The (zippy) online version of the (staid) Times has discovered blogs. That would be the Times of London, you understand. Upstarts like the New York Times and the Seattle Times have to state their identity every time; no such need for the Times. But we digress. Lynne Robinson, writing a survey of food blogs for TimesOnline, lists no fewer than 50 of "the world's best," starting with Seattle's own Orangette. Comes at a good time for Orangette's Molly Wizenberg: her book, A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table, hits the shelves early next month. The TimesOnline piece is heavily weighted in favor of recipe-driven blogs, but even if you don't cook, Orangette's a great read. Good on ya, Molly! more ›

A new website, Foodista.com, Seattle-based and launched today, promises to do for food what Wikipedia has done for the rest of the universe. more ›

It was April, 2006, and a Seattle Times article about online food writers felt obliged to begin with an explanation of what blogs were all about. We've come a long, long way. more ›

Nancy Leson's blog, All You Can Eat, pays tribute today to this guy, John Hinterberger. No, he hasn't gone to that great Bus Tub in the Sky. He's still very much with us, some 17 years after "retiring" as a regular columnist, restaurant critic, and talk show host. Proof that there's life aplenty after the fromage is eaten and the tiramisù is cleared. (His recipe for clam spaghetti, by the way, is a classic.) more ›