Best of the blogs
Wednesday, December 24, 2008 | 09:00 AM ET
For the holidays, the bloggers at Food Bytes have compiled a list of the blogs we frequent. Here are the foodie websites that top our bookmarked lists:
This blog is written by Barbara Fisher, a chef, mother and extraordinary food writer in Ohio. Even though she has insightful columns about the restaurant and food industry, it's her expertise in Chinese cooking that brings me back. My grandfather is a retired Chinese cook but most of his and my mother's lessons to me are of the "throw this in the wok, then add some of this" variety.
Having absorbed the knowledge of the Chinese cooks in a West Virginia restaurant worked at, followed by years of research and passion, Fisher is precise in the step-by-step recipes and photos she shares. (Andree Lau)
Like most harried working mothers, Edmonton's Sue Robins struggles with putting a square meal on the table while juggling work, chores, and soccer games. Anyone who's ever wondered what to have for dinner at home will enjoy the recipes, food tips and refreshingly honest snapshots of daily life in Foodie Suz. (Andree Lau)
Justhungry.com is a fun, energetic blog penned by Maki, a Tokyo-born food-lover who has lived around Japan, in the U.K., U.S. and is now based in Switzerland. I love her curiosity and enthusiasm about a wide range of cuisines as well as her blog's dedication to Japanese home cooking and the food-related nostalgia felt by expatriates. (Jessica Wong)
It's great when you find a food blog created by a talented wordsmith, but it's even better when spectacular, mouth-watering photos accompany each posting. With Chubbyhubby.net, created by Singapore-based Aun, you get an enthusiastic eater (conveniently married to a food writer and consultant) and a fantastic photographer. (Jessica Wong)
Though this blog's name honours all that is good about sandwiches -- it does in fact celebrate every corner of the pantry. Vancouver-based Jeanette Ordas has created an inspiring food catalogue from satays and dips to mains and muffins. Ordas skillfully documents her processes, adeptly spooning out tips and mixing in personal anecdotes. And from Ordas' unique perspective, she makes each entry intimately personal, detailing who inspired the dish or how she the meal was consumed. In describing a perfectly baked ginger cake she recalls, "When the last piece was eaten, I cried a little inside." Who among us has not felt such pain? Anybody who likes a good, beautifully presented read will love "everybody likes sandwiches." (Tara Kimura)
CNET - Appliances and kitchen gadgets
If time was never an issue, I could happily spend an entire day walking the aisles of kitchen supply stores, picking up and scrutinizing gadgets. But the next best thing may be CNET's kitchen appliance blog which showcases newfangled wonders such as rotating pizza ovens, coffee roaster kits for the barbecue and digital recipe readers. The blog is a whirlwind of ideas and inventions — a science fair for foodies. (Tara Kimura)
Deb, a freelance writer and photographer, writes this blog depicting her adventures in her tiny New York City kitchen with mouth-watering photographs interspersed with well-written stories. Just scrolling through her picture-rich entries makes me hungry. (Amber Hildebrandt)
Shuna Lydon’s blog is part poetry, part pastry recipes and always entertaining. The pastry chef gives readers her expert recipes and insight into the inner workings of professional kitchens. (Amber Hildebrandt)
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Amber Hildebrandt writes for CBCNews.ca in Toronto. Growing up on a farm in Manitoba, she acquired an insatiable appetite, but it was during a stint in Japan that she developed her discerning tastebuds and "foodie" ways.
Andrea Chiu is an associate producer at CBC Radio Digital. Though she loves to eat, cook and discuss food,
don't ask her to bake. It never turns out well. She tweets as @TOfoodie on Twitter and organizes food and wine events in Toronto called FoodieMeet.
Tara Kimura is the consumer life reporter for CBCNews.ca, covering a wide range of issues that range from rising food costs and the growing organic movement, to new trends in the marketplace.
Andree Lau is a CBC web reporter in Calgary. Her journalism career includes seven years as a CBC-TV reporter. Her own blog called "are you gonna eat that?" chronicles her eating adventures (including sampling snake and camel hoof tendon).
Jessica Wong is a CBCNews.ca writer who loves to eat and cook, as well as discuss, read and watch programming about food, sometimes all at once.
Kevin Yarr, CBCNews.ca's writer in Prince Edward Island, wrote about food and beer for national and regional magazines before joining the CBC. He acquired a desire for new tastes on his first trip to Europe, and an appreciation of eating locally and in season when he finally settled down on P.E.I.
Elizabeth Bridge is a writer with the CBC Digital Archives in Toronto. She first ventured into the kitchen as a child to indulge a sweet tooth by baking cookies and making fudge. A student budget compelled her to be a vegetarian (for a while) and instilled in her an ongoing curiosity about food and cooking.
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