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Which are your go-to food/drink blogs?

There are so many now, including lots of people who post on dr.com. Some bloggers are deeply anonymous, (they may be members of dr.com … or not). Some blogs are for-profit and make money when viewers click on various ads on the site. Here are some that I meander through on occasion (with known dr.com members in Bold):

PM any changes, corrections or additions to legant; updated January 29, 2008.

Member's Blogs:

Apples and Bananas focuses on the local food scene, as well as trends within the greater food community.

Are You Hungry Yet has KT, Chocolatechipkt, dishing up some very nice food prep photos and a fun sense of style.

Capital Life. Culocho writes with his unique spin on the DC scene. [by invitation only.]

Counter Intelligence – Melissa McCart, MeMc, is frequently looking to others on dr.com for inspiration and ideas. Often her queries to members of dr.com end up being integrated into articles she writes for DCist, the Express, and thefoodsection.com, among others.

Diplodocus. Kanishka, the peripatetic gastronaut.

Dmwineline is dmwine's long-standing blog offering an alternative take on wine. Dave is also the Wine Columnist for Washingtonian Magazine.

EatDrinkDC is LittleWing's blog. She recently left the restaurant biz (we'll see) to become the cheesemonger at a new DC cheeseshop (but what she really wants to be is a blues singer.)

Eric Eats Lunch. Want to know where Ferment Everything eats lunch? Check it out here.

Food For Thought is MBK's thoughtful, if sporadic, blog about restaurants, food and wine.

French Laundry At Home by DinerGirl

Gelato-ology. Dolcezza, who runs the artisinal gelato and sorbetto shop Dolcezza in Georgetown blogs with a retailer's perspective.

Gourmet Pig is The Gourmet Pig's blog of restaurant reviews and recipes.

Let's Sharing! is Xochitl10's blog about living in Japan. Although not focused solely on food, there is a "Food" category link on the sidebar.

Life of Spice is Monica Bhide's blog where she posts reprints of some of her many interesting articles, recipes, travelogues and other musings.

Lots of Everything from Malawry

Metrocurean. oliveDC posts frequently about the local food and restaurant scene.

Prep. Shogun got off to a great start with this blog about his time in the Corduroy kitchen. He has moved to Connecticut and Prep sits idle, awaiting his next adventure.

Small Pouch is PerriK's blog mainly (at least recently) about the TV show "Top Chef."

Synasthesia. Her blog focuses on restaurant reviews, some travelogue and musings.

The Houndstooth Gourmet. Monavano focuses on "local, seasonal, farmers markets." Also, info on foodie news pertaining to (mostly) NoVa."

This is Gonna Be Good is 1000yregg's contribution to the blog community. He posts on items in Baltimore and DC, with additional information on trips elsewhere and cooking.

Trouble with Toast. BettyJoan "was a server at a Cajun restaurant in my hometown, … used to wait on Jeff Foxworthy."

What Do I Do With Kale?. Rachel, clayrae with more restaurants, more cooking, more musing.

You Gonna Eat All That? Barbara, Biscuit Girl's blog has restaurant reviews, and lots of photos of her dogs.

Wahoooob was "selected for Honorable Mention in Food & Wine's 2006 photo contest."

And last, but not least, Don Rockwell's Lettres de Mon Moulin is now formatted and published at WETA's DC Dining.

Washington-area Bloggers:

Anapestic. 45 year old guy in Olney shares his recipes with the world.

Chief Wino is Andrew Stover's fun blog about wine, food and travel. He is (was?) the wine director at Oya. Too bad he didn't design their website.

ChileFire has Mr. Tugwell living on a 40' motor yacht moored at the Gangplank Marina in DC. He blogs about the fiery side of eating, with recipes, restaurant and product reviews.

Chocolaterie Wanders. Chocolatiers Wilhelm and Melanie Wanders talk about chocolate and life and general in the Washington, DC area.

DC Diner is a former college professor, lawyer and trained chef doing restaurant reviews.

DC Drinks contains "Isaac Washington" reviews, rantlets and ribald on all things alcoholic.

DC Food Blog has a couple: "J" and "T" chronicling their life and times, "Top Chef", and recipes.

