Grandparent Food Blogger?
Does anyone know of a grandparent food blogger? I'm working on an article about grandparents, food, love, grandkids, etc. Please email me at nora[at]shermanhome.com. Thanks!
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Who's the best home cook in Minnesota?
I'm assisting a major-mojo food writer/cookbook author on a big ol' cookbook that spans the regional favorites across the US. We're looking for mostly non-professional cooks who have favorite recipes that have good stories behind them. I think of it as foods that express the cook's soul as well as the region's soul. Post yr comments but if you'd like to provide me with contact info (please!), you may email me at nora[at]shermanhome.com. I will be in the Twin Cities in the week after Thanksgiving to do interviews and collect recipes -- if you (or a friend) has a recipe to share, would love to meet up then.
I also welcome your thoughts on this question: if you could only include ONE MN food in this massive tome, what it would be and why (and yes, we're doing a little story on lutefisk!).
Who's the best home cook in New Orleans?
I'm assisting a major-mojo food writer/cookbook author on a big ol' cookbook that spans the regional favorites across the US. We're looking for mostly non-professional cooks who have favorite recipes that have good stories behind them. I think of it as foods that express the cook's soul as well as the region's soul. Post yr comments but if you'd like to provide me with contact info (please!), you may email me at nora[at]shermanhome.com
I also welcome your thoughts on this question: if you could only include ONE New Orleans food in this massive tome, what it would be and why (don't worry, it's just an exercise, there will be way more than 1 NOLA recipe!).
The Big Bundt Appreciation Bake-Off
Nov. 15 is National Bundt Day and to celebrate, I'm holding a bake-off.
Post and/or e-mail me your Bundt cake recipe, photo, and the story behind it by Mon. Nov. 12. (nora[at]shermanhome.com)
On Thurs Nov. 15, I'll post a round-up of the results on my blog, The Great American Cooking Project. (http://greatamericancookingproject.blogspot.com/)
Blogger bake-off in honor of National Bundt Day, 11/15?
Wondering if anyone knows of a Bundt day celebration/contest among bloggers and other web-enabled foodies, a la recent Meatloaf Appreciation affair? I'd host one but I don't even know how I'd go about doing it!
And hey, stop by, why don't ya?
http://greatamericancookingproject.blogspot.com/
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Who's the best home cook in Minnesota?
Thanks for the suggestions! Yes, there will def. be 1-2 wild rice dishes, including, I hope, soup.
The "root beer lady" is such a hoot -- I wish she was out there giving out ice-cold root beer in the 90s, when I was a summer camper paddling thru the Boundary Waters! It was just bug juice for us.
Thanks again.
What's the richest thing you've ever tasted?
I lived in New Orleans for something like 4 yrs so this is a toughie. I'm going to go with a tie:
Andoulle and Alligator Cheese Cake from Jacque-Imo's and Creole Cream Cheese King Cake from Haydel's (come to think of, anywhere you are the foods that combine the words "cheese" and "cake" are a sure bet!)
To satisfy a salty craving, I eat _____
Just discovered these natural snack foods called Pea Crisps -- look for them! Amazing, delicately crunchy, perfectly salted.
Do you find you have to eat or snack while browsing food sites?
Oh lord! Why did you have to bring up snacking? (But thanks for starting the thread!) I just finished my morning oatmeal and now I'm thinking about a little something munchy (lagniappe, as they call it down in New Orleans).
I guess I'm alone here. The way it works for me is: after about 30 mins on food-related sights, I start to snack. And I never watch something like No Reservations or Food Network or Top Chef without cooking -- I get too antsy watching them having so much fun.
This is why I pay $80 a month for the gym!
Do you own a microwave oven? What do you use it for?
Quick steaming spinach for my delicious egg white-feta-tomato-spinach-thyme-rosemary omelettes ... quick cooking things like broccoli or squash (not ideal, but wonderously fast!) ... and oatmeal!
Do you blog? What's your URL?
What a good question. I wish I wasn't at (ahem) work so I could check all these blogs out right now!
Mine is The Great American Cooking Project ("a time-traveling year in the American kitchen"). I'm cooking my way through about 100 historical recipes, anthologized by Molly O'Neill in American Food Writing. (Btw, I'm hosting the Big Bundt Appreciation Bake-off, if there are any Bundt lovahs in the house.)
http://greatamericancookingproject.blogspot.com/
While I wouldn't say I started the blog on a lark -- I want to be a writer and just a few months of food blogging has really focused my ambitions on a very particular kind of food writing career -- I didn't think much would come of it. And it has! I'm working for Molly on her upcoming book!
