My favorite food blog, of course, is Bitten by Mark Bittman, a food writer at The Times. I’m also a regular reader of The Times’s Diner’s Journal, by writers and editors in The Times’s Dining section. But if I need a recipe I can’t find in The Times, I usually go to Cooking Light.
Healthy Holidays
30 Days of Holiday Eating
A series of daily tips, tidbits and insights about holiday food.
Given my limited culinary talent, that’s pretty much all I need to read about food. But for those who want to branch out, Bon Appetit magazine has posted a great list of 22 favorite food blogs with recipes from each. The slide show is a little cumbersome to navigate, but the pictures offer some tantalizing dishes. To me, the best recipe in the show looks to be the saffron roasted cauliflower offered at the well-named Chocolate & Zucchini.
Other selections from the Bon Appetit list include:
- gingered jeweled salad from 101 Cookbooks;
- butternut squash and sweet potato gratin from Pinch My Salt;
- spicy sweet and salty rosemary nuts from Pink of Perfection.
To see the rest of the magazine’s favorite food blog choices, check out the full slide show, called “Blog Envy.”
Healthy living doesn't happen at the doctor's office. The road to better health is paved with the small decisions we make every day. It's about the choices we make when we buy groceries, drive our cars and hang out with our kids. Join columnist Tara Parker-Pope as she sifts through medical research and expert opinions for practical advice to help readers take control of their health and live well every day. You can reach Ms. Parker-Pope at 
The easiest and most pleasurable way to eat well is to cook. Recipes for Health offers recipes with an eye towards empowering you to cook healthy meals every day. 
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OMG….this is what we call “Food Porn.”
Lewd food photos….have to save for later, for “late night” triple x viewing.
Nice Friday touch, TPP!
— Wesleyhaha agreed Wesley!! I often think the Food Netowrk (well the better shows on it anyway) should have a parental advisory.
— AndreaOur national cancer survivor nonprofit, Malecare, is putting together a Recipe Book for prostate cancer people…..survivors, wives of survivors, husbands of survivors, sons, fathers, lovers of prostate cancer survivors and all the rest of us with prostates.
Our plan is to distribute the book for free, as a way to introduce good health keeping and awareness to all.
SO, if you have a recipe that meets most all of the more durable prostate cancer dietary ideas, and if you agree to let Malecare publish it in our upcoming free to all recipe book, Please email it directly to me, at darryl@malecare.com
Thanks!
— Darryl Mitteldorf, LCSWHere are two I like:
blog.ruhlman.com
— Sean Kwoolypigs.blogspot.com
As much fun as I have reading the food blogs (especially Bitten!), I’ve enjoyed building a place to get together with people I know in my real life in a cooking tab I’ve made at tabup.com.
A bunch of my family and friends get to tell stories of our cooking adventures, trade recipes, ask each other for tips, share favorite websites, and post photos of our creations. It was easy to set up my tab and it’s free.
My tab is a private tab for people I invite, but you can make a public or semi-public tab if you want. You can make tabs for all kinds of subjects and groups of people you know.
Check out a public cooking tab at http://www.tabup.com/cooking.
— Jane TaylorSo glad you liked PinchMySalt. I’m not a foodie but that blog is where I drop by all the time.
— emonI’m a big fan of Pinch My Salt and Chocolate & Zucchini . . . and a contributor for Cooking Light, so I’m happy to see you like my recipes too. Thanks for the list.
FROM TPP — On my Going Nuts For the Holidays post recently I included an EXCELLENT spiced pecan recipes that is receiving rave reviews. I like Cooking Light because I know the food will be good and healthy, but it won’t taste like diet food.
— Lia HuberThis one is good:
http://thursdaynightsmackdown.com/
— jennySmitten Kitchen is the best food blog I read! http://smittenkitchen.com/
— ElinorYou haven’t seen food porn til you’ve seen
http://smittenkitchen.com/
FROM TPP — Smittenkitchen is one of the picks by Bon Appetit as well.
— Sharoncheck out the food blog…alifewortheating.com
— lorithe photography is beautiful
OMG! Not fair to post http://smittenkitchen.com/ on the WELL BLOG. That’s like offering drinks to an alcoholic. You guys are right–this is food porn.
The recipes and photos are out-of-this-world!
I’m up for the challenge of trying to turn some of these luscious recipes into healthy fare.
First attempt is going to be the Black Bean Pumpkin Soup–minus the butter, beef broth & ham. I’ll report back if my substitutions can work.
Next try is going to be: Peanut Sesame Noodles. This one looks “WELL BLOG WORTHY”.
http://www.happyhealthylonglife.com/
FROM TPP — The roasted chicken looks pretty good. And the feta salsa looks interesting.
— The Healthy LibrarianOh yeah, TPP, I definitely noticed those 2 yummy recipes as well!
— The Healthy LibrarianI am no cook, so consider the source, but I enjoy Gary Allen’s periodic emails on offbeat food sites. You can email him at gallen@hvi.net to get in on it.
— Stari’m surprised not to see seriouseats.com it’s addictive
— rhiannon:op~~
I’m a bit annoyed by 101 Cookbooks. The food is written about and photographed with such treacly preciousness. I am fine with the other blogs cited by TPP, but simply cannot stand 101 Cookbooks.
— AmeliaFor you fellow vegans: fatfreevegan.com. This is Susan Voisin’s site, with delicious and and healthy recipes and nice photography too.
— HannahTara, I have been loving these happier topics on the Well blog recently, a welcomed reprieve.
Thanks, or maybe, no thanks. I don’t need to find any other food blogs to distract me from the stuff I should do. They put me in a panic, wanting to make or bake them all and not knowing how to go back and find those compelling recipes again. I know, I could store them in one happy place, but that requires yet another click and I am seriously wanting to start my Christmas cards today.
Not to mention that it’s so much nicer to read about food, look at delectable pix, rather than how much people hate and disrespect doctors. I’m just saying no to those topics these days.
I recently made the Two Lentil stew posted on the Wednesday Chef and it was a perfect side dish for my simple grilled salmon. Another day, I used that recipe to jump off to a soup with the addition of some sauteed sausage and stock. At our Christmas Soup party, it was well received and slurped.
The roasted Cauliflower is great, but sometimes I make it as a trio, including broccoli and brussels sprouts, minus the saffron. Yum.
— PatI love http://www.fatfreevegan.com, aka Fat-Free Vegan Kitchen. I’m not actually vegan or vegetarian, but I am very interested in healthy, tasty food, and these recipes fit the bill … plus, most of them are very do-able by the average cook in the average kitchen.
— CindyShttp://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/
— AilbheOne of the funniest food related blogs out there. I’m not a big foodie, but I can’t resist Cake Wrecks!
A funny, practical blog about cooking for families
http://www.yumfoodblog.blogspot.com
— Annetteyay! i love food blogs. i don’t think there needs to be any sacrifice of deliciousness for the sake of health. in fact, from all the science i have read (it is my job) the MOST DELICIOUS foods are usually the best for you (desserts aside). farm fresh spring peas, summer tomatoes, fall apples, winter squash: that’s the stuff happiness is made of.
thanks for the list TPP!!
— daryaI read 101 cookbooks and Bittman all the time. Together they have offered me the stability of no-nonsense cooking information (bittman) with inspiration for the vegetarian side of life (Heidi Swanson at 101 Cookbooks).
Thanks for the other suggestions!
— Erinfavorites:
serious eats and the kitchn! very informative and great recipes
— sarahI LOVE http://blissfulglutton.blogspot.com/
Good place to check for Atlanta residents
— ATL, STL