DCFoodies is probably one of the best known of the local foodie blogs, and its author, Jason Storch is well known to regulars of dr.com.

Eat With Me, Scott Eichinger's blog, contains an extensive recipe index.

Ethnic Dining Guide. Tyler Cowen's dining guide in blog format.

Farm Groupie. Local (mostly Virginia) farms and farmers markets and reports of what this mid-30's mom is doing "to support local agriculture, to live a slower more seasonally connected life and to eat fresher and more delicious food."

FoodGoat. LadyGoat's "daily adventures in eating, cooking, drinking, more eating, and some stuff in between."

Food-Plan has "ebeth," "kobi," "vgill" and "shields" ranking hundreds of local eateries on a scale of one to ten, with a brief description of each one. Plus a few essays.

Gluttony - The High Cost of Living is "Jason's" contribution to the dining scene in DC. "There is nothing worth half as much as doing, or indeed quite as satisfying, as having a good meal, with good people." Recipes and restaurant reviews, and a few musings.

Gourmetro is a team effort, and not just in DC.

Gracious Bowl -- It's all about soup.

In Search of Free Food. Lee Tucker is a 22 year old from upstate New York, newly arrived in DC. So far not much food content.

Kitchen Monkey. A 30- something guy shares his recipes with all of us. And he does it again here.

Kitchen Wench, a.k.a. "Alicia" is a young Minnesota transplant blogging about her interest in cooking.

Lost In Somewhereistan has world traveler "Brunette" telling us that she is an amateur gourmand who works an office job to supports her exotic spice habit. Recipes, restaurant reviews and musings about life and food.

My Little Kitchen has "Cathy" from Maryland blogging about working her way through Maida Heatter's Book of Great Cookies. Complete with photos.

Real Reviews DC: "two young lads living in our nation's capital who have taken it upon themeselves to share with you their advice on fun things to do in the Washington, DC metro area."

Restaurant Gal uses stories about her series of jobs in secret area restaurants as metaphors for larger cosmic truths.

Steak Sandwich and a Steak Sandwich is a long name for a fairly brief blog.

Suburban Tasteland "Scouting out strip mall finds and taco truck lines".

Tarting it Up. Restaurant reviews, recipes and the "dining scene." This blog has "AK" and "AC" eating their way across the DC area.

ToastPoint is a blog by "Katherine" who says about herself: "I love Cheeto's and foie gras equally." Her blog has wonderful recipes and scrumptious photographs.

Veg Blog - Ryan McMichael, 31-year old vegan living in Virginia. All things vegan.

Wine With Dinner reviews wine and DC-area restaurants.

Baltimore-area Bloggers:

Kitchenography, "A Kitchen Life in Baltimore."

Coconut and Lime offers "creative tips and original recipes by a food- obsessed, cupcake-loving girl in Baltimore" with nice photos and recipes.

Dining Dish is a blog by industry insider Dara Bunjon.

Kit Pollard's Mango and Ginger focuses on "ways I've come to love food… eating, shopping, traveling, reading and cooking.

Mrs. Goatwax is a self-described "artist and poet" who seems to hold court mostly at Molly's Public House.

Jake Slagle's Unique Culinary Adventures has restaurant reviews, (nice photos) recipes and events.

Other Bloggers:

Brendan Eats is an amateur cook in Richmond, VA. Look for local restaurant reviews. And read about how he made salmon in his dishwasher!

Gourmetro is a team effort, and not just in DC.

Mainly About Food, started this blog now that he is in the foreign service - posting about his food and other adventures in Pakistan and other diplomatic outposts.

Mangiare Bene Lisetta writes about Italian food without pretension.

Weston's Digestions chronicles an expatriate's culinary adventures as he "travels throughout Asia and explore the countless eateries and watering holes of my home base in Tokyo, Japan."

Other Food/Wine/Dine Resources:

Chef2Chef - "Culinary portal"

Chowhound - For Those Who Live to Eat

The List: Are You On It?

Eat Washington. Freelance writer Julia Watson has recorded her favorite Washington food finds. She lists farm markets, cooking classes and helpful food facts.

eGullet - Eat. Chew. Discuss.

