Bloggers in the News -- Pioneer Woman Talks Food Blogging on The View

Can you make them vegetarian? Or would it just not be the same thing? I was considering making them and tweaking them to be bacon-free.

Melissa writes Stirrup Queens ( http://stirrup-queens.com ) and Lost and Found ( http://lostandfoundandconnectionsabound.blogspot.c... ). Her book is Navigating the Land of If ( http://thelandofif.blogspot.com/ ).

I love the bacon wrapped cheese stuffed jalapenos. Oh. So. Good.

Amy blogs over at This Northern Life ( http://thisnorthernlife.com ).

She is an awsome cook and writer. I am making one of her recipes tonight!

Which recipe and how did it turn out? Pictures please!

Melissa writes Stirrup Queens ( http://stirrup-queens.com ) and Lost and Found ( http://lostandfoundandconnectionsabound.blogspot.c... ). Her book is Navigating the Land of If ( http://thelandofif.blogspot.com/ ).

That's what I have to do with food blogs. And then I bookmark the individual recipes and save them so I can see the pictures when I go to cook.

Melissa writes Stirrup Queens ( http://stirrup-queens.com ) and Lost and Found ( http://lostandfoundandconnectionsabound.blogspot.c... ). Her book is Navigating the Land of If ( http://thelandofif.blogspot.com/ ).

That is such a cool book. I hadn't heard of it yet.

Melissa writes Stirrup Queens ( http://stirrup-queens.com ) and Lost and Found ( http://lostandfoundandconnectionsabound.blogspot.c... ). Her book is Navigating the Land of If ( http://thelandofif.blogspot.com/ ).

I love Ree's site and the pictures are always helpful. I like to print off her text only portion then I use the pictures as a guide.
How many times I have made food and it looked nothing like the end photograph- me not being a food stylist and all. I come pretty darn close with Ree's recipe though!

~Susan

The Somethyme Writer ( http://somethymewriter.blogspot.com/ )

This is another great example of a evolutionary woman's cookbook that has great advice fantastic visuals and excellent recipes

http://consciouscook.org/

My favorite recipe is probably the Comfort Meatballs -- or maybe her brisket.

I have a love/hate relationship with this book. I love most of the recipes (though I've made very few of her desserts), but I hate, hate, HATE the step-by-step pictures. For this reason, I like the blog much better than the book. I can scroll past all the pictures and just print the recipe. In the book not only do I have to deal with all the pictures, but there's no recipe summary at the end.

When I started cooking pictures in a cookbook were few and far between. To me, this need for pictures shows exactly how much the ability to cook and cooking knowledge has decreased in just a few decades.

An interesting point about that need (or lack of need) for pictures. I wonder if it's a better cookbook for a beginner cook--someone just starting out cooking for themselves. With more experienced chefs able to use the recipes.

Melissa writes Stirrup Queens ( http://stirrup-queens.com ) and Lost and Found ( http://lostandfoundandconnectionsabound.blogspot.c... ). Her book is Navigating the Land of If ( http://thelandofif.blogspot.com/ ).