Half Hour Meals Wants You!

Have you been to Half Hour Meals yet? If you're looking for fast and delicious meals, you'll want to stop by and check it out. If you love to cook, but don't have a lot of time to spend in the kitchen, you'll find a plethora of fabulous recipes to help you get out of the kitchen fast. Categorized by course, ingredient, cuisine type and others like meals on a budget, gluten free or vegetarian, it's easy to find exactly what you're looking for.

Recipes aren't all there is to Half Hour Meals, though. There is also a blog showcase - a spot for food bloggers to list their blog to be found by others and a fabulous community forum filled with foodie discussions on everything from dining out to favorite chefs to our guilty food pleasures.


Head on over today and join the community, whether you're a blogger or not, and feel free to add your own great recipes to the database for a chance to be in the spotlight on our blog, Food For Thought. If you've joined and would like to be featured, let me know - I'm blogging there now! Don't foget to check out the Half Hour Meals Twitter page at http://twitter.com/halfhourmeals - See you there!

Have You Caught the Foodbuzz?

I have belonged to many online food communities, and still do, but I haven't found one that I like quite so much as Foodbuzz. With all the foodie communities out there, that's saying something. Do a simple search and you'll find sites that cater to foodies by country and region, foodies who blog, foodies who share just recipes, foodies devoted to restaurant reviews and on and on.

Foodbuzz combines all of those aspects into one and they do it in a way that keeps people coming back for more. I've made friends with other foodies that I would never have met if not for Foodbuzz.

Foodbuzz is not just for food bloggers, in fact, Foodbuzz is for foodies from all walks of life and all food interests. There are foodies there that don't have blogs at all; foodies that love to eat; foodies that love to eat out and review restaurants; foodies that simply love to read about food.

So, if you love food in any way, Foodbuzz is for you. I've been there since December, 2007 and I absolutely love everything about it. Sign-up is simple and painless and you'll be making foodie friends in mere minutes! Go have a look and see if you don't think Foodbuzz is the best thing since ... well, sliced bread.

The Foodie Bucket List

I already went through the Omnivore's Hundred, spurred on by Cajun Chef Ryan. He left a comment on my Foodbuzz profile that got me to thinking (he seems to have that effect on me).

He wrote, in reference to his own list, "Now I have 33 new things to try before I die!". I just recently saw The Bucket List (loved it, cried too much) and I thought a list of the foods I would most like to try before I "kick the bucket" would make for a fun read.

I have to limit this to 10 (although it's more likely closer to 100) so I don't run out of space. Now, some of these foods are things I've had, but not in the proper arena, so that's been added as well.

So, read my list, grab this for yourself, and spread the word!

My Top Ten Foodie Bucket List

1. Bouillabase - within sight of the Mediterranean.
2. Tunnbrodsrulle -(HERE as well).
3. Gumbo, étouffée, jambalaya and muffuletta - all in NOLA.
4. Cafe au lait and croissant in Paris.
5. A chili-cheeseburger and hot dog at Texas Wiener II. (Again)
6. Sushi. Nope - never had it - I live a horribly sheltered life.
7. Paella in Valencia.
8. Maryland crab cakes.
9. Poi - in Hawaii, preferably!
10. Shawarma - missed my chance this year at Musikfest.

Ten shouldn't get anyone too far - maybe a year or two - but since most of mine involves globe-trotting, I figure it makes for a more interesting list and something to shoot for.