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tuesday december 18th 2007
Blogging Food in Buffalo
In its most basic form a blog is defined as a website where the entries are dated. With the increased presence of the internet in virtually everyone's life, blogs have become a way for many people to source their news and gossip, fact find about things they're interested in, and even network. Technology and programming have evolved to the point where blogs are so commonplace that people dedicate their energies to documenting trifling subject matter such as the daily life of their house cat or their obsession with fabric softener sheets.
So, it's no surprise that blogging about food is at an all time high. Food as art, entertainment, sustenance and commerce offers up a vast array of blogging options. Food blogging has become so popular that there are even Food Blogging Awards, which, if you frequent the internet's world of food entertainment with any frequency, are actually a pretty big deal.
Here in the WNY region we have a good number of food blogs, some better than others. Again…
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friday october 12th 2007
The Eating Local Phenomenon- A Look at Media
As the trend toward eating locally gathers speed, its premise is splashed upon the covers of popular magazines, while books touting its merits quickly climb to the top of the bestseller list. Likewise, the terminology becomes increasingly commonplace in discussions about food that take place in everyman's media: the television.
Whether one is mildly curious or seriously interested in the pursuit of a locavore lifestyle, the following resources will provide some guidance. Two of the books featured in our list as light reading-- The 100-Mile Diet and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle-- qualify as storytelling. both are humorous and enjoyable reads. The rest of the book list takes a more serious look at the physical, environmental and economic impact of eating locally.
The websites included here are just a handful of the hundreds of sites representing localvorism…
