Make your own tomato paste Do you like to cook?

Those little tins of tomato paste available at your local grocery store will do in a pinch but you can't beat the homemade version. Making your own tomato paste, also called conserva, might seem daunting but Derrick at An Obsession With Food shows us that it's really not that difficult. Preparing the tomatoes is the easy part, letting it reduce for hours in the oven while you decide which recipe [...] Read More


Twelve Year Taste Test Do you like to cook?

This mouthwatering recipe has proven itself over and over after almost twelve years. Twelve years. That's pretty significant. I can think of a lot of things that I loved to eat twelve years ago that I don't really like anymore. I first found the recipe in Food and Wine magazine and used to make it when I was living alone, eat half and save the rest for lunch (or sometimes breakfast) the [...] Read More


Make Your Own Tomato Sauce Do you like to cook?

As soon as it's warm and tomatoes are abundant, I crave for some pasta with a red sauce made from scratch. What is bought on supermarket shelves just doesn't compare to homemade sauce, which is full-bodied and much more flavourful. It's also definitely healthier, having no preservatives and artificial colouring. What I do is cook up a batch of thick sauce, almost to paste-like consistency and thin it out as needed. [...] Read More


Tomato U7 PMP The Gadgets Weblog

Some of you might think that the Tomato U7 portable media player is as big as a PSP, but that screen is only 1.8 inches. You can check it with a ruler, but it really is that small and weighs in at about 25 grams. That's four pounds more a human soul, if you've seen the movie 21 Grams. This dinky little guy can do MP3 formats, and can even [...] Read More


Tomato U20 PMP From Korea The Gadgets Weblog

This is of those portable media players to be on the YAPMP category - Yet Another PMP. It doesn't bring anything new to market, except the stylish design and a cover + controls that resemble a digi cam. The audio and video player produced by tomato is called U20 and made in Korea as you can see on the product page. The only difference between the 3 versions is the [...] Read More

Needed: Recipes for preschoolers with food allergies Do you like to cook?

Stefania Butler over at Blogging Baby is going to be cooking lunches for her daughter's preschool and needs to be wary of certain foods that will trigger problems for some of the students with food allergies. Stefania says: On my most limited day, I can only work with the following ingredients: almonds, eggs, beans (no soy), veggies, fruit (no melon), honey, and grains. On other days I can add in nuts, [...] Read More


Recipes of the Week Do you like to cook?

Here are some of this week's recipes I've seen that look great! Katie at Thyme For Cooking has (appropriately) been nominated for a nice award and was also nice enough to share a recipe for Baked Courgette (Zucchini) Sticks with us. These look fantastic! Over at The Wednesday Chef, Luisa has fallen in love with Mexican cuisine and Mexican chef Diana Kennedy. She's cooked a recipe to rival my grandmother's Italian meatballs [...] Read More


TV dumbs down food: Two perspectives Do you like to cook?

As a food blogger, I constantly encounter posts on other bloggers' love or hate or love/hate for the food network and its stars. Since I do not watch the Food Network, or enough TV for that matter, I can't really comment if the adulation and criticism is justified. However, very recently I've read a deal about this that I thought would be interesting to share with readers. Two bloggers reacted to [...] Read More


Allergist Dr. Clifford Bassett and Bloggers Discuss Food Allergies Allergies

Last night (or more accurately, early this morning) I participated in the teleconference with allergy expert Dr. Clifford Bassett, organized by Revolution Health. I absolutely, thoroughly enjoyed it. Aside from having been able to talk live with an allergy expert, it was thrilling to hear the Voices behind the writers of the blogs I follow. Among the bloggers who participated in the discussion were the writers behind these blogs: Allergic Girl Allergy [...] Read More


Asthmatic Kids with Food Allergies Need Second Dose of Epinephrine Allergies

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, dagmar heymans Most individuals with life-threatening allergies who are at risk of anaphylaxis are advised to carry two doses of epinephrine injections (such as Twinject or EpiPen 2-Pak), administered in cases of severe allergic reaction. Although some people may not need the second dose, in some cases, the second dose may spell the difference between life and death. A recent study indicates that nearly 1-of-5 cases of [...] Read More

Chef Hats For The Masses Do you like to cook?

Sometimes when no one's looking I put on a chef's toque so I can pretend I'm Julia Child while doing mundane things in the kitchen like shredding cheese or deboning a chicken.Okay, not really. But I've thought about it.Culinary Classics is a nifty little website that sells all sorts of chef's clothing, from coats and clogs to neckwear and hats. While looking at the different selections, I got to wondering [...] Read More


A Renaissance Chef Do you like to cook?

