Bijouxs http://bijouxs.com/
She Simmers (Thai recipes) http://shesimmers.com/
Orangette http://orangette.blogspot.com/#
Cannelle Et Vanille http://www.cannellevanille.com/
La Tartine Gourmande http://www.latartinegourmande.com/
The Italian Dish http://theitaliandishblog.com/
I Nom Things http://www.inomthings.com/
CIA Culinary Intelligence http://www.ciaculinaryintelligence.com/

My favorites that feed my food-obsessed soul:
NPR’s the Salt http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/
Serious Eats (particularly for the Food Lab http://www.seriouseats.com/
Not in My Food http://notinmyfood.org/blog
The Recipes Project (history of recipes) http://recipes.hypotheses.org/
The History Chef http://lincolnslunch.blogspot.com/
What's Cookin @ Special Collections: Virginia Tech's Culinary History Collection Blog http://whatscookinvt.wordpress.com/
Obama Foodorama http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/
Johnson and Wales blog http://culinaryartsmuseum.blogspot.com/
Food & Think http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/
James Beard Foundation http://www.jamesbeard.org/blog
Splendid Table http://www.splendidtable.org/
The History Kitchen http://www.pbs.org/food/blogs/the-history-kitchen/#
The Atlantic food blog http://www.theatlantic.com/health/cat...

[RootedInTheValley]

I only know a fraction of the ones you listed - thank you! I can't wait to explore the rest!

[youareabunny]

Chocolate and zucchini
http://chocolateandzucchini.com/m/

David Lebovitz
http://www.davidlebovitz.com/

[HillJ]

I enjoyed the first cookbook by the Chocolate & Z author. Fun read.

[RootedInTheValley]

Thank you!

[hungryjoanne]

Great thread!!!

For healthy inspiration: http://mynewroots.org/site/
For everyday meals and comfort food: http://www.mymommashands.com/
Others have mentioned 101 cookbooks, smitten kitchen... I enjoy those as well.

Looking forward to finding out what else is out there in the "blogosphere"!!

[foodiefan6]

Thanks for the healthy blog! Trying to find more healthy blogs that are useful, accessible and inspiring. Will try mynewroots.

[RootedInTheValley]

yes, I find it difficult to find healthy blogs that are not selling some product!

[RootedInTheValley]

Thanks - these two are new to me! I've discovered about 40 new blogs with this thread!!

[MonsieurFrancais]

I really love this French/American blog called Le Grumeau. Reviews are quite thorough. These guys seem to review both NYC and Paris good restaurants....

http://legrumeau.com/en/

[RootedInTheValley]

Can't wait to check them out - Merci Monsieur!

[jlhinwa]

www.smittenkitchen.com

[HillJ]

Right now, Food52 is my favorite for sheer creativity and the support of fellow home cooks. The site photography is a personal favorite of mine and keeps getting better and better. Most recently, during one of their lively food contests (run with high praise in all the right ways) the winner created a citrus tea infused compound butter. I gave it a try and was wowed by the simple, inspiring genius. http://food52.com/users/7766-thefood

My family & I will be heading to Montreal the month of July and I'm digging into the Montreal tourism blog which is really fascinating and full of food related ideas/festivals/markets and tasting recs. The bloggers on there are terrific.

Some of the others I've been reading for some time are more website than blogs but I started out a blog fan, including: Serious Eats, Smitten Kitchen, Food Librarian, David Lebovitz, Food Curating (vlogs) and most recently the blog through the spice company, World Spice Merchants.

The blog trend of late (I currently provide the photography for about 60 brand blogs) is lifestyle. Food, travel, photography, family, work and sharing favorites (a bloggers list of favorite links to music, books, art, hotels, housewares, etc.) all under one blog heading. One of my favorites under new blogsphere recommendations remains: 101 Cooksbooks; an inventive blogger who's been around forever and is always pushing a special, self-defined challenge to keep her readers and herself entertained. http://www.101cookbooks.com/

[cresyd]

I love Food52, it just has a great way of thinking about food.

