Tweet, Tweet: Editors’ Choice

It's no secret we love food, it's our day job. We read about, interview, and write about innovative new restaurants, chefs, and food personalities; we prefer to spend our afternoons learning about an obscure (to us) ingredient and how it can be used and made delicious; and we scan recipes the way others' scan box scores. Our social media feeds are likewise full of bloggers, cookbook authors, food reporters, and commentators, people that make us giggle, that inspire us, that make our mouths water. So here's a look into who we're following these days and why. 

Marie Elena Martinez, Founding Editor 

Marie Elena's pick: @PatiJinich

A companion to the PBS show of the same name, Pati's Mexican Table is Mexican chef Pati Jinich's beautifully rendered blog covering Mexican food culture and delicacies. The official chef of the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington D.C., Jinich is a busy mom of three boys (who she lovingly calls "monsters") who keeps connected to her Mexico City upbringing through food. Her posts are light, personal and relatable, while also being chock-full of Mexican culinary history. Her recipes are easy to follow, not to mention delicious! One of the best Mexican food resources online, Jinich's table is one table at which I'd love to be offered a permanent seat.

Next up, more of TLK editors' top picks…

Amanda Cargill, Food Content Director

Amanda's picks: @MaggieUnzueta and @EdibleBrooklyn

First up is Maggie Unzueta, a Latina food and wine aficionado based in Southern California. Not only is she knowledgeable about food, culture, and all things dining out in SoCal, she’s got a great sense of humor. I love the wine pairing recommendations she posts on “Wine Wednesdays”, but it was story titled “Wines I Found at a Mexican Wal Mart” that really won me over. In that story she explains that Mexican Wal Marts carry regional wine labels that either aren’t available or are sold at a much higher price in the US, and suggests readers check out wines from Mexico’s Valle de Guadalupe, a gorgeous wine region in Baja Mexico that is presently on the radar of every serious wine lover I know. 

My second pick is Edible Brooklyn. Representing a magazine focused on local foods sold in various regions throughout the U.S. – from Seattle to Omaha to Sarasota – Edible Brooklyn's Twitter posts inform me in a way that other “foodie” outlets don’t, whether focused on a food politics issue no one is yet discussing (but that will be “trending” six months later), shining a light on a local chef no one knows (but who will soon be a star), or illuminating the subtle nuances of a little-known regional cuisine. In short, I always feel like a more well-rounded food journalist after I’ve had my @EdibleBrooklyn fix. 

Next up, more of TLK editors' top picks…

Cristina Gonzalez, Senior Associate Editor

Cristina's picks: @Laylita'sRecipes and @ThugKitchen

Asking me to pick a favorite food-recipe-chef-blogger-Tweeter is like asking me to pick a favorite child. Impossible. So I chose two. First up is Laylita's Recipes. Laylita is a fantastic photographer and blogger (and soon to be author) born in Ecuador and living in Seattle. Though I thoroughly enjoy her blog, I love her Tweets even more. Why? Food porn. She posts gorgeous pics of what she’s dishing up in her kitchen and they’re great inspiration for me, especially on those days where I’m lost in a thick recipe stack and need some dinner direction, ASAP.

My second pick is Thug Kitchen. Definitely NSFW, I love this feed (and this web site) for it’s sense of humor. Cooking can seem daunting and oh-so-serious. But here, it’s all about eating what you love and cooking the way you want, whatever that way may be. Also, it’s funny. And anything that can give me the giggles at 4 pm on a Monday afternoon is a keeper.