New Foodie Links Page

Check out our new foodie links page with hundreds of links to the more popular foodie Websites online. Compiling the list took many hours and a lot of Web surfing. Hopefully you’ll spot some familiar stomping grounds and some new sites to stomp on over to as well.

If you have a foodie site and would like us to consider adding it we’ll require that your site has some traffic (per the Alexa toolbar) and that you add a link back to our site from somewhere on your’s.

As for the sites listed…, we were particularly amazed at how many forums there are for foodies of all flavors, as well as, the enormous number of blogs! It begs to question how anyone finds time to cook after all that blogging.

Foodie Links

Hot Chili Peppers

Nina Simonds, owner of Spices of Life, teaches us most of what we need to know about chili peppers in a minute and a half. So next time your mouth is on fire you’ll at least be able to explain what caused the pain to those people laughing at you.

New Onion Won’t Make You Cry

Apparently scientists in New Zealand and Japan have been trying for some time to develop an onion that won’t make you cry when you slice it. On Friday (02-01-08) the lead scientist announced that they have finally succeeded. Using biotechnology they have figured out how to switch off the gene behind the enzyme that makes us cry.

Don’t throw those tissues out just yet however, because the discovery could take some time before it actually leads to changes in the onions you get from your local onion growers. Your excuse for crying in the kitchen is safe for a short while longer at least and perhaps longer if you buy the good old fashioned onions we all cry over.

Click here for the full article on tear-free onions.

Iron Chef’s Culinary Art Served on Fortessa

Eight of the world’s top chefs displayed their culinary art on Fortessa tableware when they competed to become one of the Iron Chef America contestants for worldwide honors. The winner will join some serious culinary superstars including; Mario Batali, Cat Cora, Bobby Flay and Masaharu Morimoto to compete in the new Food Network series Iron Chef America. If you haven’t watched the show you should. It’s amazing what these chefs are able to create in an hour.

Choosing the Right Champagne for the Occasion

For most people champagne is a special treat offered to signify a special event like marriage, retirement, a New Year or some other significant life event. So choosing a champagne is worth learning a little about. There are some excellent online resources to get you started in the right direction:

Champagne Reviews by Libation Unlimited offers reviews of true champagne produced in Champagne France.

Wine Spectator offers an online community of wine lovers were you can learn about wines, including sparkling wines. Join the over 11,000 other members and your bound to find some helpful answers to your questions.

Epicurious has a helpful section of articles on pulling off a great holiday party in their entertaining section.

No Merlot offers a robust sparkling wine review category worth visiting even though some of the reviews are as aged as fine wine.

Once you’ve chosen the perfect bottle of champagne for your special occasion be sure to watch the video on ‘How to open a bottle of champagne‘ in our video section.

Bold Turkeys

I was taken aback by the sheer bravery of this flock of male turkeys in our backyard this morning. Do they realize what time of year it is? Are they completely unaware that they look like a quick way to save? Wild turkey from backyard = $25 + gas + time.

These brave guys could feed the kids for weeks! There were two more out of view. Very tempting…. 

You don’t suppose it was a trap designed to catch one of us do you?

New Food Buzz

BuzzFeed is a site I just discovered that finds the hottest sites, based on recent clicks, and sorts them accordingly. They also offer 3rd party websites, like BoldFood, a widget that displays a small sampling of the sites with all the buzz. We selected their ‘Food’ category and set this widget on our homepage to test it out.

We’ll see if it’s worthy of remaining a part of the BoldFood website.Your feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Finding bold food

If you know of a special recipe or a food company that hasn’t yet been discovered by the masses please get in touch with the information so we can evaluate it for possible inclusion on BoldFood.com.