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The wonderful Fanny is hosting the next round of my favourite blogging event - Does My Blog Look Good In This.

Fanny writes at Foodbeam, a lovely blog I recommend you go visit, and has all the details of how to enter in a recent post. She has set up a flickr group to host all the entries (each host is free to deal with the mass of submissions as they see fit; some set up galleries on their blog for example) .

Cakes and desserts are always popular entries in this competition - and several are already displayed. One I particularly like is entry 9 a passion fruit cake, oh and have a look at the creativity behind entry 16, shame the photo is a little blurred. My entry is not a dessert, though but my sausage and peppadew salad picture (shown here). As this round is hosted on flickr you can easily leave comments against each entry.

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This summery strawberry pie is one of the entries in this month's Does My Blog Look Good in This? photography competition (as are a couple other pictures that have been featured as food porn here). The pie is from Rachael, at Fresh Approach Cooking, and is an absolutely fantastic way to put fresh berries to good use. There are two tricks to making a pie with summer berries: (1) double bake the crust so it has a chance to firm up and (2) use a thick crust. No matter how much sugar you add to gel the berries together, good ones always create a juicy filling and the thicker the crust, the more of it will stay crisp and flakey. It will also be able to support the individual slices of pie, rather than falling apart on your plate. The pie will still taste good if it falls apart and, as a tip to file away for serving, a generous scoop of whipped cream will hide a multitude of sins.

Update: Bonus pie photo - the uncut version - after the jump!

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The July round of every food bloggers favourite food porn competition - Does My Blog Look Good In This - has just closed. This months edition is hosted by Helen on her Grab Your Fork Blog.

She has done an excellent job in collating the 63 entires from across the world. Nip over and have a look at some mouthwatering images. There is Sicilian olives and smoked almonds by Passionate Cook, the Tartine di cioccolata con ciliegie or Small Chocolate Tarts with Cherries by Lucillian Delights and the Loose Berry Tart with Puff Pastry and Zabaglione by Bunnie Pie just for starters.

What is so great about this comp is that if you spot something delicious you can follow the links and get the recipe.

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Despite the general summer slow down across the internet here are four blog-events to follow or to participate in.

• Mixology Monday V takes place at Jiggle the Handle on July 17th. The subject is Lemon - plenty of fun to be had discovering or inventing a cocktail!
• Sugar High Friday storms through to the 21st edition and a theme of "Ice Ice Baby" (chilled and frozen desserts).
• The 12th edition of Blog Party - Passport Party!  traveling...virtually, of course. Think about the places you've been, countries you've visited. Or, a country you're hoping to get to. Create at least one appetizer and drink inspired by your favorite place, or places.
• Everyone's favourite food porn competition, Does My Blog Look Good In This, already has several wonderful entries. Send your picture or just view the entries at Grab Your Fork.

The image is my entry for DMBLGIT... what do you think?

Hopefully, you had a chance to take a look at the gallery of entries for this past month's Does my blog look good in this? photography contest. If so, you'll know that the competition was very tough. Judges spend many grueling (drooling?) hours scrutinizing and rating the pictures before the scores were calculated and the winners were determined. We actually featured the winning entry here at Slashfood weeks before it was entered!

 The overall winners were:
1. Baked Strawberry Pudding
2. Cinnamon Sugar Beignets
3. Blueberry Tarts with Lemon Cream
4. Beet Risotto with Fresh Garlic and Fava Beans
5. Spirale di filo ai Pistacchi

Pictured: Fairly Easy Fairy Cakes (the recipient of the viewer's choice award)

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