Want to know which blogs I follow and which web pages I go to for information and inspiration? Here they are, my go-to links: (Please comment if you want me to know about another worthy link that might inform my work and play….)
Latin Food Blogs I Love
Zarela – The Empress of Mexican Food here in the United States. Restauranteur, writer, bon vivant, and a constant source of inspiration to me!
Being Latino Online Magazine’s Food Blog – The Latino take on food issues and food
Blue Jellybeans – A Panamanian living in Madrid cooks up delicious Hispanic meals with mouthwatering photos!
Latino Foodie – What’s Hot in Latin Kitchens Around the U.S. and the World
Blogs and Pages That Inspire Me
Chantek – My dear friend James’ Thai restaurant in Cornwall
Backroad Journal – Karen’s glorious foodie adventures, in New Hampshire, Maine, and around the world
Chica Andaluza – from England to Spain and back…and back again? A mix of food and home renovations!
Culinary Types – T.W. Barritt, my Restoration Farm buddy, chronicles life on the farm and food adventures far and wide
Jayne McAllister: Healthy Weight Loss with Ridiculously Wicked Food
Kiwsparks – Poetry, art, and food intersect
Mad Dog T.V. Dinners – One of my absolute favorites! Cooking, eating, and fun from England
Texana’s Kitchen – Bawdy good girl badness
The Kitchen’s Garden – daily posts, pictures and vignettes from a working farm (A Modern Charlotte’s Web)
Rufus’ Food and Spirits Guide – adventurous home cooks with great pics and great bevvies!
Seasoned Fork – my dear friend Deborah’s chef’s blog, with emphasis on what’s seasonal and local to Long Island’s Wine Country
School-Bites – a fellow mom with a mission to improve school meals!
RESOURCES (FOOD/CULINARY)
Restoration Farm – C.S.A. in Nassau County
A Taste of Long Island – A shared use kitchen and food shop in Farmingdale, New York
Environmental Working Group – thorough and non-hysterical information on the toxicity and health values of consumer products. Printable wallet-sized supermarket guides available.
Seafood Watch: Monterey Bay Aquarium’s printable wallet-sized guide to better fish purchases
Organic Gardening: the on-line version of this venerable magazine offers help for organic gardeners of all types and experience.
Mother Earth News: information for the granola life; great gardening month-by-month guides
RESOURCES (Miscellaneous)
Single Mothers By Choice – I’m a single mom who chose to have a child solo. Here’s the organization that helped me on the journey.
Hot, Cheap & Easy 
Hi, Natalia, from another Long Island food writer with links to the old Diamond Lil’s in Massapequa (I played a few gigs there in the 80’s with my acid bop bone band).
I’m actually trying to figure out when exactly those gigs were. I think around 1987, but it would help if you have any idea when the joint finally closed….that would define the latest possible date. Any idea?
Thanks,
Jim Leff
Founder, Chowhound.com
For Those Who Live to Eat
Hi Jim! I am so sorry I am just seeing this. I have been inactive on this blog for several years and am now just coming back to blogging! Are you still looking for this info?
No problem! The six years just flew by!
Not “looking for” info, just idly curious in case you happen to know.
I am asking around! What was the name of the band? That would help….
I’m really just trying to figure out when the bar closed. Any idea?
So far we think 1988, but we are going to find out for sure. A friend of mine who also worked there — got me the job and was actually a good bartender (unlike me)….
Sometimes a worse bartender is a better bartender!
In this case, definitely NOT! I was appalling. Just awful. And she was a consummate professional.