LTH Forum - Eating in Chicago-land

RogueFood is actually Meowzart's food chat site, not unlike dr.com. Pool Boy is managing the site while Meowzart is on sabbatical. There are some interesting chats going on. More of a Baltimore tilt than DC, but plenty of both.

Dead Blog Roll (If not dead, then certainly long neglected):

Five Dollar Sundays is a blog about how to feed two adults for a total of $5.00 on Sundays.

Global Gastronomy.

My Head Half Empty is a 28 year old marketing guy "TK" just starting a restaurant review blog.

Restaurant Bytes

Talking with my Mouth Full is author Bonny Wolf's contribution to the local dining scene. She also edits "The Kitchen Window," NPR's weekly online food column.

[Original post and comments by Crackers; updated January '08. PM any changes, corrections or addition to legant.]

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Anyone listed or not yet listed who focusses on farmers' markets, CSA's, locavorism or farms in our region?

Please pipe up if the description of your blog (above) does not make such a focus evident.

Thanks!

Not listed above, but my blog, FoodieTots, focuses on farm fresh foods from local markets and our CSA. I also read two other blogs focusing on local foods, The Garden Apartment and The Food Scribe.

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In honor of Earth Day today, ArugulaFiles and I are co-hosting "Blog for the Bay" to rally District area foodies in support of the Chesapeake Bay and our beloved blue crabs. We welcome other local bloggers to participate - or just stop by and sign the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's petition to the EPA.

Round-ups are on FoodieTots & ArugulaFiles.

(Apologize for the self-promotion, but it's for a good cause!)

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In honor of Earth Day today, ArugulaFiles and I are co-hosting "Blog for the Bay" to rally District area foodies in support of the Chesapeake Bay and our beloved blue crabs. We welcome other local bloggers to participate - or just stop by and sign the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's petition to the EPA.

Round-ups are on FoodieTots & ArugulaFiles.

(Apologize for the self-promotion, but it's for a good cause!)

No problem on the self-promotion, and this reminds me: Does anyone want to volunteer to update the blog roster? It hasn't been done in awhile now and needs to be made current.

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No problem on the self-promotion, and this reminds me: Does anyone want to volunteer to update the blog roster? It hasn't been done in awhile now and needs to be made current.
I am willing to help, i.e. paste links as I discover new ones.

* * *

Absolute favorite that I am not sure has been mentioned on this board thus far: Obamafoodorama

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Even though it seems a bit self promoting to point it out, I have a food blog also. The focus of it has shifted to local food in the last few months as I've become more involved in the local food movement. I don't focus solely on local food, but I do strongly support it and plan to do so more as I shift away from writing about farmers markets for other sites.

www.adventuresinshaw.com

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Even though it seems a bit self promoting to point it out, I have a food blog also. The focus of it has shifted to local food in the last few months as I've become more involved in the local food movement. I don't focus solely on local food, but I do strongly support it and plan to do so more as I shift away from writing about farmers markets for other sites.

www.adventuresinshaw.com

It's a great blog. Check out lucky Shaw Girl's Food Buzz post on her Summer Solstice Dinner with Vermillion's Tony Chittum!

http://www.adventuresinshaw.com/2009/06/foodbuzz-24-24-24-virginia-farmland-summer-solstice-supper/

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After a very long hiatus I'll be updating the blog rolls over the next few weeks. I will also add the blogs mentioned above. However, given that it is a very time consuming project -- it involves visiting each site, verify that links are still up and running -- this may take a while.

If there are blogs you would like to see added please post or, preferably, send me a PM.

Thanks.

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A blog (a contraction of the term "weblog"): a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. These are just a few food related blogs (with known dr.com members in Bold):

PM any changes, corrections or additions to legant; updated September 8, 2009.

Member's Blogs:

Shaw Girl -- a Southern Belle with a strong commitment to buying fresh, local and in season food -- writes Adventures in Shaw.

Are You Hungry Yet has KT, Chocolatechipkt, dishing up some very nice food prep photos and a fun sense of style.

Capital Life. Culocho writes with his unique spin on the DC scene. [by invitation only.]

