The Best Blogs You’re Not Reading: Food Edition

Time for another edition of…

(Editor’s Note…if you’re just catching up, this is my alternative to having a blog roll!  You can read the intro post here, and the Best Blogs: Bee Edition here.  I’ll soon be adding a tab to the top of the page so you can access all the blog reviews in one spot.)

Honestly, I read a ton of food blogs, so they’re pretty much all going to get a mention here.  Food blogs were the very first blogs I ever started reading, so they hold a really special spot in my heart.  Of the food blogs I read, there are two that get the first hits when I open my Google Reader each day.

The first is, of course, How Sweet It Is, written by the totally fabulous and absolutely lovely Jessica.  Seriously, you can’t go wrong with this blog.  Not only does she have a great sense of humor and an intense love for bacon (hello, two things VERY necessary in my life!), she posts amazing and creative recipes.

Remember this recipe?

It was from Jessica.

I mean, come on, how can you go wrong with creations like these?

(Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Cookie Dough Frosting)
Photo from How Sweet It Is

(Crispy Shrimp Tacos)
Photo from How Sweet It Is

So, needless to say, Jessica is awesome.  And if you’re not reading her blog, you’re seriously missing out!

My second favorite food blog is Eat, Live, Run, written by the also lovely and fabulous Jenna.  This was one of the very first food blogs I started reading, and I have watched as Jenna has graduated from culinary school, survived the heartbreaking death of her brother, moved across the country, and fallen in love.  She is an avid reader, like me…who loves sweets & wine, like me…and also loves yoga, like me (detect a theme here?).  Her resilience and love for life never ceases to amaze me.  And her recipes are amazing too!

I mean, come on:

(Glazed Cake Doughnuts)
Photo from Eat Live Run

She pretty much single-handedly convinced me to get a doughnut pan.

And her channa masala convinced me to try Indian food for the first time!

(Channa Masala)
Photo from Eat Live Run

Between her posts on life in California, the books she’s reading, her crazy adventures with her boyfriend Adam, and her amazeballs recipes, this is a blog you should be checking daily.

And now for the honorable mentions!  I’m just going to list pretty much every food blog I read.  Some of these are strictly food blogs, some are more fitness & lifestyle blogs…but regardless, I love them all!

Kath Eats Real Food
Healthy Tipping Point
Carrots N’ Cake
Good Life Eats
Rhodey Girl Tests
fANNEtastic food
The Fitnessista
Eat Move Write
Daily Garnish
Brie Fit
Chandra’s Shenanigans
Musings of a Midwestern Girl
Just a One Girl Revolution
Operation Nutrition
Simply Breakfast
Andi. On Life. 

And in truth, I actually read a few more food blogs than this…but these are the main ones I am hitting up each day!

So there you have it…the Best Blogs You’re Not Reading: Food Edition.  What are some of your favorite food blogs?