Obsess over the contents of every meal? Is the biggest stressor of your day the decision of where to get dinner? Do your friends roll their eyes at you when you talk about eating? If you answer these questions in the affirmative, then you likely consider yourself a foodie: a person driven by a passion for all things in the culinary arts. Foodies scour their local communities for edible gems found in restaurants and markets often located well off the well beaten path of popular food culture. Ardent foodies venture into the edible unknown, leaving behind “normal” food venues in search of more interesting and fulfilling eats.

Most people don’t spend too much time thinking about where or what they’re going to eat. So as the “lone wolves” of dining, foodies often find themselves without friends to share in their culinary explorations. If you find yourself frequently eating at restaurants or sampling new market wares by yourself, I have a suggestion for you to reach out to
other like-minded foodies: start a food blog.

Why blog about food?

Blogging works as a healthy creative outlet regardless of your interests. As a foodie, blogging would serve as a space to express your love for food in a nonjudgmental atmosphere. You could write about your new favorite dishes to cook at home, the best buys at your favorite restaurants, or food news in general without feeling inhibited by those around you. You can blog about your favorite type and consistency of noodle without reservations; you can rant endlessly about cheap wine without a single interruption in your tirade. Welcome, foodie, to the magic of blogging!

As from the appeal as a personal log of your food obsessions, a food blog could connect you with people (local and worldwide) who share your particular culinary passions. If you create a blog with the intent to reach out to a wider readership, try to approach your food blogging from a particular angle. Focus on one type of cuisine or a certain price point for all your meals and make that the initial theme of your blog. Search out inspiration on food blogs that focus on similar cuisines or whose writing resonates with your love of food. You won’t need to look for—food bloggers are as numerous and varied as any other kind of blog on the web. You have a potential network of millions of foodies to connect with, so get starting!

Consider a photo blog

If you’re a foodie that doesn’t particularly want to write about your obsession, you could alternately start a photo blog. Blog hosting sites like Tumblr streamline photo blogging to make the experience as user-friendly as possible, completely accessible to those less proficient with blogging. And you don’t even need a high-end camera to take appealing photos of your subject: some of the most popular Tumblrs feature pictures from amateur photographers equipped with little more than a standard digital camera. And food is the perfect subject for a photo blog: food is made the most appetizing through pictures, not letters. So if you’re a foodie and an aspiring photographer, why not make the best of both worlds and let food be your photogenic muse?

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