South By Southwest – The Secrets of Successful Food Blogging

South By Southwest–or SXSW–is a huge festival/convention in Austin, Texas based around music, movies and technology with lots of interviews and panels with famous people.   I had only one panel I wanted to attend and it was the “Secrets of Successful Food Blogging” panel.  I’m still rather unsure of myself and various aspects of writing a food blog, so I showed up with open ears and an open mind…

Pig’s Cheek And Tongue

To feed two.
I’ve had very positive feedback for an offal eat out date, so I’m picking May the 16th, which is a Saturday.  I hope that’s far enough in the future for everyone…

Offal items from around the ‘net

I’ve recently run across two offal-centric items on the net, so I figured I’d share them with you…

Roast Quail

The quail unfortunately falls into a kind of bird purgatory; it is not a game bird, though some describe it as such, but is now a thoroughly farmed bird, so not glamorous enough to warrant the “hands on” battling that people feel justified to exert on grouse and partridge, and is denied from joining the chicken’s gang, as it is seen to be too fiddly to eat.  Then finally, to kick the quail while it’s down, people say it has no flavor…