Food Blogs?
I don't usually go outside of the major food websites for recipes but I hear from friends that there are a bunch of food blogs out there that offer innovative recipes and they are frequently updated. Does anyone have any suggestions? When I google the term food blogs it comes up with too many results
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29 Comments:
My favorite food blog is ThePioneerWoman. She adds a new post 3-4 times a week and has a recipe index.
Suzzanne at 9:12AM on 02/16/09
Search for food blogs on this site, it will give you all the threads where this question has been asked here before....lots of great results!
mepolo at 9:13AM on 02/16/09
Wow! what a question, as I find that I am constantly much more inspired by food blogs than by cookbooks, and I love to see recipes evolve (like the way no-knead bread was perfected in the blogosphere). Some of my favorites (and I am sure these are wildly popular with other Serious Eaters) are:
www.justhungry.com (japanese food - super simple and delicious)
http://wednesdaychef.typepad.com/ (Love Love LOVE Luisa)
www.davidlebovitz.com (Hilarious, intelligent, handsome - and I am a woman)
I find it's sort of a personality thing which food blogs you read - some intersperse humor and tales of disasters, some love to bake cakes and sweets (baking bites,cookie madness), some take it upon themselves to explain culture with food (justhungry and chocolate & zucchini are two such sites), and some just give you sometimes simple recipes, but always with a story - Orangette, teaandcookies.blogspot.com, the traveler's lunchbox.
And then there are those that just make you smile, like Deb of Smitten Kitchen or Robyn of "The Girl Who ate everything" (a serious eats writer!)
I have these sites on my gmail reader, along with thekitchn.com, simply recipes, and seriouseats. I am always on the lookout for nyc blogs, simply because that is where I live, so you may want to research food blogs in your city - they can lead you to wonderful discoveries! Good luck getting sucked in!
prunesaregood at 9:22AM on 02/16/09
I love the Amateur Gourmet -- he's honest as he is funny
healthygirl78 at 9:30AM on 02/16/09
I will never talk about anyone bad in the food blog arena. People who take the time to photo their food and write down every pinch of whatever are always amazing to me. I read a lot of food blogs. Have been for years. Some of them its not the food its the pics. Some of them its not the pics but the recipes. Some of them its not the recipes its the execution and some it is not anything but their unique take on everything.
Check out profiles here. Some people have blogs then go off their blog roll and surf.
For openers try http://www.tastespotting.com/
JerzeeTomato at 9:39AM on 02/16/09
I agree with Prune and Healthygirl. My favorites are also David Leibovitz, Simply Recipes, Wednesday Chef and Deb. I also go to 101 cookbooks and David Leite.
lattelatte at 9:44AM on 02/16/09
@ Suzzanne, I love Pioneer Woman too!
http://thepioneerwoman.com/
although not updated as often as i'd like, Melissa Camero's site has interesting, easy to make food, with stunning photos.
http://www.bitchincamero.com/mel/
Looking for restarant food? try BlogChef
http://blogchef.net/
Cooking for Engineers is also really good, and nearly everything is easier than you'd think:
http://www.cookingforengineers.com/
Those are all my hotspots.
redhead at 10:18AM on 02/16/09
Here are a few of my favorites:
http://gutrumbles.com/archives2/001492.php
http://www.bigredkitchen.com/
http://life-should-be-beautiful.blogspot.com/
http://slowlikehoney.net/
caramel at 10:56AM on 02/16/09
I am way too lazy to link these all right now, but google them and they're easy to find:
- 101cookbooks (vegetarian natural food, recipes please meat eaters easily)
- Kalyn's Kitchen (South Beach Diet recipes that appeal to non-dieters)
- Simply Recipes (simply delicious family recipes)
- smitten kitchen (great variety, lots of baked goods, all delicious)
- bitchn camero (a SE'er if I'm not mistaken ...)
I have about a dozen more bookmarked, but these are the blogs I check first when I'm looking for a good recipe for anything.
joyyy at 11:05AM on 02/16/09
A few of my favorites (I am a dessert/baking person, if you couldn't tell!):
- Joe Pastry (http://www.joepastry.com)
- Tartelette (http://tartelette.blogspot.com)
- La Tartine Gourmand (http://www.latartinegourmande.com)
- Cannelle et Vanille (http://cannelle-vanille.blogspot.com)
- Bake or Break (Not updated too frequently these days. Be prepared for lots of chocolate! http://www.bakeorbreak.com)
- Michael Laiskonis (Great writing. http://michaellaiskonis.typepad.com/main)
For more sweets, I also heartily recommend David Lebovitz
emmab at 11:58AM on 02/16/09
An Olive Tree Grows in Brooklyn (will post link later, I'm not in my normal computer)
and Baroness Tapuzina http://baronesstapuzina.wordpress.com/
cowprintrabbit at 12:20PM on 02/16/09
@redhead - Thanks! I try to post 3 times a week. If I did work 12 hour days, I'd post all the time!
