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Smitten Kitchen's Deb Perelman stops by to talk all about her new book. We also discuss the best glue to use when building gingerbread houses.

Food Republic has partnered with hospitality technology platform Reserve to bring its readers new content from the restaurant world. Love to eat? Check out Reserve’s blog, where this post first appeared, for the latest food trends and U.S. restaurant tips. Having great manners never goes out of style. From tactfully letting the chef know about a food allergy to…

We're obsessed with fermented and preserved foods, and we’re not alone. In the past 5 to 10 years, there has been a marked increase in fermented, jarred and cured creations adorning plates in restaurants and sold at farmers’ markets and stores across the country. There’s also been a growing and passionate movement to ferment and cure at home,…

From steak nachos to wasabi dumplings, this New England native’s picks will help you discover some of Boston's most delicious dishes.

Food Republic has partnered with premier hospitality technology platform Reserve to bring its readers new content from the restaurant world. Love to eat? Check out Reserve's blog, where this post first appeared, for the latest food trends and U.S. restaurant tips. Dining out isn’t what it used to be — you know, before parenthood, especially when your kids…

When was the last time you saw a cool couples blog? Never, right? Well, forget the wedding-planning Pinterest boards and the staged smooches; this is war. The anonymous authors of Meanwhile in Mafhattanstan are eating their way through "B's" deployment to Afghanistan. His girlfriend, "G," a Manhattan food writer, reminds him what he's missing. Check out a…

There are many advantages to eating meals alone. It’s the most effective way to secure a spot (often at the bar) at the hottest restaurants in town. There’s more opportunity for interaction with bartenders and waiters, and sometimes servers are more attentive to these diners. Finally, there are just fewer distractions: It’s easier to fully…

Oh, childhood. When every joke is funny and pudding cups are most definitely considered to be food. Speaking of food, what exactly is going on with these children's view of nutrition on Bad Kids Jokes, this long, storied Tumblr of confusing situations, half-sentences and no regard for a punchline? Here are our top 5 picks…

Got basic Photoshop skills? Take out the unnecessary stuff, paste in a taco and save this Tumblr! [/caption] Burritos get a little love too.[/caption] This is an official call to our friends, Chicago-based DJs The Hood Internet, to please revive Album Tacos. Their Tumblr (as is congruous with their style) is a mashup of two…

For many readers of a particular age and geographical origin, Pizza Huts were a part of growing up. Remember the $4.99 lunch buffet? The Land Before Time puppets? Remember Book It, the company’s shrewd marketing plan that gave kids the opportunity to “earn” a free personal pan pizza for reading a certain number of books…

The convergence of food and music is nothing new. We’ve interviewed countless bands for our Good Food, Rocks series — guys like Chromeo, French Montana and John Darnielle have told us all about their love of locavore dining and small-batch bourbon. And, of course, there is Zach Brooks of Midtown Lunch and his weekly podcast…

This football season, RO*TEL® and VELVEETA® are on a mission to cover our nation in queso. Warm, beautiful, delicious queso. In addition to traveling the country in a "quesobago" to spread the word, seven fantastic bloggers have blogged about how they customize the classic, famous queso dip, featuring RO*TEL® zesty tomatoes and green chilies and…

Fresh bread to scoop up creamy pan-fried mushrooms with farm-fresh eggs.[/caption] And about those farm-fresh eggs.[/caption] The Tasmanian coastline, not a shabby sight.[/caption] When I visited Australia a couple years back the urbane Melbournites I met (mostly late at night in bars) sort of rolled their eyes at the mention of Tazzy (as Australians their…

Anyone who thinks profanity can't be used purely emphatically can take a fucking hike. By far the most entertaining and straight-to-the-point blog we've encountered this year is Thug Kitchen, which was just recognized by Saveur magazine's Best Food Blog Awards. That ectoplasm-free spinach smoothie is a nutritious son of a bitch. Those grapes will lower…

One of our favorite recipe blogs on the block is The Food In My Beard, a colorful (and quite useful) site run by the bearded Dan Whalen. He’s currently based in Boston, after having spent three years in Bermuda. So his sensibility is quite international in flavor. In a post published on the site’s three-year…

Now this is the sort of imitation we're flattered by! Macon, Georgia farm-to-table restaurant Dovetail has a blog called The Dinner Conversation, and took our DJ Week concept to the South to feature DJ Shawty Slim. Slim, official DJ for Grammy-nominated rapper B.o.B., apparently hangs out at the casual affiliate restaurant The Rookery, and left…

Five years ago, DJs A-Trak and Nick Catchdubs founded Fool's Gold, a record label and collaborative that put the duo at the forefront of artist-run entities in the post–big label era. What few people realized as these rising DJ/entrepreneurs started to grow their brand is that while their expertise was clearly in hip-hop, pop, soul,…

From So Good Blog, the folks who brought us the true-to-its-name feature "Deep-Fried Everything:" deep-fried mashed potato bites. You might want to make extra potatoes to set aside to ensure that this happens on Black Friday, which we will rename "Liquid Buttery Center" Friday. Sure beats trampling your fellow Americans in the race to the…

Nothing like a good food humor Tumblr to make it 4:30 all of a sudden, eh? A friend forwarded me Old People Writing On A Restaurant's Facebook Page this morning, and I've been peeking in horror every couple of hours since. We all have that relative or maybe even (gulp) parent who decided "awh what…