Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Tweet2Eat.


Twitter is useful for many things. 'Watching' celebrities as they shun each other, throw an ego related tantrum and kiss n make up. Another Twitter use stems from my recent culinary captivation as led by the foodie's. One of my latest research projects is the tracking of everything to do with food and the cultivation of a 'modern' food culture in our age of social media.

Now with 'good' reason to recipe stalk Jamie Oliver et al., those I have found to be of more inspiration are the 'everyday' food bloggers who tweet and blog simply for the love of food. Where the celebrity chef culture can be exaggerated and overblown ('how to have the perfect Christmas' is only with @Delia and friends' *gag*), the food bloggers invite commentary from other cooks who, just like them, may not hold a professional position in the industry, but do, just like you, LOVE food.

Lacking what to cook/where to go tonight: A fail-safe technique is to follow @aforkful @FoodUrchin @thelarderlout @GingerGourmand @TheOrdinaryChef.

Also, FIND! @Twecipe - a service that allows you to tweet your ingredients and receive a recipe in return.

So whilst overeating is not recommended. One cannot indulge enough on the food talk of others. Good morning @porridgelady.

2 comments:

Jamie Clouting said...

I can recommend @foodiesarah for all things culinary

Blog - http://foodiesarah.wordpress.com/

Dr Mariann Hardey said...

@Jamie, I concur. Delicious!