[HillJ]

http://food52.com/recipes/20975-cocon...

I just used this recipe to finish up a bag of dried coconut shards I had in the pantry. Some early Easter ideas I'm playing around with for the young ones in the family.

[cresyd]

A recent recipe/idea I got from Food52 was poaching salmon in gin (http://food52.com/recipes/19824-aroma...) which adds a fantastic flavor.

[HillJ]

How interesting! This is why I love Food52!

[juliejulez]

I forgot to mention Food52 in my list too, I really like it.

[HillJ]

Food Curating should read Food Curated, my error.
http://foodcurated.com/

The blogger use to create videos here at CHOW. Miss those!

[EM23]

Have you looked at La Tartine Gourmande - beautiful travel photos. And Orangette - I think I look at her blog just for the baby pictures. I linked to both in my post above.

And you are quite the renaissance woman! You also own a B&B, IIRC?

[HillJ]

Thank you yes, with my sister who lives/works in CA and my partner in photo crime who lives on site. Still working out the bugs to the B&B. Mostly opened it for professionals to have a place to crash when on gigs. I commute from NJ when it's my turn to house sit.

The blogs are terrific. Can't you just fall into the pages and call the airlines immediately!

[RootedInTheValley]

Yes - both are really fantastic in staying food focused! Thanks for the recommendations!

[jpr54_1]

I enjoy reading your posts and looking at photos for the sites u mentioned.

be sure to check out in Montreal, PQ
http://camellia-sinensis.com/en/tea-s...

[HillJ]

Thanks jpr54, right back atcha! And thank you for the link!

[alliegator]

Rasa Malaysia is hands down my favorite.
I don't really follow other ones specifically, but look through quite a few when I google a certain recipe.

[RootedInTheValley]

Thanks!

[Gio]

Here are some I follow:

Aglio, Olio, e Peperoncino
Food52
Global: Nigel Slater
Global: Yotam Ottrolenghi
La Casa in Giadino
La Cucina Italiana
Michael Ruhlman
My Kitchen in Spain
Rasa Maylasia
Saveur.com
Serious Eats
Taste the Rainbow
Virginia Willis Cuisine

[The Dairy Queen]

Gio, with Slater and Ottolenghi, do they have actual blogs or are you referring to their newspaper columns?

I really love Serious Eats Cook the Book. Also, I love how their recipes zip right into pepperplate.

~TDQ

[Gio]

Oh, you know you're right, TDQ... Nigel is through the Guardian RSS feed... but Ottolenghi does have a blog.

http://www.ottolenghi.co.uk/

[HillJ]

http://www.ottolenghi.co.uk/recipes/f...

Then you both must have seen this recipe. My gf made the dough recipe while I worked the fig and cheese filling and it was "almost" too delicious to share!....but of course, we did! We had a brunch for our pals and this recipe was the winner that day.

[The Dairy Queen]

I have NOT seen that but, wow! does that ever sound amazing. I mean, WOW! I almost want to get up from my desk and head home and make that right now.

Hillj, I didn't realize you provided photography for blogs. I realize the site rules would prohibit you from linking to any of your work in this thread, but is there a link you could put in your profile so we could have a look?

~TDQ

[HillJ]

I know that recipe is something very special. Come fig season, I'll be finding a reason to make it with Kara again!

Yes, I make a point of never posting blogs I've worked on, on CH.

You can take a gander at some examples of my work at, Houzz.com
http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/Kitche...

[The Dairy Queen]

So all of those photos are yours, even though there are multiple designers? You photograph all of those designers?

~TDQ

[HillJ]

Oh no not at all!! Only in my photo dreams could I pull off a portfolio of this size.

No, I house some of my more detailed kitchen work in this large archive along with my colleagues and some immediate contracted work. Houzz is full of inspiring work by hundreds of professional people; as well as homeowners who use the photography as a work station for redesign projects.

