"We wanted to create a buzzing place for others who do what we do all day long: talk about food!" ~ Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs of Food52

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Every once in awhile, I like to share other blogs or sites that I enjoy.  If I take the time to check in on them on a fairly regular basis, I guess that I really do like them!  Today I'm going to share one of my favorite "foodie" sites - Food52.  You can read the "about" section of their site, but the part that hangs with me is the following:

• If you cook, your family will eat dinner together.
• If you cook, you will naturally have a more sustainable household.
• If you cook, you'll set a lifelong example for your children.
• If you cook, you'll understand what goes into food and will eat more healthily.
• If you cook, you'll make your home an important place in your life.
• If you cook, you'll make others happy.
• If you cook, people will remember you.

While this may sound as though it is mainly a recipe site, it is not.  There are plenty of really, really good recipes, but the thing that I enjoy the most is the steady stream (several a day) of articles with food related content.   Each article comes with a brief summary of the topic, and then generally a link to a larger source.  Some are "recipe" related; some are "food interest" related and others are "political" in nature.

Here are some examples of what you will find at Food52.

Community Cookbooks Before the Internet

Food Poem Fridays

East Vs. West:  Food Poisoning

Your Favorite Fictional Food

When it comes to Fish, Less is More

The Cheeses of Italy 

How to Load a Dishwasher 

Cookbook Writing 101

Greening the Rooftops - and the Food Chain

Summer Weekend Pasta

Too Many Cooks:  What's Your Favorite Food Movie?

7 Summer Soups

     

Organic Foods Vs. Organic Branding

Farm Bill Reaches the House  

If you enjoy "foodie" information, you will enjoy Food52, which can always be found and accessed from the right-hand column of my blog (which is a gentle reminder to those of you receiving this via e-mail - there's much more to be found at my blog than just today's post)

Enjoy!!!

"You can't choose up sides on a round world." ~ Wayne Dyer

A few years ago, I came across "Where the Hell is Matt?" (also titled "Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth) - I think that my sister Robin forwarded it to me.  That video has been a permanent fixture on my blog since its beginning, in the right hand column, under:  

Some of My Favorite Flash Mobs, Dance Videos and Other Clips!

To view the first one - click on the link below - it's just fabulous!

 Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth

Now - the most recent installment, sent to me by my dad. If  you are receiving this via email  and the video does not come through, click HERE to watch it:

This makes the world a smaller, and happier, place!

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." ~ Lou Holtz

I have joked with Bruce that we really need to build a duck-blind out on our deck!  It's pretty difficult to get decent photos of skittish birds when I have to sneak up on them!  The action at our feeders the other day leads me to believe that our hawks are elsewhere.  We may see them again, or we may not. In the meantime - it's nice to have the song-birds return!

So nice!