Thank you so much for this very interesting post. I’ll be looking up a lot of your recommendations. Things I look for in a good blog are:
1.Good writing; proper English…surprising how many bloggers can’t write and do not know their grammar
2. A general appreciation of their world-wide “audience”. So many bloggers write as if everyone lives in their town/celebrates only their festivals/has access to their supermarket brands
3.Ideas about food (not necessarily recipes) that are new or unusual because they are combinations of ingredients not usually combined, or they are recipes from another culture, or there is some technological advance in the preparation due to new ways of cooking or preserving. For example new ways of freezing either the entire dish or parts of it to make serving it later less of a chore.
I also like tips from cooks who garden-for example: how to dry your own garlic or preserve it in some way.
My longest association with any food blog is “Chocolate and Zucchini” and Clothilde fulfills all of my requirements for an excellent food blog. Clothilde actually recommended me to Stone Soup on one occasion when I was complaining about the lack of bloggers in Australia. So the circle is complete!
Wonderful Jan!
And even better Clotilde and I are friends :)
Hi Jules, thanks for the interesting recommendations I’ll definitely be checking them out. As a newbie cook my favourite other food website is Smitten Kitchen. While some of the wonderful stuff she makes is way out of my league I always enjoy her writing, pictures of the dish in progress and the wonderful comments from fellow food enthusiasts on variations they’ve tried, what worked and what didn’t.
Many thanks for all your effort and encouragement, your words and recipes are what help me put breakfast lunch and dinner on the table everyday and feel happy with the results.
Glad Stonesoup is helping Karen!
And thanks for the reminder about Smitten Kitchen.. havent visited in a while :)
I’ve gotten so hooked on food blogs that I don’t use my cookbooks all that often any more. My current favorites (besides 5 Ingredients 10 Minutes) are Nourished Kitchen by Jenny McGruther, and The Easy Vegetarian Kitchen by Erin Alderson (naturallyella.com). The one book I would recommend to everyone, to help them eat the healthiest is Eating on the Wild Side by Jo Robinson. This has definitely changed my understanding of food and the choices I make when buying produce.
Thanks Susan!
I like Nourished Kitchen and look forward to exploring :)
I love your blog & simple wholesome recipes. Another blog I like is the Happy Pear from Ireland. They are vegan & share some fab easy peasy recipes. I’m going back over your list to discover some new sites & look forward to it. Thanks for sharing :)
Thanks Julie!
And look forward to exploring Happy Pear :)
Jx
Thank you so much for this very interesting post. I’ll be looking up a lot of your recommendations. Things I look for in a good blog are:
1.Good writing; proper English…surprising how many bloggers can’t write and do not know their grammar
2. A general appreciation of their world-wide “audience”. So many bloggers write as if everyone lives in their town/celebrates only their festivals/has access to their supermarket brands
3.Ideas about food (not necessarily recipes) that are new or unusual because they are combinations of ingredients not usually combined, or they are recipes from another culture, or there is some technological advance in the preparation due to new ways of cooking or preserving. For example new ways of freezing either the entire dish or parts of it to make serving it later less of a chore.
I also like tips from cooks who garden-for example: how to dry your own garlic or preserve it in some way.
My longest association with any food blog is “Chocolate and Zucchini” and Clothilde fulfills all of my requirements for an excellent food blog. Clothilde actually recommended me to Stone Soup on one occasion when I was complaining about the lack of bloggers in Australia. So the circle is complete!
Wonderful Jan!
And even better Clotilde and I are friends :)
Hi Jules, thanks for the interesting recommendations I’ll definitely be checking them out. As a newbie cook my favourite other food website is Smitten Kitchen. While some of the wonderful stuff she makes is way out of my league I always enjoy her writing, pictures of the dish in progress and the wonderful comments from fellow food enthusiasts on variations they’ve tried, what worked and what didn’t.
Many thanks for all your effort and encouragement, your words and recipes are what help me put breakfast lunch and dinner on the table everyday and feel happy with the results.
Glad Stonesoup is helping Karen!
And thanks for the reminder about Smitten Kitchen.. havent visited in a while :)
I’ve gotten so hooked on food blogs that I don’t use my cookbooks all that often any more. My current favorites (besides 5 Ingredients 10 Minutes) are Nourished Kitchen by Jenny McGruther, and The Easy Vegetarian Kitchen by Erin Alderson (naturallyella.com). The one book I would recommend to everyone, to help them eat the healthiest is Eating on the Wild Side by Jo Robinson. This has definitely changed my understanding of food and the choices I make when buying produce.
Thanks Susan!
I like Nourished Kitchen and look forward to exploring :)
I love your blog & simple wholesome recipes. Another blog I like is the Happy Pear from Ireland. They are vegan & share some fab easy peasy recipes. I’m going back over your list to discover some new sites & look forward to it. Thanks for sharing :)
Thanks Julie!
And look forward to exploring Happy Pear :)
Jx