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Website: http://www.backtothetable.blogspot.com

Location: Thompsons Station, TN

About: Former caterer/personal chef/cooking show host, now a working mom of five. Trying to get the best food for the best price. Looking for free maid service!

Favorite foods: Avocadoes, shrimp, Thai and Fat Mo's Catfish Sandwiches!

Last bite on earth: Mexican avocadoes, halved and filled with shrimp mixed with fresh pico de gallo, sour cream and cilantro. Fresh tortilla chips on the side and icy cold Dos Equis to wash it down.

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Have higher food prices affected food bloggers?

I do have a large family of big eaters, so prices have affected us. I won't give up buying milk at Publix (with no antibiotics/hormones) but I do buy a lot less fish and meat. Instead, I look for the best buy for our dollar. I bought 30 pounds of sirloin yesterday because it was on sale for $1.87/lb. for a whole sirloin tip. The butcher ground half of it and the rest was sliced into steaks. That was a big expenditure on the front end, but will keep up in lean beef for the summer! I think we will continue to work on doing more with less.

FeedingFive at 10:59AM on 05/07/08

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From Talk

Have higher food prices affected food bloggers?

My blog is restaurant-focused, covering New England and New York, so I'm seeing rising costs two ways: the higher menu prices and the higher gas prices.

Do I mind or have I changed? No. For me, my restaurant explorations and my blog are my hobby. So just as baseball fans pony up more each season to see the same number of games, I'm paying a little more to do what I enjoy, so why change?

Pigtrip1 at 12:25PM on 05/08/08

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Have higher food prices affected food bloggers?

love2cook, your post makes me a saaaaddd panda :(

franklindelanobluth at 6:13PM on 05/07/08

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Have higher food prices affected food bloggers?

I have changed as i seem to have lost my zeal for cooking. i have several kids i cook 3 meals a day and i seem to be cooking less "real" food and more processed (shudder)food. I love to cook but it is hard to find the foods that i like and my kids will eat here in my tiny town so i try my best. I used to blog daily about the delish things but it seems like nothing strikes my fancy anymore i don't feel that the things i cook are worth anyones time to read and i only post when it is good and or fabulous. My triple choco walnut brownies are roll your eyes up in a diabetic coma good but it is so hard to find the joy i once had. I hope that i will find my joy again but the prices are so high it is hard to cook as i choose to.

love2cook at 5:00PM on 05/07/08

From Talk

Have higher food prices affected food bloggers?

I think the question brings to the center the two types of food bloggers: the ones who cook to blog (design a recipe with the blog in mind, keep precise track so they can write it up, etc.) and those who blog to cook (I count myself here) who just cook and eat as normal, then write about it. Those that are in the second half might not even notice those changes coming about. It is in my nature to buy what is fresh and cheap, so that is what I cook with, so perhaps my ingredients are changing...but not to the point that it is a concern?

dagoose at 2:15PM on 05/07/08

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Have higher food prices affected food bloggers?

Yeah, maybe this is a call to blog about affordable, budget-friendly recipes during these times to help others.

bster18 at 2:09PM on 05/07/08

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Have higher food prices affected food bloggers?

I think my blogging has changed a bit as of late. Sometimes I will plan on trying out a new recipe specifically to blog about it, and then at the store I'll be inundated with insane pricing that is out of my budget, so I need to wait on that recipe. Writing new recipes is even harder, because I'll get a great idea on paper, and head out to shop for the ingredients for a rest run, and same thing, an ingredient has skyrocketed, and I know the people who use my recipes aren't going to be willing to shell out $3.50 for one red bell pepper that was .79 two weeks ago.

I'm having similar problems as ExpatChef as well. I really enjoy my blogging, I wouldn't do it otherwise, but I find myself frequently thinking of those who have to do without and are struggling with the rising prices. As a result, I have been doing more cost-conscious meals and budgeting suggestions...but I'm sure the people who really are in need aren't spending time reading blogs looking for friendly suggestions.

ErikaWaz at 12:47PM on 05/07/08

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Have higher food prices affected food bloggers?

Blerg! In bermuda food costs silly amounts. 8 bucks pound for tomatoes? 12 dollars a pound for chicken? 35 dollars a pound for halibut? whats crazy is the prices haven't really risen all that much here yet... maybe because they were soo high in the first place. oh yea and local costs much more then imported!

franklindelanobluth at 12:15PM on 05/07/08