"event" news and stories

The theme for the last month's Sugar High Friday, the popular sweets-based global food blogging event, was Sugar Art. Hosted by Habeas Brulee, the theme required that participants work with sugar in some capacity beyond just sprinkling it on top of things or stirring it into batter and use it to create a dessert that was a real work of art. As usual, bloggers stepped right up to the challenge and created a round of very impressive desserts. Danielle, the hostess, made some Cardamom Meyer Lemon Creme Brulee Bubbles (pictured), airy mouthfuls of sweetness that would make any molecular gastronomist proud. Other entries included Cranberry Mousse from Seriously Good, Bouche De Noels from Tsokolate!, A Finger in Every Pie and Vers l'absurde. El Bulli's Frozen Chocolate Air was submitted by Hungry In Hogtown and Riana, from For The Love Of Baking, made a standout Gingerbread House. Check out all the entries in the roundup. And save some room for the next round of SHF!

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Food bloggers take particular pleasure in sharing their favorite foods, recipes and food news with other bloggers online, but like most people, we still find that human interaction is nice on occasion. It was exactly this thought that spawned Blogging by Mail in the first place, a "real" (i.e. non-digital) event to let bloggers from around the world connect. The round from earlier this summer is closed, as is the last edition of Canadian Blogging by Post, which is a similar event that is limited to Canadian bloggers only. In fact, take a look at then roundup of entries from CBBP to see what you may have missed out on.

Inspired? If you're a food blogger interested in signing up for the newest edition of Blogging by Mail, which is open to bloggers from all over the world, head over to Dispensing Happiness and sign up soon. The deadline for this edition is this Thursday, November 18th and the theme is holiday foods.

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Hot on the heels of September's winning Does my blog look good in this? photos, we have the results from the October round of the food blogging photo competition. This time around, the contest was hosted by Emma, a.k.a. The Laughing Gastronome, a New Zealand-based food blogger. As usual, several awards were given out. The winner of the Aesthetics category was a photo of Chili Powder from the Homesick Texan. Pomegranate and peach sorbets in mini meringue baskets took the prize for Originality, while the luscious Caramel Apple Cake from Culinary Concoctions took the top Edibility spot. The overall winner was the picture above of Dan Dan Noodles, snapped by Jenny of The Omnivorous Egg. The noodles are a traditional Sichuan dish and, if you want to give them a try, the recipe is here.

Congratulations to all the winners. We can't wait until the next round comes up and we can see what food bloggers from all over have been cooking up in the last month.

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It seems that this month there was a first for the Does My Blog Look Good in This? food blogger photography competition: a tie! This round was hosted by Katherine, from Toast Point, and after getting a look at the entries, it is easy to see why judging was so difficult. Every photo looked like a winner. The photo above is a Matcha Opera Cake from Anita, at Dessert First, with its lovely layers of green tea genoise, chocolate ganache, and green tea buttercream. It tied with the Roasted Tomato, Red Onion and Arugula Tart from Bea at La Tartine Gourmande. In addition to the top two, there were winners in several additional categories. Becks and Posh had the "most original" entry with her photo of "Alien Tomato, Pregnant with Strawberry" and Peabody's Texas Big Hair Tarts captured everyone's fancy as the "most edible." Last but not least was the "most aesthetically pleasing" photo of financiers from From Our Kitchen.

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We really like candy here, whether it is a sugary caramel or a decadent box of chocolates, and there is nothing like Halloween to get into the candy spirit. After all, the entire purpose of the holiday is to eat candy! To get into the swing of things before the holiday hit, we decided to host our own day of Candy Creations on Tuesday, October 24th. We'll talk about some of our favorite candies, homemade and store-bought, and offer up some tips on where to find the best candies and what to give out for Halloween. We have lots of treats to give out, but you'll have to be patient!

If you want to join us in our celebration of candy, write a post about your favorite candy, candy recipe or use for candies (sundae toppings, deep fried candy bars, etc) and post about it between now and the 24th. Send us a link to your post and we'll do include it in our roundup that day.