Category Archives: Food for Thought

Food for Thought is useful reading, and occasionally viewing, about food and related matters: mostly blogs, but also a few books and magazines with Amazon links when available for purchase.

Food for Thought: Beer Advocate

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

Have you ever been in a beer store and wondered about a new microbrew you found on the shelf (or on tap to fill your growler, better yet)? If you were me, you’d whip out your smartphone and go to … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: Eater

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

Eater is like Gawker.. but for food! And there’s an endless supply of material because chefs tend to be profane and get drunk when surrounded by sharp objects. While restaurateurs are bet-the-house gamblers with outsize egos who tend to attract … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: FUSSYlittleBLOG

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

Daniel Berman, proprietor of the FUSSYlittleBLOG, is a fellow former San Franciscan and former ad guy who loves good food in all his forms. In a twist of fate, he found himself in Albany, NY some years ago and discovered … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: Viet World Kitchen

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

Andrea Nguyen of Viet World Kitchen is a great writer as well as cook, and she has the curiosity to dig deep into the traditions and byways of Vietnamese cuisine. I don’t agree her on everything–her do chua is too … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: Codutra’s Romanian bread blog

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

Apa. Faine. Sare. means “Water. Flour. Salt” in Romanian and one of the pleasures of this blog is accessing it in Chrome and watching Google’s charmingly awkward attempts at translation. Codutra, the proprietress of the Romanian bread blog, is also a … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: Very Good Recipes

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

Very Good Recipes is an aggregator that gathers recipes from food blogs all over the world. The international focus is what makes it great… an example being the okra recipes. (Burnt My Fingers is on page 2.) To quote the … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: Ridiculous Food Society

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

Mr. Dave of Ridiculous Food Society is a native upstate New Yorker who admires my benighted region for some of the same things that drive me up the wall. He has a mysterious job that causes him to spend time … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought: Market Manila

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Burnt My Fingers

Let’s try something new. From time to time, I’ll share a link and a bit of info about a food blog that I read and recommend. We will mostly stay off the beaten track… don’t hold your breath, Rachael Ray. … Continue reading →

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