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Each year, the food blog community nominates its favorite posts of the year, then takes a vote to determine the Post of the Year. Naturally -- so many food blogs, soooo many posts, such short memories -- recent posts and consistently good writers dominate the nominations. To balance the year and the writer pool during 2008, here on BlogHer each month let's collect a handful of posts that represent great writing from great food blogs.
Here are my own contributions of the best writing from food blogs during February. But blog writers and blog readers, you too. Think back over the past 29 days of February. What post moved you? called to you? made you think? changed your thinking? made you laugh? grabbed you at the first line? turned a memorable phrase? captured the rhythm of the month? If you have a contribution too, leave a comment with a link. And during March, watch. We'll look at Cooks with Quills each month.
First, may I just say, food bloggers, I do adore you! I love your stories. I love your clever turns of phrase. I love how you enliven the ordinary. Your word dancing, it is lovely and I thank you for it. Without fuss and flair, you tackle it all: the weather to miscarriage to shopping for vitamins to meeting a new goddaughter. And somehow, always, all these subjects are dusted with the cinnamon that is food. This month alone, my "great writing" tag on De.licious holds 34 posts from 26 bloggers. It was such a pleasure to re-read them all, a challenge to pare back to just ten.
Dine & Dish ~ The Fertilizer of Life, How do we get through tough times?
Excerpt: "I had the opportunity to go to a half day retreat at our church this past weekend. ... This retreat came at such a good time for me. I was feeling slightly overwhelmed by life, gloomy because of the winter weather, and was in need of a good 'pep talk'. As the tiny little Catholic nun stood in front of us sharing her wisdom, she asked a question. 'What makes plants and flowers grow?' Well, the obvious answers were thrown out there ... water, sun, soil, etc. She then said 'Anything else?' Everyone looked around perplexed and then someone in the front said 'Fertilizer'. 'Exactly!', exclaimed Sister Charlotte. "Fertilizer ... which is also known as sh*t. Just like plants, it is the sh*t in our lives that make us grow.'"
~ ~ ~ Keep reading: The Fertilizer of Life
Culinary Types ~ Lemon-Lime Soda Pop Cake from 1965, The imagined life of a harried cook circa 1965
Excerpt: "She hurries through the back kitchen door at 5:55 p.m. and hangs her coat and handbag over the hook by the entryway. She slips off her black pumps and slides her sore feet into a pair of pink terrycloth slippers sitting by the doormat. It has been a long day. It is inventory season at Gimbels Department Store and She and her colleagues have all been working extra hours."
~ ~ ~ Keep reading: Lemon-Lime Soda Pop Cake from 1965
The Great Big Vegetable Challenge ~ Wise Words from Ethelind, Taking heed from a cook two generations ago
Excerpt: "A neighbour posted a small green pocket book through the letterbox with a post-it note stuck to one page. The book was Ethelind Fearon’s ‘Hot and Cold Sweets’, written in 1956. You don’t mess with Ethelind. 'I shall expect some slight co-operation from the reader,' she warns. No gentle hand-holding here. Unlike modern day celebrity chefs, Ethelind does not appear in her book. So I can only imagine what she looks like. In my mind's eye I can see a starched apron and sensible shoes. I may be wrong. Anyhow whilst I was daydreaming, Ethelind took me by the scruff of my dirty apron, poked me with her wooden spoon and barked at me to get on with cooking rhubarb fingers."
~ ~ ~ Keep reading: Wise Words from Ethelind
White on Rice Couple ~ Pineapple Salad in Two Ways, Home-grown greens make for thrifty eating
Excerpt: "We’re rolling in greens this month! Unfortunately, it’s not the type of green that’s going to pay for our dreadful Visa bill arriving next week. But it is the type of green thats full of fiber and vitamins to keep us healthy
