"IMBB" news and stories

A few weeks ago we posted that Reid of 'Ono Kine Grindz would be combo-hosting Is My Blog Burning no. 27 and Sugar High Friday no. 20, with the theme of Soy. The roundup of just-shy-of 20 entries is posted, and ranges from the use of soy flour in the Indian flatbread Aloo Matar Parantha to a Miso Soup with Silken Tofu, Shiitake Mushrooms and Spring Onions on the savory side, and Double Soy Chocolate Chip Cookies and Tofu Orange Creme Brulee on the sweet side.

So if you're looking to add a little healthy soy to your diet, look to the roundup for inspiration.

Hawaii's favorite food blog, 'Ono Kine Grindz, is hosting both Is My Blog Burning and Sugar High Friday for the month of June. It's a special event for blogger Reid, since it was IMBB no. 3 that was the motivation for his starting the blog back in April 2004!

The theme for both events is "soy," which includes everything from soy milk to tofu. I'm not quite sure if that means a single dish works for both (which means that it has to be something sweet), or if you can make one sweet dish for SHF and another separate dish for IMBB.

Either way, soy is definitely going to take a little bit of creativity. The deadline to email or post an entry is Sunday, June 25, 2006.

Last week, I submitted an entry for this month's Is My Blog Burning? food blogging event: Strawberry Bruschetta. Derek, who hosted the even at his blog, An Obsession with Food, has just posted a roundup, in two parts, of all the entries. If you recall, the theme was stale bread, so there are lots of bread puddings and such to be found, as well as some very innovative uses, such as using crumbs to thicken a sauce or make a quiche crust. I think that my favorite submission, simply based on aesthetics, since all the recipes sounded delicious, is the one from Bron Marshall: Brioche, Frangelico, Chocolate and Pear Cakes. Pictured here, they are like small, tender bread puddings, baked in individual tins. If you want to try your hand at the recipe, it can be found here, but I think I am content to just oogle the picture for the time being. Thanks for hosting, Derek!

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Is my blog burning? is a monthly food blogging event where the host blog chooses a theme and anyone who wants to participate makes a recipe in keeping with that theme or using the theme ingredient. This month's IMBB is being hosted by Derrick, who blogs at  an obsession with food. For the theme, he chose stale bread.  It may first seem like an odd choice for a theme ingredient, but if you have ever bought a loaf of french bread and had it become inedible before you could finish it, you know why it's a good idea to know what you can do with the leftovers. I used mine to make bruschetta with a sweet twist.

Oh yes indeedee, my friends, the top wine blog event WBW (Wine Blogging Wednesday) and the premier food bloggers event IMBB (Is My Blog Burning) are combining in May to create perhaps the largest food blog event EVER!

To be called the Fabulous Favorites Festival this exciting event will occur on Friday May 19. Combining the food and the wine FFF is a food and wine pairing event that the organisers hope "will attract the largest group of participants ever for any culinary blog event."

The concept is simple, with two plans of attack you can choose from.

1. Pick a favorite bottle of wine from your cellar and create/cook a dish that goes with it.
2. Pick a favorite dish in your culinary repertoire and seek out a wine that will pair will it.

Or, if you're feeling really ambitious, create an entire wine-pairing menu of favorites.

While we here at Slashfood seem to be too busy to join in (or in my case too forgetful) the biggest food bloggers' event might just spur a few of us to join in this time.

[Nick had a great post the other day for Sugar High Friday]