Sampler Platter: Top 50 food blogs, breakfast for dessert, Krystal

Tasty tidbits for Thursday...

• Times of London ranks the top 50 food blogs. Serious Eats is No. 8, the Pioneer Woman Cooks is No. 14, Joy the Baker is No. 34.
• Breakfast becomes dessert. New York Times
• "Starbucks' new instant coffee tastes almost like brewed." The Stew
• "Like okra, chowchow or wearing white gloves to Castner-Knott, maybe loving Krystal is a Southern thing some folks don't understand." Tennessean
• A messy but tasty morning commute in Utah. One truck spills burgers, another spills beer. Salt Lake Tribune
• Campbell Soup Co. says its condensed tomato soup will have its sodium cut by 32%. Associated Press via Chicago Tribune

-- Elina Shatkin

Photo: brioche French toast made with black currant brioches baked souffle style at the Beachcomber restaurant in Malibu. Credit: Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times

Comments

[Joannah]

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Joannah

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[Joannah]

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Joannah

http://myscones.com

[Lynda]

Chicago critics may approve of the new Starbucks instant, but a critic from the Guardian (UK) has a different opinion:
"On balance, this is not even as nice as Nescafé, and it doesn't even have that friendly, incomprehensible foam:

www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/feb/19/zoe-williams-coffee-starbucks-instant

[cybele]

I always call my pancakes or french toast my "breakfast dessert" (to be eaten after the savory items).

[Chez US]

Congrats to all that raw & delicious talent - that is big news!