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Great food writing!

Nice kitchen blog with easy to do dishes and great ecological approach.

Gourmet cruelty, we should change our food habits and try alternatives to caviar and foie grad. And we should remember that the majority of the planet have never tasted caviar or foie gras.

I believed I was first with this discovery!! A great cooking site!! But my dear friend Tapwater J, tapwaterj.stumbleupon.com [tapwaterj.stumbleupon.com] beat me on this!
I am happy to share with him!

From the page: "entrances and then disappoints you, its come-on stronger than its follow-through, and not just with that flirty bird.

The chicken arrives decked out in many colors and layers. It's a sectioned, skinless breast, placed atop a faintly orange purée of squash blossoms and below dark, meaty slices of portobello mushroom. Over them, like a fleecy cloud at the very summit, hovers warm goat cheese.

The elaborate art and architecture of the dish, which also includes an inky swish of chili paste along one edge of the plate and a verdant swish of cilantro and lime emulsion along another, boldly announce Ms. Ballesteros's desire to take Mexican cooking in the kind of nuanced directions that too few Mexican restaurants here do. That's great news, and it's delivered in this dish with a mingling of assertive flavors and rich textures that make you swoon."

Weird food served in China (but the corn with ginger seems inoccent enough)...

For the great foodwriters of Chubby Hubby it's worth to travel to Singapore only to taste the new addition to the cosmopolite food scene: Forlino, an Italian restaurante.

From the page: "The eco-wise London Food Link londonfoodlink.org [londonfoodlink.org] ) is a small, independent environmentalist charity which is mostly grant funded. It is part of the food charity Sustain which, in its own words, â€â€¦advocates food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, promote equity and enrich society and culture.†Part of London Food Linkâ€s work involves coaching restaurants that express an interest in how to reduce their environmental impact. This work is also part of â€Greener Foodâ€, a joint project with a number of organisations, with London Food Link looking specifically at the food aspect. "