Textual sustenance
I’ve been trying to find some good food and restaurants blogs, however I’m not doing so well. I’m looking for something with coverage of exciting new restaurants all over that includes reviews and commentary.
The best I can come up with so far, and it’s not bad at all, is Slashfood. It’s not restaurant oriented, however it does a good job of covering most everything else. From agricultural news to cookbooks and even regular coverage of national newspapers’ food sections, it has it. It sometimes has a declasse take on things (they’re prone to drooling over gadgets), but I like that they have food porn.
Food porn you say? Nope, it’s not videos of “101 Ways to Do a Watermelon.” It’s artistic photos of food shot like you would see in a cookbook, magazine, or newspaper. Lots of their submissions seem to be very amateur, but seeing them made me realize that lots of other people take pictures of their food. I’ve been doing that for years – both at home and at restaurants.
One other site I should mention is Fast Food News. Slashfood links to it once in a while. It covers anything fast food related, from new menu items to commentary on chains. I’m a fan of the new menu item submissions, as how else would I have ever heard about DQ’s new Meltdown Chili Burger or Del Taco’s Maple Sausage Rollups?
If you know of any other sites along these lines, let me know. I can always use something new to read.