JoeHoya and others write about "food, obsessively shop for food and chant for “Foodie magazine day!” when our mailbox is graced with another edition of food porn" at Capital Spice.

Counter Intelligence – Melissa McCart, MeMc, is frequently looking to others on dr.com for inspiration and ideas. Often her queries to members of dr.com end up being integrated into articles she writes for DCist, the Express, and thefoodsection.com, among others.

museful has compiled a recipe index based on what you are craving at CookThink.

StorageLady is The Dining Diva of Frederick, Maryland.

Dining In Dc is a blog about the DC Metropolitan area restaurant scene. The blog includes dining reviews, tips for diners, food & restaurant news and trends, restaurant events including festivals, openings, and closings, chef interviews — just about everything related to dining out in the DC area. Diningindc.wordpress.

Diplodocus. Kanishka, the peripatetic gastronaut.

Dmwineline is dmwine's long-standing blog offering an alternative take on wine. Dave is also the Wine Columnist for Washingtonian Magazine.

Endless Simmer is a food blog by gansie -- based in New York City and Washington, DC -- with rants and raves on the latest recipes, restaurants and pop culture.

Eric Eats Lunch. Now that Ferment Everything has moved to the West Coast, want to know where he eats lunch? Check it out here.

dcaCRL focuses on farm fresh foods from local markets at FoodieTots.

Heather documents her adventures as Earth Mother meets Punk Rock in the Kitchen. Check it out: Heather Shorter.

HowChow blogs about markets, restaurants, and food around Howard County at HowChow.

Gelato-ology. Dolcezza, who runs the artisinal gelato and sorbetto shop Dolcezza in Georgetown blogs with a retailer's perspective.

Gourmet Pig is The Gourmet Pig's blog of restaurant reviews and recipes.

Let's Sharing! is Xochitl10's blog about living in Japan. Although not focused solely on food, there is a "Food" category link on the sidebar.

Life of Spice is Monica Bhide's blog where she posts reprints of some of her many interesting articles, recipes, travelogues and other musings.

Lots of Everything from Malawry

Metrocurean. oliveDC posts frequently about the local food and restaurant scene.

Panache Nosh is writen by Panache Nosh. “It’s what you’ve been craving.”

TMFIII and SeanMike describe their blog, Scofflaw’s Den, as an “online speakeasy of potent potables and other pabulum.”

Small Pouch is PerriK's blog mainly (at least recently) about the TV show "Top Chef."

Synasthesia. Her blog focuses on restaurant reviews, some travelogue and musings.

The Houndstooth Gourmet. Monavano focuses on "local, seasonal, farmers markets." Also, info on foodie news pertaining to (mostly) NoVa."

This is Gonna Be Good is 1000yregg's contribution to the blog community. He posts on items in Baltimore and DC, with additional information on trips elsewhere and cooking.

Trouble with Toast. BettyJoan "was a server at a Cajun restaurant in my hometown, … used to wait on Jeff Foxworthy."

You Gonna Eat All That? Barbara, Biscuit Girl's blog has restaurant reviews, and lots of photos of her dogs.

And last, but not least, Don Rockwell's Lettres de Mon Moulin.

Washington-area Bloggers:

The Arugula Files is describes her "experiences learning to cook, eating out, collecting cookbooks, my addiction to the food network, and how I manage to cook anything in my tiny kitchen."

Anapestic. 45 year old guy in Olney shares his recipes with the world.

Chief Wino is Andrew Stover's fun blog about wine, food and travel. He is (was?) the wine director at Oya. Too bad he didn't design their website.

ChileFire has Mr. Tugwell living on a 40' motor yacht moored at the Gangplank Marina in DC. He blogs about the fiery side of eating, with recipes, restaurant and product reviews.

DCFoodies is probably one of the best known of the local foodie blogs, and its author, Jason Storch is well known to regulars of dr.com.

Eat With Me, Scott Eichinger's blog, contains an extensive recipe index.

Ethnic Dining Guide. Tyler Cowen's dining guide in blog format.

FoodGoat. LadyGoat's "daily adventures in eating, cooking, drinking, more eating, and some stuff in between."