Here's a chef who is far from boring his diners. For one, his menu changes according to season. And then he is so innovative he can easily combine old classics with the newest trends. That's Alfred Portale, chef and co-owner of New York's Gotham Bar and Grill. He is known for "the dramatic vertical structures he creates on each plate" aside from the quality of the food, of course. And [...] Read More


This site needs a new Chef! Do you like to cook?

If you LIKE TO COOK and LIKE TO WRITE about it, you will love to work with us. It's a lot of fun! Send us your blogging URL and your resume to recruting - at creative-weblogging.com Your Creative Weblogging Team! [...] Read More


Hats off to Fall!! Busy with Style

Well besides fantastic sweaters, my next favorite thing about fall is hats and lots of them. I love, love, love hats of all shapes and sizes. You might say I am an equal opportunity (mad) hatter. The winter or ski type hat is fine for when it is really snowing out or you are really go skiing, but for everyday wear, you should style it up a bit. The fedora is [...] Read More


Hats Off To Better Days Pretty Things

Who knows when the weather will go back to what we all crave for (ok it may be just me but I MISS and LOVE warm temperatures). In the meantime, I love the fact that we can still begin to build our closets for those better days. This is another great item that came from Christine A Moore Millinery's collection that I had the pleasure of viewing at the Accessories [...] Read More

Later this week the California Strawberry Commission will be launching its free STRAWBERRIES iPhone app.

The app offers a collection of more than 50 hand-selected strawberry recipes from some of the most popular food bloggers and chefs from around the web. Strawberries are among the healthiest foods in the world and the STRAWBERRIES app demonstrates a range of traditional recipes such as strawberry shortcake to more exotic dishes like strawberry ceviche and strawberry dumplings.

Strawberry Recipe App is available now for free download in the App Store:

• More than 50 recipes, categorized by dish type.


• Access your favorite recipes - and shopping lists - in the kitchen, at the store, or anywhere!


• Share recipes on Twitter, Facebook and email.


• Discover and link to the food bloggers and chefs behind the recipes.

You can download the app here:

Coffee addict? Do you like to cook?

Arieanna Foley over at Cooking Gadgets loves her thermal travel coffee mug so much that she was inspired to write about it. She tells readers that it's so leakproof she even tosses it into the same bag as her laptop! Now that's trust. (Why can't babies diapers be that reliable?)After reading about how much Arieanna loves her mug, I got to thinking about what kitchen essentials I can't live without. [...] Read More


USB Coffee Warmer Do you like to cook?

Would you buy this? Features: 4 USB ports a type female connectors Downstream 1 USB b type male connector upsteam with a cable Support both full-speed 12Mb/sec transfer rates Chains up to 127 USB devices Individual port over-current protection Provide up to 500 mA per port sufficient for diverse devices Truly plug & play automatic installation DC jack for selectable USB WARMER I've seen the USB coffee warmer on a few blogs this week but didn't even bother clicking [...] Read More


French Café Tutorial Do you like to cook?

Ah, the French café. The smell of coffee and the hiss of the espresso machine. A place to sit and read, write or watch the world go by. Lingering in a café is one of the pleasures of life in France. If you've never visited France before, it's good to know what to order from the (usually brusque) waiter before you choose your tiny table and pull up a chair. A French Café [...] Read More


The Truth About Coffee Well Woman Blog

For years coffee has received a lot of bad publicity. It was supposed to cause cancer, for one thing. Further research, however, suggests that it may, instead, prevent cancer. An article in the Kansas City Infizine says: Old fears that coffee might increase risk of cancer are no longer considered valid. Overall, laboratory studies suggest that regular and decaffeinated coffee (brewed, not instant) may offer a variety of health benefits because [...] Read More


Love Your Iced Coffee Drinks but NOT the Cost, Calories and Sugar? Check Out New York Coffee Company's Iced Spresso Beverages in a bottle!! Cool Picking

Skip Starbucks, Peets, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. You don't have to stop by there and wait in line for your favorite iced caffeine jolt. You don't even have to deal with the higher cost and higher calorie version from Starbucks from the grocery store. Instead, check out the new Iced Spressos from New York Coffee Company! More than just another 'me too' product, this is something new and different by [...] Read More