I'd like to say I'm proud to restart this site, but after an embarrassingly long hiatus without any real excuse isn't necessarily something to be proud of. I can say that I think my new focus of going the route of an "old school" link log may help keep the momentum going until I can actually create original content myself. Until then, expect brief personal comments and highlights from the more interesting articles I find across the web.

The site I'm sure is still rough around the edges, but I've been toying with this long enough, time to get using. What's the old cliché, release early and often? If you see anything glaringly broken or have a suggestion, feel free to leave a comment.

I still haven't decided if I'm going to create a separate Twitter account, as it would basically be just a broadcast medium, which I'm against. I believe that "social media tools" should be well, "social". I simply don't have the time to engage another channel.

Well Fed Network
I've really been a bad food blogger this year, and I've already made a New Year's resolution to to improve on that in 2007. In the meantime, if you are looking for people who actually blog about food, then hed over to Well Fed and look around at the nominees, and eventual winners. Perhaps by this time next year, I could ponder the possibilities of a nomination...

I enjoyed doing this last week, found some fun new sites, figured I would indeed try to make it a habit. So I've got some iTunes fired up (you can follow along here), and off we go.

First stop, is Anthony's Kitchen, where he's posted a recipe for Dahi Chicken w/ Capsicum. Anthony calls his site the "bachelor cooking blog", and is a place (I'm guessing) for bachelor men from India to find traditional recipes, to offer a respite from "outside" food as he calls it. Any recipe that calls for 8-9 cloves of garlic is a must try for me!
From their, we follow a link from Anthony's "world chefs" blog roll to Eat Stuff - A GIRL A GUY AND A CAT EATING STUFF AROUND SYDNEY AUSTRALIA. So we've found ourselves in Australia now, (from Tampa, to India to Australia in no time!). I really like the apple ginger dessert calzone they offer up. I've always been fond of desserts that take a twist on a savory dish. Once upon a time, in a different life, I would do chocolate "burritos". Basically it was chocolate rolled and filled with ganache, and then finished with a creme anglaise and warm chocolate sauce. But I digress. Where will we find our selves next?
Ah, Northern California this time, at I'm mad and I eat, where among other things, where we are told to not "vote for the twinkie" (cookiecrumb likes to mix a little politics into her food writing :) ). Aside from that, there are some beautiful pictures, and I really like the post on making ketchup. Definitely will be back this way sooner than later. So half way to our 6 degrees, what's next?
Ah, feeling a little thirsty, I see a link, Quaffability. Great, mostly wine, mostly under $12 (mostly from Trader Joes - something we don't have down here in Tampa, but we do have a liquor barn (or some Wine Warehouse type deal)). What's the latest offering? Perfect, a $4.99 bottle of Rosé. The heat here in Florida is getting to the point of justifiable homicide, so a Rosé is a perfect choice. Thanks. Another excellent site for the blogroll. This is fun.
A limited list of blogs to exit out of Quaffability leads us to a Knife's Edge, a blog on restaurant rants and raves. A funny story about getting a call from the Oprah show highlights the main page.
To wrap things up this week, I couldn't resist this blogs name in praise of sardines. Another west coast blogger (hmm, gotta find some foodies here on the east coast and down south), Brett discusses the differences of fresh, and FRESH seafood, as he discovered on a recent trip to Spain. Equally mentioned on the site, is I eat and I'm mad did, was a monthly "eat locally challenge". Great images of artichokes and cherries, among other images in other posts.
So there we have it, 6 more degrees of Cooking with miklb. From Florida, to India, to Australia, and then onto several stops on the west coast. I've added some new links, and will continue to look for more, so as to have an even greater choice of starting points. Look for a post soon on seafood from me as well, discussing some recent articles I've found on sustainability and responsible fishing.