Food-Plan has "ebeth," "kobi," "vgill" and "shields" ranking hundreds of local eateries on a scale of one to ten, with a brief description of each one. Plus a few essays. [NB: Can’t tell if this blog is active.]

The Garden Apartment: Eating locally in the big city.

Gluttony - The High Cost of Living is "Jason's" contribution to the dining scene in DC. "There is nothing worth half as much as doing, or indeed quite as satisfying, as having a good meal, with good people." Recipes and restaurant reviews, and a few musings.

Gracious Bowl -- It's all about soup.

Kitchen Monkey. A 30- something guy shares his recipes with all of us. And he does it again here.

Kitchen Wench, a.k.a. "Alicia" is a young Minnesota transplant blogging about her interest in cooking.

Lost In Somewhereistan has world traveler "Brunette" telling us that she is an amateur gourmand who works an office job to supports her exotic spice habit. Recipes, restaurant reviews and musings about life and food.

Restaurant Gal uses stories about her series of jobs in secret area restaurants as metaphors for larger cosmic truths.

ToastPoint is a blog by "Katherine" who says about herself: "I love Cheeto's and foie gras equally." Her blog has wonderful recipes and scrumptious photographs.

Veg Blog - Ryan McMichael, 31-year old vegan living in Virginia. All things vegan.

Wine With Dinner reviews wine and DC-area restaurants.

Baltimore-area Bloggers:

Kitchenography, "A Kitchen Life in Baltimore."

Coconut and Lime offers "creative tips and original recipes by a food- obsessed, cupcake-loving girl in Baltimore" with nice photos and recipes.

Dining Dish is a blog by industry insider Dara Bunjon.

Kit Pollard's Mango and Ginger focuses on "ways I've come to love food… eating, shopping, traveling, reading and cooking.

Mrs. Goatwax is a self-described "artist and poet" who seems to hold court mostly at Molly's Public House.

Other Bloggers:

Al Dente are a "bunch of Amazon.com editors who love to cook, decorate, garden, and most importantly...eat! We're in the know about the hottest products for the kitchen and home, including top-of-the-line kitchen appliances, unique cook's tools, chompable dog toys, must-have grills, mouthwatering gourmet food, and much, much more."

Brendan Eats is an amateur cook in Richmond, VA. Look for local restaurant reviews. And read about how he made salmon in his dishwasher!

Gourmetro is a team effort, and not just in DC.

Mangiare Bene Lisetta writes about Italian food without pretension.

Obama Foodorama is tracking the "paradigm shift in Obama food and Ag policy & connecting the dots between East Wing, West Wing and Capitol Hill initiatives and legislation."

Weston's Digestions chronicles an expatriate's culinary adventures as he "travels throughout Asia and explore the countless eateries and watering holes of my home base in Tokyo, Japan."

Other Food/Wine/Dine Resources:

Chef2Chef - "Culinary portal"

Chowhound - For Those Who Live to Eat

LocalHarvest is a wonderful resource for farmers markets (and farms, farm products, events).

The List: Are You On It?

eGulle - Eat. Chew. Discuss.

LTH Forum - Eating in Chicago-land

Online Cooking is an online cooking resource.

RogueFood is actually Meowzart's food chat site, not unlike dr.com. Pool Boy is managing the site while Meowzart is on sabbatical. There are some interesting chats going on. More of a Baltimore tilt than DC, but plenty of both.

Loulies is a different kind of weblog.

Dead Blog Roll (If not dead, then certainly long neglected):

September 09:

Apples and Bananas

Chocolaterie Wanders

DC Diner

DC Drinks

DC Food Blog

Eat Washington

EatDrinkDC

Farm Groupie

Food For Thought

French Laundry At Home

Gourmetro

In Search of Free Food

Unique Culinary Adventures

Kitchen Monkey

Mainly About Food

My Little Kitchen

Real Reviews DC

Steak Sandwich and a Steak Sandwich

Suburban Tasteland

Tarting it Up

Wahoooob

What Do I Do With Kale?

January ’08:

Five Dollar

Global Gastronomy.

My Head Half Empty

Restaurant Bytes

Talking with my Mouth Full

[Previous post, dated January '08; Original post and comments by Crackers.]

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