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Bryan Burrell
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www.friendandburrell.com.au
Food importer/exporter with the best vanilla pods I have ever tried (thank you Bryan).
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egullet
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forums.egullet.org
Well established professional foodie web site with a very active forum, though somewhat US-centric.
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Fine Wine Accessories direct
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www.fine-wine-accessories.co.uk
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A Full Belly
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www.afullbelly.com
Well written blog about eating in New York and San Francisco by foodie Alaina Browne.
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Chez Pim
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www.chezpim.typepad.com
Fun food blog from a Thai woman living in Silicon valley.
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Dining in France
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www.DininginFrance.com
Useful "site of sites" concentrating on top end French dining.
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Eat Like a girl
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www.eatlikeagirl.wordpress.com
Refreshingly written food blog by an Irish girl living in London. Mainly recipes but some restaurant reviews also.
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Gastroville
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www.gastroville.com
Exceptionally knowledgeable reviews of top restaurants from two "stealth" food experts. Perhaps the most in-depth and highest quality food reviews on the internet.
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Kings of the Kitchen
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www.exero.com/dvd/index.html
Video interviews with top chefs from an Australian producer.
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Mobil Travel Guide
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www.mobiltravelguide.com
The Mobil Travel Guide site is the nearest thing to a Michelin Guide for the USA – they do actually inspect, and their marking seems pretty accurate based on my experiences. Unlike Zagat they are driven by cooking quality rather than fashion. Their assessment of the five stars in New York is particularly revealing, as they correctly elevate Daniels above the sundry lesser places voted higher in Zagat: congratulations to them; they are a little generous to Jean Georges, but I think this is the best US guide by a long way.
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Relais & Châteaux Guide
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www.relaischateaux.com/en/the-guide
The independent hotel/restaurant association Relais et Chateaux, who also get the prize for the least stable web site name. People have invested years in tracking them down on the internet, only for them to cunningly change the site name days later. If only the German high command in World War II had been so assiduous, the Enigma code would never have been broken. The above link works (for now).
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Seasonal Food
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http://www.eattheseasons.co.uk/index.htm
A very useful web site telling you what foods are in season in the UK at any given time.
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The Conde Naste travel/gourmet magazine
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www.concierge.com
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The Passionate Cook
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http://thepassionatecook.typepad.com/
The title sums it up very well; a very genuine food blog from Johanna Wagner, an Austrian living in London.
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The US food guide
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www.zagat.com
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Upmarket wine and food magazine
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www.winespectator.com
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View London
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www.viewlondon.co.uk
A useful listings site. London restaurants, bars and pubs, hotels, clubs and cinemas.
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