Food Blog

I’ve been real busy with the food blog awards and Christmas travel, so if you’ve requested to be on the list, bear with me. I probably have about 50 to add.
More cooks say ‘blog appétit!’ The Christian Science Monitor’s article on food blogs.
Sugar Shock Blog reports that “dietitians at an Illinois high school (Evanston Township) […]

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Catherine Lombardi’s is an Italian place owned by the guys who own Stage Left. Mark and Francis are also known as the Restaurant Guys who do a local radio show available as a postcast. It sounds like one of the best food related podcasts, and I’m surprised I hadn’t heard of it before. They’ve had […]

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Some food porn from my trip out east:
I had lunch in a nice little place in Princeton - Mediterra. Of course I had to have oysters.

The Fettuccine ai Funghi was very good - Porcini and Exotic Mushroom Ragu, Veal Glace, Truffle Oil.

We also had a very generous appetizer bowl of mussels - Wild Whitewater […]

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I’m on the east coast for the Christmas, and while in NYC, I was fortunate enough to get to go to Nobu 57. If you aren’t familar with Nobu Matsuhisa, from the food world, you might know him better as Mr. Roboto from the Austin Powers movies.

The dark archway is the entrance to Nobu 57.
I […]

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There’s a meme going around about favorite foods. Before I get tagged, I might as well go ahead and do it, especially since it’s easy.

1. Oysters. Sometimes I wish I lived on a rocky island, because I could subsist on them. Raw or cooked.

2. Soft Shelled Crab. Get one of the small, delicate, melt […]

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Rachel Ray was in town the other day and Everything in Moderation, Including Moderation tells the behind the scenes story of her visit to Sur La Table.
“Some people were leaving the store with tears in their eyes. Excuse me, tears? Come on people, I know you’re excited but it’s a woman who created mini-cheeseburger […]

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For my duties for this year’s food blog awards, I’m reading through countless excellent blogs by people I swear are moonlighting from their cooking magazine jobs or are hiring pastry chefs, restaurant crews and photo studios to do their blogs for them, and the even more infinite blogs by regular people who do an amazing […]

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Advent Beer Calendar
Luxist Holiday Guide: Bottles To Bring, Spirits Luxist has done my alcoholic Christmas list for me.
The new math of dining out A comparision of dining trends and costs between now and 1995. Zagat-rated restaurants are used as data. “The number of Zagat rated restaurants in Chicago grew from 373 to 557 over […]

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More AZ reviews to come, but here are some food lilnks.
The Beer Belly “A removable spare tire that also serves a stealth beverage.”
Santa’s Top 10 Cookbooks “Recipe Collections That Don’t Suck—And a Few That Do”
The 2005 Food Blog Awards are now accepting nominations. And now that it’s no longer secret, I can mention that I’m […]

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A Different Pointe of View is perched high up on top of the Tapatio Cliffs Hilton Resort. It takes quite a few switchbacks to get up there but the view is amazing.
You then take an elevator, or spiral staircases up past the wine cellar and an inviting lounge level. It doesn’t look like there’s […]

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