We must mention the do-gooding of local and international food bloggers in the form of Menu for Hope, which is a now annual fundraising campaign for the UN World Food Programme. It was founded by Pim, of Chez Pim. Last year, 17K went to UNICEF. For a mere $10 per raffle ticket, you have the chance to win "amazing food related prizes" in the way of books, meals, signed items and even tea with SFist......

We eat more vegetables than normal people. We've almost completely cut out starches from our diet over the past year, substituting an extra portion of vegetables in each meal. We're not totally successful at it, because sometimes you can't control what other people make for you, or the situation you find yourself in at restaurants. (When your boss has you down for sushi for a business lunch, you have sushi, which means rice. We......

We here at the Food Blog Round-Up constantly put our appetites and credulity on the line to make sure you stay on the cutting edge of food bloggery, so we can appreciate it when someone out there in the blogosphere also steps up to keep the words flowing. And so we present this Token of Esteem to Jon, husband to The Restaurant Whore, who fearlessly kept blogging, even in the face of a Saturday evening......

A long, long time ago, when SFist still had the Beta-training-wheels on, Pim Techamuanvivit wrote a note saying that she might be interested in writing for the site. Since we were young and dumb, we didn't really follow-up besides sending a quick reply, but recently we decided that we were just going to start pestering her. Since she's not only an awesome gourmet blogger, but a nice person (and, we hear, has great taste......

In what has to be the most delicious way to help those who lost their lives, loved ones and communities in the Tsunami disaster, a group of foodie bloggers from around the world have donated their formidable talents in recipe writing and wine pairing to put together "A Menu for Hope." Derrick over at Obsession With Food was where we first found the menu. He contributed a recipe for Khari Poori with Mint Chutney,......

Sam Breach of Becks & Posh bravely opened up a copy of 7x7 magazine (San Francisco's answer to society mag New York Magazine) only to find her own name in it! Of course, 7x7 doesn't have any of their content on-line (for shame). From Sam's report, the article looks at the influence of online critics versus Chronicle bigwig Michael Bauer in terms of chef's opinions. Sam was nice enough to not only copy out......