
The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook
100 Great Recipes Photographs and Voices
by Foodista, Inc.
Price: $19.99
ISBN-13: 9780740797675
ISBN-10: 0740797670
Format: Paperback
Size: 9 x 9 in.
Page Count: 224

“The cookbook has so many great looking recipes in it. I have only started, but I see many new things to try. It is a winner if you are looking for a completely different cookery book. The vast difference in the authors of each recipe make it interesting also the fact that the recipes were voted on by us, the people. It is a neat idea for sure. ” ––Passion for Eating http://bit.ly/fkcmKH
“What’s so inspiring about this collection, divided by course, is the variety of viewpoints coming from the contributing food bloggers. Most exciting for us going through the recipes was realizing we hadn’t heard of 75% of the contributing bloggers, and we know a lot of food bloggers (at least their sites and their food). This book reminded us that the world of food blogging is a powerhouse of innovation and creativity. And really good food.” ––Cooks, Books, & Recipes http://bit.ly/en5j7R
“[Foodista] organized the first international food blogging conference last year. From that grew an initiative to call for entries in a contest to select the 100 best blogs. More than 1,500 were received. After Foodista editors selected their 100 favorites, the next logical step was to publish a book with profiles of the bloggers plus a recipe from each. “Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook” was published last month by Andrews McMeel. The book shows the passion, dedication and creativity of a food-blogging community that is truly international.” ––MLive http://bit.ly/ddT2iO
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—From Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook, Andrews McMeel Publishing
LANGDON COOK
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
FAT OF THE LAND: ADVENTURES OF A 21ST CENTURY FORAGER
http://fat-of-the-land.blogspot.com/2009/08/salmon-head-soup.html
I’m a writer, editor, forager, and author of Fat of the Land: Adventures of a 21st Century Forager.
SERVES 4 to 6
Wouldn’t you know the day I forget my camera is the day my boy catches his first salmon off the beach—on a Snoopy rod no less? Riley let out a whoop when the fish hit his lure, and I’m sure I probably thought it was a false alarm, some weeds or a bottom snag. But then I saw the Snoopy rod doubled over. I ran over and set up a station behind the boy, making sure the fish didn’t rip the rod right out of his grip. He reeled and kept the tip up like a pro. Pretty soon the fish was in the surf, and I figured for sure it would break the line. But Riley held on and pulled that salmon right up onto the beach.
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—From Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook, Andrews McMeel Publishing
SIMONE VAN DEN BERG
ALMERE, NETHERLANDS
JUNGLEFROG COOKING
http://junglefrog-cooking.com/chanterelles-tart
SERVES 4
I was so happy when we went to the farmers’ market in Amsterdam on Saturday to find an entire stall filled with all sorts of mushrooms. Remember that in the supermarkets here you can only ever find button mushrooms, chestnut mushrooms, and the occasional oyster mushroom and shiitake if you’re really lucky. But I had never even seen chanterelles, let alone eaten them fresh, so I was quite excited when we found them in the market. I wanted to make these into an appetizer for when my friend would come over for dinner Tuesday, and Olga came up with the suggestion of making them into a tart with puff pastry. This reminded me I still had puff pastry in the freezer, so that would be perfect to make some quick appetizers for dinner. Because I wanted to try out the flavors, I made a little one in the afternoon with chestnut mushrooms and the cheese I bought, and it was delicious. And it is really almost too simple to throw together and looks quite good and tastes fantastic. You can of course use any kind of mushroom you want with this, but the chanterelles were very tasty. In the Netherlands puff pastry is sold in little square packets with separate sheets about 10 to 15 centimeters square and already thin enough to use as they are, ideal for these little pies.
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Foodista, Inc., based in Seattle, was founded by Sheri L. Wetherell, Barnaby Dorfman, and Colin M. Saunders. The technology company operates Foodista.com, the online cooking encyclopedia everyone can edit. This collaborative project leverages open-source software, cloud computing resources, and wisdom of the crowds to rapidly develop cooking software and content. The company is funded by private investors and Amazon.
Food bloggers from around the world are the talent behind the first grassroots cookbook to emerge from social media, Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook: 100 Great Recipes, Photographs, and Voices, edited by Sheri L. Wetherell, Barnaby Dorfman, and Colin M. Saunders. This unique, wave-of-the-future cookbook features the foodie-favored Web site Foodista.com, the online cooking encyclopedia everyone can edit.
Foodista.com is the Web’s premier source for collaborative cooking, with the goal of building the world’s largest high-quality online cooking encyclopedia where followers can find everything from basic recipes to the latest in foods, tools, and techniques.
Foodista announced its cookbook contest to bloggers in December 2009, inviting them to submit their favorite recipes and photos for possible inclusion in the cookbook. Less than a year later, in August 2010, the 99 winners were announced at the International Food Bloggers Conference in Seattle. The result is a mouthwatering collection of 100 “best of the best” recipes reflecting a wide variety of cultures, tastes, and interests.
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“From the very healthy Farro with Mushrooms and Asparagus to the very decadent Blueberry Compote Bread Pudding, this book has recipes that will please every kind of cook. It’s also a wonderful, de facto guide to some of the best food blogs (and the bloggers who write them) out there.” —James Oseland, editor in chief, Saveur, author of Cradle of Flavor: Home Cooking from the Spice Islands of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore
“Back when the Internet was being developed in the ’60s and ’70s, its creators probably never thought it would lead to a revolution in food writing and photography. But that’s exactly what has happened: All over the world, food lovers are blogging about their experiences, sharing recipes, and creating an intimate community of cooking enthusiasts. All through this delightful cookbook, you’ll see recipe after recipe that shows that community’s diversity—dishes from Russia, Israel, Spain, and Japan, as well as from all across the United States. Just as compelling are the stories that accompany the recipes—a look into the lives of people who have made food and cooking a central part of a well-lived life.” —Victoria von Biel, executive editor, Bon Appétit
Andrews McMeel Publishing and Foodista.com Partner on Best of Food Blogs Cookbook and Competition
KANSAS CITY, MO and SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwire - December 1, 2009) - Beginning today, food bloggers worldwide are invited to submit their favorite recipes and photos for possible inclusion in a Foodista.com cookbook to be published in fall 2010 by Andrews McMeel Publishing (AMP).
The idea behind “The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook” took form during a “Blog to Book” panel at the first International Food Blogger Conference earlier this year. There AMP and Foodista.com, the cooking encyclopedia everyone can edit, identified a strong desire among food bloggers to see their work appear in book form. Now they’ll have the opportunity.
For the next three months, food bloggers can submit their photography, writings, and original recipes to Foodista.com. The public can view all submissions on the website and vote for their favorites. That feedback and editors at both companies will determine the approximately 100 entries chosen for inclusion in “The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook.” Each winner will receive a free copy of the cookbook.
Food blogging has exploded in recent years as people from all walks of life have turned to the Web to share their kitchen knowledge and artistry. Posts take the form of prose and photography about everything from ethnic foods to specialized diets and family holiday traditions. AMP is an apt partner for the cookbook as the company has enjoyed great success going from online to print, particularly with this year’s “Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong” by Jen Yates. The New York Times best seller is based on Yates’ phenomenally popular Cakewrecks.com blog, and with 75 percent original content, the book has appealed to the author’s established blog following as well as to new fans.
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