The visual aspects of food are some of the most appealing to me – who could deny the awesome colors and textures. One art director that has caught my eye is Robert Festino, who does work for Bon Appetit. I found more information about his work through DesignWorkLife. Who could resist these colors?
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The prestigious Beard Foundation journalism awards are for the first time not distinguishing between online and offline in terms of food writing. This makes sense to me, especially since there is so much overlap between online and off, but I am actually surprised they took this step – so kudos!
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Though it is not exclusively world eats, I have really been enjoying They Draw and Cook, a blog where artists illustrate their favorite recipes. And by illustrate I really mean illustrate! Check out this recipe for Lof, a Belgian/Dutch endive dish.
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Macarons, with their near-infinite variety of colors and flavors, are the most Parisian of desserts. The Kitchn does a pastry tour of Paris and determines that the winner of the best Macaron title is….
Flickr Credit: Yuichi.sakuraba’s macarons from Pierre Hermé, Tokyo.
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IKEA is primarily known for their cheap minimalist furniture and home goods. Apparently this stark and organized aesthetic also translates to their foray into cookbooks, “Hembakat är Bäst” (Homemade is Best). Not satisfied with mere lists of ingredients, the cookbook presents the ingredients as works of art in themselves, photographed by Carl Kleiner. Below is an image of the ingredients for Drommar, a type of Swedish cookie. NotCot has an extended post on these awesome images. And for those who can’t read Swedish, here is a recipe for Drommar.
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I am really enjoying the layout and illustrations in this recipe and feature article from the Bold Italic blog about the wonders of Japanese Curry.
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A blog worth visiting for global food inspiration is Epicurious’ Around the world in 80 dishes, which feature the history of the dish as well as a video and a recipe. They feature recipes from Egypt, Jamaica, The Philippines, Hungary – everywhere! The latest recipes is Doro Watt – an Ethiopian favorite.
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Seriously!!! Going to Philly, New York , LA and San Fran, the sidewalks are chockablock with awesome food carts. It’s not just tacos and burgers anymore either, check out the creme brulee cart (which like many other food trucks, Twitters its news and location), a must do for when we go to San Fran. Sure, in Chicago there is the erstwhile paleta cart, but I’m talking about the full out Food-Truck experience. Check out Chicagofoodtrucks.com a site with more info about how food trucks might come to the Windy City.
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It’s pretty amazing to look at historical menus, both for the prices and the actual menu items (how times have changed!). The LA Public Library and the New York Public Library both an extensive selection of old menus. There are even a few from Chicago, including an intriguing ad for the Chicago Chop Suey Parlor from the 1940s and a menu for the (relatively) recently-closed Barney’s Market Club.
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If there’s anything we like as much as world eats, its cheap eats. Even in NYC there are still some deals to be had.
Dollar Slice by Matthew Hurst
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A group of students tracked back the sources of the food found in a taco truck taco. Though some of the food was in fact local, some of the spices had traveled around the world to get there. Makes you think how truly global most eating nowadays is (for better or worse), even when we don’t realize it.
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Contrary to what was previously reported, El Bulli is not going to close temporarily and then be re-imagined. It is going to be closing for good. I had no idea they were losing so much money!
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El Bulli, the famed Molecular Gastronomic restaurant in Spain, which has often been called the best restaurant in the world – is closing for 2 years, starting in 2012 and will open in 2014 with a completely different concept. Wow – so much for eventually getting there!
The blog Fake NYC Restaurant Reviews is evil genius – and just what it sounds like. If I didn’t know better I’d almost swear some of these could be real.
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New Years Eve in NYC ca. 1913 from the Library of Congress
Not only was yesterday the last day of 2009, it was the last day of the 2000’s (Naughties) or whatnot. So as a final farewell, here are some decade in food wrap ups. Prepare for a lot of looking back on molecular gastronomy, corn, Rachael Ray and organic food.
Happy Eating in 2010!
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2010 is almost here. If you’re looking for a celebratory idea – Chow has an interesting article that gives a different drink for every time zone. Start out slow with water in Kiribati on the International Date Line and finish up with a Lychee-infused Cheehu cocktail in Hawaii
Feeding America is an interesting project out of Michigan State that is dedicated to digitizing local cookbooks from all eras of American history. I came across this site when I was researching recipes for St. Lucia’s Day, and found a Swedish-American bilingual cookbook from 1897. You can browsw by year or interest, which includes ethnic cookbooks, and then look at pages of the cookbook itself or a trascript of the recipes. Other great finds include Aunt Babette’s Jewish cookbook from 1889 and a Chinese-Japanese Cook Book from 1914.
Christmas is right around the corner and that means gingerbread houses. Who could resist these Not Martha mini gingerbread houses made to perch on your mug [of hot cocoa].
Chicago Magazine has a feature about the best places to get empanadas in Chicago. Offerings from Mexico, Argentina and Brazil all make an appearance.
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I’m a regular reader of Lifehacker and recently they’re had a spate of interesting articles about Tea. Check out RateTea for reviews of literally hundreds of types of tea, or check out Steepster, a site with tea information, reviews and even blogs. Or if you’re feeling particularly crafty you can even make your own DiY travel tea bags.
Eating The World 
