Sarah had a point when she said that conference food is pretty much always fattening. I am currently at the BlogHer conference, along with a few other people from Weblogs, Inc., and even though the company is wonderful, I can say less for the food. When a hotel prepares fried food for a large group, it is inevitably greasy and heavy, so it was unfortunate that the meals centered on that. Lunch on the first day included fried chicken and dinner was a buffet of fried foods, like egg rolls and dumplings, as well as kebabs slathered in various sauces. There was no salad option at dinner, although there was a cheese plate. Any dinner dissatisfaction was quelled by the open bar, though I did hear some slightly dissatisfied murmuring about the fact that Pepsi, and not Coke, was the hotel's soda of choice. Many women opted for calcium-fortified water instead.
Moving on to more pleasant topics, I already had a chance to meet a couple of food bloggers, including Kalyn from Kalyn's Kitchen, Elise from Simply Recipes and Erin from Erin's Kitchen, all of whom are just lovely. While I only had a brief time to chat with them, today we are planning to have a small meetup of food bloggers, with many other fellow food-lovers coming to join us, like the bloggers from Megnut and Chez Pim. Doubtless, there will be some commiseration about the food. After our informal meeting, there will also be a whole session dedicated to food and craft blogs, titled "Is a blogger the next Martha Stewart?"
Could a blogger be the next Martha? Maybe the next Rachael Ray or Mario Batali?
Update: Read about day two here.
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