@joyyy - Thanks :)
My favorites:
101 Cookbooks
Simply Recipes
Steamy Kitchen
Slow Like Honey
La Tartine Gourmande
bitchincamero at 12:34PM on 02/16/09
I second the ThePioneerWoman blog:
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/
I also frequent SmittenKitchen quite often:
http://smittenkitchen.com/
Pinch My Salt has some pretty good recipes as well:
http://pinchmysalt.com/
jmfors at 12:34PM on 02/16/09
You should try www.thefoodblogblog.com, where you can browse until you find some that you like.
All of the ones mentioned above are great and you can even browse the "photograzing" tab at the top of SE to flip through blogs.
My name is TaraTot and I have a huge food blog addiction.
TaraTot at 2:11PM on 02/16/09
I really like to check out the photograzing page on this site, tastespotting and foodgawker. You can find some great food blogs on there.
I also read The Pioneer Woman blog, she's great!
Deseree at 2:38PM on 02/16/09
Oh! Also Food Blog Links is an RSS feed of a whole bunch of food blogs. I check it every day!
bitchincamero at 3:15PM on 02/16/09
fxcuisine and french laundry at home/alinea at home
ctillman at 1:36PM on 02/17/09
Here is another one! www.chezus.com
ChezUS at 2:57PM on 02/17/09
I know alot of these have been mentioned but I'm just gonna list my favs.
steamykitchen.com
pioneerwomancooks.com
mediterrasian.com
fxcuisine.com
closetcooking.com
nofearentertaining.com
chefsgonewild.com
foodblogga.com
theleftoverqueen.com (every Friday 4/5 new blogs to preview)
chezpim.com
fotocuisine.com
[eatingclub]vancouver.com
cayobo.tripod.com
kalofagas.ca
Enjoy!!!
finsbigfan at 7:04PM on 02/17/09
http://hungrycravings.blogspot.com/
by Lucy Vaserfirer is my favorite. The recipes are great, well written, and are fun to read and photos are amazing. She puts at least two new posts weekly, and I am really looking forward to her new posts.
irinav22 at 8:13PM on 02/17/09
I also enjoy Hungry Cravings. It has great recipes that are easy to make. I ate the polenta recipe on the site tonight and it was fantastic!
http://hungrycravings.blogspot.com/
z38gm at 12:13AM on 02/18/09
I can't believe no one has mentioned foodwishes.com with Chef John. It's my personal favorite.
pielady at 9:24AM on 02/18/09
Lately, I'm digging Lily's Wai Sek Hong. It's a fun mix of recipes with a big focus on Asian cuisine. Great pictures, too!
Amandarama at 9:44AM on 02/18/09
I can't wait to explore the blogs all linked in this thread...One of my favorite things to do after I find a food blog I like is to troll their blog roll to see what food blogs they read. I'll shamelessly self-promote my own blog, Hungry Desi too. It's mostly Indian vegetarian dishes with fairly simple recipes.
nithya at hungrydesi at 10:46AM on 02/18/09
I love Pioneer Woman, Last Night's Dinner, For the Love of Cooking, and most recently discovered Closet Cooking...
sammie at 11:16AM on 02/18/09
I really like Homesick Texan. We're in similar situations; we live in New York and miss Texas food and try to replicate it.
http://homesicktexan.blogspot.com
thisisjeffo at 11:54AM on 02/18/09
I have so many I like, but Pioneer Woman is my fave.
I also quite like Rock Recipes at www.rockrecipes.blogspot.com and Vanilla Sugar at www.vanillakitchen.blogspot.com
mandylynn902 at 12:55PM on 02/18/09
@redhead.....Thanks for posting the link to BlogChef! I can't wait to try some of those recipes!
mandylynn902 at 1:26PM on 02/18/09
I recently discovered bakespace and LOVE it! I go there almost as much as I come here.
http://www.bakespace.com/
caramel at 1:15PM on 03/10/09