[The Dairy Queen]

Oh! Ok, I was pretty floored that you could do all of that AND 59 other blogs, too! Is there a way to tell which ones are yours or are they all kind of mixed in.

~TDQ

[HillJ]

Total jumble each and every day; that's how the site owners like it but when I finish my current project, I'll consider posting a link to my CH personal profile.

One of my favorites in the field is this guy:
http://theselby.com/galleries/special...

[The Dairy Queen]

That would be cool, thank you. In the meantime, I see a lot of very inspiring photos on that site, and shall assume at least some of them are yours. :)

~TDQ

[HillJ]

I know I'm being vague. I do apologize.

[The Dairy Queen]

No worries at all. I understand the balancing act.

~TDQ

[The Dairy Queen]

Ok, those Selby photos are amazing. I love the one of Selby himself in the purple denim jeans and blue cat t-shirt.

How do you find the time to work for 60 blogs? If they all publish even once a week, that's at least 60 places you have to run over to with your camera. Some of them must be more intermittent than weekly, I'm guessing?

~TDQ

[HillJ]

Actually its much easier thanks to digital and e deadlines. Some jobs are location shoots planned around a long established deadline with clients who trek me in; others are studio shots created for print ads in which my part is only one part of the entire job; others are in my own studio (food and product shots mostly) and many are archived shoots I've taken months in advance of needing them. I also work in miniature photography six times a year at another studio. Really depends on the job. The new and interesting blog format has been a joy.

[HillJ]

http://www.heritageradionetwork.com/e...

If you want to hear a bit about Todd's process, there are two podcasts on the link above.

[The Dairy Queen]

Fascinating, thank you. What is miniature photography?

~TDQ

[HillJ]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/...

New horizons in the photography field like this.

[The Dairy Queen]

Fun!

~TDQ

[The Dairy Queen]

But, that's the restaurant's blog, right, not necessarily Ottolenghi himself? I imagine that sounds like splitting hairs, but I'm just curious.

~TDQ

[EM23]

I forgot about Aglio - I enjoy her recipes. And I am off to check out your other Italian and Spanish blogs.

[juliejulez]

I follow tons! Some are more simple recipes, geared towards weeknight cooking and/or healthy cooking, and not all are seasonal although most seem to try to cook that way. Here's a list of the ones off the top of my head:

www.spoonforkbacon.com
http://www.seasonsandsuppers.ca/
http://www.dinneralovestory.com/
www.thekitchn.com
www.backtoherroots.com (more of a lifestyle blog with food thrown in

)

www.pinchofyum.com
www.skinnytaste.com
http://budgetbytes.blogspot.com/
http://www.melskitchencafe.com/
www.kalynskitchen.com
http://civilizedcavemancooking.com/
www.fromaway.com
www.thepioneerwoman.com
www.ellysaysopa.com
http://traceysculinaryadventures.blogspot.com/
www.bevcooks.com

[cresyd]

Also through facebook, I follow Palestine Food (http://www.facebook.com/Palestinefood) - but seaonally speaking, it probably won't sync with North American growing seasons.

[debbiel]

I just took a look at the Palestine Food page. Looks great. Thanks!

[cresyd]

They also link a lot to this website/blog (http://www.kitchenofpalestine.com) that is good with slightly fuller recipes. I recently made their mujadarra with bulgar which was excellent, and I've had friends who've had success with their labne recipe.

[HillJ]

http://www.kitchenofpalestine.com/qiz...
Doesn't this pie look interesting! Thank you for the site link!

[cresyd]

Personally, I can't stand nigella seeds - but I do love how they have less common recipes among the standards. It's relatively knew, but I do hope that they keep it up.

[HillJ]

Oh I see. I love nigella seeds added to popovers, bread and pizza. Is it the seed or the taste that you can't stand? Before I knew what a nigella seed was I was using onion bits instead.

[THoey1963]

A couple I follow on Facebook:

Best Southern Recipes from the Deep South

Homesick Texan

Sorry, on iPhone, so you'll have to Google them.