Exploring the Blogosphere: Food Porn

As a self-appointed foodie, I've found that one of the most painful parts of living in a dorm is the lackluster kitchen (or, in many cases, the lack of any kitchen at all). And even for those us who have the ideal kitchen, we often don't have money to buy nice pots or pans, fun kitchen tools or quality ingredients. So instead, we turn to ramen (bad), Easy Mac (worse), and Penn Dining (think Tales from the Crypt).

It was after staring at the unidentifiable piece of meat on my plate from Hill Dining that I decided it was time to live vicariously through the food experiences of others. And thus, the food-blog: because when you can't have polenta, you might as well read about it.

But it wasn't until I discovered TasteSpotting that I really began living. This website is a foodie's dream. TasteSpotting is basically an index of tantalizing images of food. And even though the pictures are user-submitted, the editorial staff of the website reviews for quality, meaning you'll see things that are more visually akin to gazpacho by Jose Garces than meatloaf by Aunt Marge.

Beyond that, though, TasteSpotting links to blogs, recipes, restaurant reviews, and information on unusual and exciting food ingredients. Basically, think of it as a launching pad for your food blog journey--a Google Images of the food world.