Guest Top Ten List

yum4.jpgLove cooking, eating, or finding new culinary experiences? Food blogs are the place to turn for great food advice, cooking how-tos, kitchen gear reviews, food news - and recipes that work in the real world. While some of these blogs focus on recipes and others highlight food news and products, what they have in common is the joy of eating and an appreciation of food and new culinary experiences.

Top 10 Food Blogs for Foodies

101 Cookbooks

Heidi Swanson cooks here way through life and records the best stuff on her blog. "I choose and write about the recipes that intersect my life, my travels, and my everyday interests - often they are from my cookbook collection, sometimes not - they might come from a friend or family member, or I might write about a recipe I created myself." Most recipes focus on whole foods and ingredients. Sample post: Easy Little Bread.

Everybody Likes Sandwiches

This fun blog is "about the joy in preparing fresh food simply," but the recipes are wildly varied and highlight new ingredients. Sample post: Spicy Oven-fried Chicken.

Food52

This blog keeps you current with the goings-on at beloved foodie website food52. Here, Amanda and Merrill try new recipes, spotlight unusual ingredients and cooking utensils., and highlight the best new food blogs. Sample post: 12 Fun Things to Cook With Your Kids.

Lottie + Doof

Based in the great food city Chicago, Tim cooks up lots of interesting and unusual recipes and also writes about cool products and food finds. Sample post: Strawberry Cake.

Matt Bites

Matt writes about, and takes gorgeous pictures of, everything food and drink-related, and travels to exotic locales for enviable eating experiences. Sample post: Visit the Republic of Korea.

Sassy Radish

Written by Olga, who's from Russia originally but "likes to eat pretty much everything, particularly sushi, brisket, Indian, Thai and good Mexican (the latter being is hard to find in New York). She's a sucker for things with cilantro, lime and onions and thinks mashed potatoes is an acceptable answer to a really bad day." She introduces readers to dishes from around the world. Sample post: Coconut Curry Shrimp.

Serious Eats

The national Serious Eats site grabs the best (coolest, funniest, most interesting) of new food discoveries, recipes, events, and more around the web and the country. Sample post: The 8 Best Pizzas in San Francisco.

The Bitten Word

Clay and Zach perform a useful service by cooking, then posting about (and often improving), recipes from Bon Appétit, Cook's Illustrated, and tons of other food mags. They also write about new food experiences with their CSA, canning, and more. Sample post: Scallop Crudo, from Bon Appétit, August 2011.

The Dog's Breakfast

This beautiful and accessible food blog is based on "experiences in what we call the Saturday night test kitchen, where we try new recipes and experiment with new ingredients. Sometimes it's a great success and sometimes it's a dog's breakfast, but in the end we always learn something." Rob and David cook and live in Montreal. Sample post: 10 Second Sangria.

The Food Section

Keeps readers up-to-date on current food news and issues, "publishes original food writing and photography and scours the web for links to culinary news and events, recipes, and gastronomical ephemera." Sample post: The Art of Origami Napkin Folding.

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