Food Blog Round-Up

Last Monday, after we posted our blog round-up, we, along with what we can only assume was all of America, went outside and tried to start a fire. It was Memorial Day, which means the start of summer, which means the start of bar-be-cu'ing season. (What is the correct conjugation of "Bar-be-cue" anyways? Does it exist? Or are there multiple versions, like its spelling?) In any event, we tried to grill. It did not go well. We ran out of propane (heresy enough using that in some circles), had to use vegetable oil as lighter fluid, blackened the chicken, and the corn on the cob, and we bought our fruit salad at Albertson's. Luckily, for most of you in the blogosphere it went a lot better. Catherine at Albion Cooks shares her favorite potato salad recipe, While mostlymartha (welcome back!) at Two Tasty Ladies reveals her predilection for eating outdoors (gin optional).

Anytime you break out a smoker you also get props, but Cookiecrumb went one better and dove into summer AND kept the Eat Local Challenge alive, which earns full points from us. Spring has brought out the new cheese over at Eats, and Nosheteria writes an ode to the 3 C's of summer--one of which is Carnies, but not in a Geek Love kinda way. Sugar Savvy slides right into dessert with two marvelous posts on the chocolates of summer and S'mores, while FJK goes classic with Apple Pie.

And now that it's past May, the Eat Local Challenge is complete. Catherine offers up her thoughts on this year's version, while Sam at Becks and Posh has a new challenge for all you food bloggers out there.

Pic taken from Sugar Savvy's lovely post on S'Mores.