There was a plethora of good food chatter on the blogosphere last week, here is a roundup of some of my most favourite:

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1. I can pack away an obscene amount of petit fours in one sitting, shamelessly. Thanks to <a href="http://foodzie.com/blog/2011/04/how-to-make-your-own-petit-fours/">Foodzie</a> and their how-to, I am now in a position to make a shameless amount of petit-fours 'just because'. Goodbye waistline. Hello stretchy trousers!

2. New York has an amazing array of food trucks. From authentic West Indian cuisine, to Spanish fare to Froyo's, the quality is as good as the variety is vast. The Cooking Channel have honed in on this alternative food culture to create the show <a href="http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/eat-street/index.html">Eat St</a>, hosted by stand up comedian <a href="http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/james-cunningham/bio/index.html">James Cunningham</a>. Until the show airs on Tuesday at  8pm EST, check out this <a href="http://blog.cookingchanneltv.com/2011/04/12/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-food-truck/">Day in the Life of a Food Truck</a> itinerary. It will make your head spin, especially if you, like me, are not an early bird!

3. Bottled water. A necessary beverage or a total waste of money? Sometimes I do wonder... In 2009 when <a href="http://tapdny.com/media.php">Tap'd NY</a> launched, { yes that IS tap water sold in bottles }, it was an insult to say the least. So I bought a few BPA free bottles and started carting around my own { free } 'Tap'd NY'.  Dr. Shamil <a href="http://drshamilsmartliving.blogspot.com/2011/04/bottled-water-waste-of-money.html">gives his input</a> on the oft debated To Bottle Water or Not to Bottle Water coversation.

4. Oh <a href="http://www.trotski-ash.com/">Trotski and Ash</a> why do you tempt me so with your luscious sweet treats that are easily 'veganised'? Whenever I travel to London, a sack load of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_%28chocolate_bar%29">Bounty</a> bar's are always on my shopping list, but now, now I can make them myself til dessicated coconut comes out of my eyes thanks to <a href="http://www.trotski-ash.com/2011/04/recipes/chocolate-coconut-squares/">this recipe</a> from the girls of T&A. { Note. even if dessicated coconut came out of my eyes I would still continue to eat Bounty's. Sad. } 

5. I have a thing about sleeping on water, a 'I'm never going to do that' sort of thing. However, one thing I never contemplated is <em>cooking</em> on water; that is until I saw Di's post about a <a href="http://designersblock.blogspot.com/2011/04/house-boat-in-paris.html">Houseboat in Paris</a>. The kitchen's dark charcoal walls, vintage crates and small appliances bathed in light from round porthole windows is simply gorgeous. Despite the dark colour and limited floorplan the space doesn't feel pok
