links

Instruction:

• 101 Cookbooks: healthy recipe journal
• Allrecipes: community-tested recipes
• Chocolate & Zucchini: food-related recipes and passions from a native Parisian
• Eat – Live – Run: recipes featuring seasonal, local ingredients and geared towards active lifestyles.
• Kalyn's Kitchen: recipes and cooking tips
• Mark Bittman: cooking simply, comfortably, and well
• Mister Meatball: (Foods I like to make and eat)
• Parsenip: the LettersHead food blog
• Simply Recipes: hundreds of family-tested recipes from Elise Bauer
• The Kitchn: inspiring cooks, nourishing homes.
• The Pioneer Woman: plowing through life in the country . . . one calf nut at a time

Investigation

• Chubby Hubby: food, family, & the finer things in life
• David Lebovitz: living the sweet life in Paris
• Diner's Journal: news on eating, drinking, and cooking from the New York Times
• Food & Think: a heaping helping of food news, science and culture from the Smithsonian
• Food Informants: peek into the life of some food world movers and shakers.
• Ideas in Food: recipes and stories
• Michael Ruhlman: Translating the chef’s craft for every kitchen
• NPR Food: great stories on food and culture
• The Food Section: news on food, wine, and travel
• White on Rice Couple: stories on food, travel, and life through photography

Inspiration:

• Brain Pickings: your mental treasure chest
• Eat The Love | How to Bake | Food Inspiration: the amazing Irvin Lin – baker, writer, and recipe maker
• Ghost Town Farm: urban farmer Novella Carpenter’s blog
• Letters of Note: fascinating letters, postcards, and other ephemera
• Mental Floss: Random, interesting, and amazing trivia and facts
• The Post Ranch Kitchen: Culinary Explorations in Big Sur and New Ideas and Inspirations from the Sierra Mar Kitchen

Food policy and politics:

• Civil Eats: Promoting critical thought about sustainable agriculture and food systems
• Food Politics: Marion Nestle’s blog on food politics and nutrition
• Salon Food: current food news
• Slow Food USA: supporting good, clean, and fair food

Food porn:

• Food Gawker: feed your eyes
• Robyn Lawley eats: photos of a model’s daily bread. No carrot sticks in sight.
• Tastespotting: a community-driven virtual potluck

Watch and listen:

• Good Eats: full episodes of Alton Brown’s popular series from Food Network
• Hidden Kitchens: The award-winning Kitchen Sisters explore the world of unexpected, below the radar cooking, legendary meals and eating traditions
• Nadia G's Bitchin' Kitchen: comedy-cooking show featuring original recipes and lots of laughs
• Reserve Channel: featuring extraordinary people and places; host of Eric Riper’s “On the Table”

Friends

• Lettershead: Twentieth Century Writing in a Twenty First Century Way. Beautiful writing and photos from a great friend.
• Notes From the Handbasket: author Laura Benedict’s blog on the writing life
• Silvia Martins Solo Dance: critically acclaimed dancer, teacher, and choreographer