http://food.info-syn.com The best food blogs in a minute... Sat, 07 Jan 2006 17:21:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sandra Purins is the lucky winner of an autographed copy of The Great Book of Chocolate. The Menu For Hope II raffle raised over $17,000 for UNICEF to aid the people of Pakistan. Big thanks to the many generous people, like Sandra, who contributed in our effort. I'm thrilled to ... http://www.davidlebovitz.com/archives/2006/01/#000183 .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Certain sections of gangway at Chanh Hung market are covered with thick cut grass or leaves. I think this is to prevent wellington boot wearers from slipping on ice ... http://www.noodlepie.com/2006/01/4_fish_boots.html I'm one of the last to mention this (ironically, since I was one of the judges), but Kate has posted the nominees for the 2006 food blog awards. It was extremely difficult to whittle the many nominees down to a mere five in each category. Sometimes it was difficult to ... http://www.obsessionwithfood.com/2006_01_01_blog-archive.html#113657391965807893 As you may know, I've been nominated for the Best City Blog. Someone wrote that I wasn't really writing enough about Paris to be qualified, so I thought I'd better get on le stick about that! The pressure! Le pression! Hmm, what's very French and very Parisian that I can write about? Um...How ... http://www.davidlebovitz.com/archives/2006/01/#000182 My wife has one of those ingrained childhood associations of prunes with prune juice that has left her avoiding the fruit in her adult life. What's more, the marketing efforts by the prune industry to re-brand the fruit as... http://www.thefoodsection.com/foodsection/2006/01/prunes_port_and.html USA Weekend will run a story about food blogs this weekend. They list their favorites, which includes the usual suspects, plus me, but I'm delighted to see Molly and the Too Many Chefs gang in the list. Welcome to readers from USA Weekend; thanks for stopping by. It's been a little ... http://www.obsessionwithfood.com/2006_01_01_blog-archive.html#113656471633779560 As any self respecting foodie who missed her flight at SFO yesterday, I knew just what to do.  Hong Kong Flower Lounge.  That's what.  So that's what we ended up doing.  After a midnight rush back to Santa Cruz from my place in the city to fecth my passport, we ... http://chezpim.typepad.com/blogs/2006/01/a_foodies_guide.html I think I'm in love with this recipe. Short and easy to prepare (under 5 minutes after you set your ingredients), and also very tasty. If you want a bit of kick to this, leave the seeds in the jalapeno peppers. 1 cup Crab Meat, Cooked (approx 1/2 lb) 2 Jalapeno ... http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/index.php/2006/01/06/crab_and_avocado_salad The polls are open now over at the Accidental Hedonist for the 2005 Food Blog Awards. Kate has come up with a nifty little voting page, making it even easier for you to select your favourites in the food blogging world. We ... http://www.toomanychefs.com/archives/001670.php Ok, so I decided I'm not going to do a massive end of the year "Best Of" post because...well...I think I missed the boat on that. Instead, I'm going to point you over to The Accidental Hedonist where I've been nominated for not one but two Food Blog Awards: ... http://www.amateurgourmet.com/the_amateur_gourmet/2006/01/vote_your_heart.html