Blogging dreams really do come true!
The Big Bundt Appreciation Bake-Off
What am I thinking? A bake-off ain't a bake-off unless someone's declared the winner!
So the entry that expresses the purest Bundt love -- a combination of enthusiasm and creativity -- will win a jar of my homemade Balsamic Ketchup or my "Kings County" Apple Butter, their choice!
Blogger bake-off in honor of National Bundt Day, 11/15?
Alright, it's official, I'm hosting a "Big Bundt Appreciation Bake-off!"
Submissions are due by Nov. 11. Check out my site for the details, and I certainly hope to get photos & recipes from y'all!
The Great American Cooking Project: http://greatamericancookingproject.blogspot.com/
When craving a velvety, creamy food, I eat ____
Greek yogurt with honey & dried fruit ... Ben and Jerry's (ridiculously creamy, no? Sometimes the ultra-rich ice creams tick me off; I mean, it's easy to make something delicious if you pump it with 24 grams of fat in one half cup!) ... Ricotta, straight out of tub ... and my secret shame, Laughing Cow cheese. There's something terrific about it although it scares me that it never need be refrigerated!
How to get a food blog read and noticed
What really works about All Kinds of Delicious is that as an expat in a fantastic place for food, it has a built-in hook. It's not for nothing that most very successful food blogs are Americans in Paris or English-speakers Parisiennes (sp?) or Brits in San Fran or experts in a vast and generally little-known cuisine (say, Malaysian) or celiacs!
And now for the self-promotion: I'm interested in culinary traditions and the intersection of food & history (my hook: "a time-traveling year in the American kitchen"). And I'd like to find other bloggers interested in the same, perhaps for an early-American recipe potluck in Brooklyn?!
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How to get a food blog read and noticed
Excellent advice for novice food bloggers. Thanks for sharing the tips.
Do you blog? What's your URL?
Thank you, Adam. Great blogroll!
Blog name: pastrystudio
My URL: http://pastrystudio.blogspot.com/
What it's about/tagline: I have a reverence for classical pastry technique as well as endless curiosity for international traditions and modern flavor juxtapositions. My blog is about simple, fresh, minimally sweet handmade objects of desire.
Do you blog? What's your URL?
Oops. Forgot to add my second new blog, Larousse Bites - Personal Notes on the Larousse Gastronomique 1961 Edition.
Today's post is "It's Christmas so it must be Cockscombs".
Do you blog? What's your URL?
Duh. Here is the proper link for Hunter Angler Gardener Cook.
Do you blog? What's your URL?
Blog name: Hunter Angler Gardener Cook: Finding the Forgotten Feast
My URL: www.honest-food.net
What it's about/tagline: Found foods, foraging, unusual veggies, wild game and fish -- all with serious eating in mind. I am a cook who hunts, not a hunter who cooks. My bent is the Mediterranean (Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal) although I have a weakness for American recipes from the 1600s and 1700s. I also review wines from both the Mediterranean and from my local regional wineries in the Sierra Foothills, Lodi and Clarksburg.
Do you blog? What's your URL?
Blog name : Cooking Monster
url : http://www.cookingmonster.com
What it's about : mostly my ramblings about cooking, along with recipes, new and old, I've had success with ... and rather than keeping them on index cards, I figured I'd share them with the world.
Do you blog? What's your URL?
Great list, Adam!
Blog Name: The Perfect Pantry
URL: http://www.theperfectpantry.com
What it's about: What a food writer keeps in her fridge, freezer and cupboards.
Do you blog? What's your URL?
I'll leave my new blog under the Serious Eats Christmas Eve tree here.
It's called Fast Food Feminist .
Today's story is about a Christmas ham in what used to be East Berlin.
I haven't told the story of how I was given the name "Fast Food Feminist" yet. That's probably like a New Year's Day story. :)
Do you own a microwave oven? What do you use it for?
i don't have one. to be honest, they kind of give me the creeps.
Do you blog? What's your URL?
Blog Name: The Kitchen Scale
URL: http://thekitchenscale.typepad.com/the_kitchen_scale/
What it's about: Trying to reconcile a love for food and weight loss. Mostly recipes and whatnot with the occasional rant about weight loss/body image. Its not a blog about what anyone should do, but its a chronicle of something everyone struggles with. Sometimes the food will be conducive to weight loss and sometimes not so much.
The blog is still a baby, I'm still finding my voice, and its been on a little break, but will be returning soon. Any feedback would be really helpful and appreciated.
Website: http://greatamericancookingproject.blogspot.com/
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