A round up of some of the best food stuffs my fave blogs were talking about last week. Anyone else having the desire to have a cheese party...preferably outdoors? Sigh...here I am sans jardin..c'est la vie!

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<strong>blogroll category</strong>: foodie
<strong>blog name/url</strong>: <a href="http://www.thekitchn.com">the kitchn</a>
<strong>blogger</strong>: <a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/author/emily">emily ho</a>
<strong>post i loved</strong>: <a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/tips-techniques/how-to-cleanly-slice-goat-cheese-122143">how to cleanly slice soft goat cheese</a>

I am not the biggest fan of The Kitchn, even though I peruse it almost every day. I find myself mentally or vocally saying 'oh ok' to many of their posts and am left not incredibly inspired or motivated. That being said there is an exception(al post) to every rule, that being the 'how-to's and home hacks they often post. The last one I mentioned on this here blog was the <a href="http://cravenmaven.wordpress.com/2010/06/23/got-poached/">how to poach an egg hack</a>, which I now use on a weekly basis. This past week Emily Ho, featured a post on how to cut soft goat cheese...a common gripe of mine. It's such a simple solution that I virtually smacked my head with an 'of course!' expression on my face. Great post Emily..keep up the good n interesting work!
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<strong>blogroll category</strong>: fashiony
<strong>blog name/url</strong>: <a href="http://coquetteanddove.blogspot.com">coquette and dove</a>
<strong>blogger</strong>: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/garden/11shopping.html/"> kate
</a><strong>post i loved</strong>: <a href="http://coquetteanddove.blogspot.com/2010/07/finger-lickin-rhubarb-rhubarb.html"> { finger-lickin } rhubarb rhubarb
</a>

Rhubarb seemed to be everywhere last week - especially after my post about <a href="http://cravenmaven.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/renaming-unpopular-foods/">renamining unpopular foods</a>. But the yummiest of them all was <a href="http://coquetteanddove.blogspot.com/2010/07/finger-lickin-rhubarb-rhubarb.html">this</a> post by coquette and dove. I love to eat rhubarb but have never drank it..but mixed with vanilla and wine it sounds like a treat to be enjoyed.
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.dwellstudio.com/media/upload/image/brilliant_bento1.jpg" alt="brilliant bento" width="400" height="298" /></p>
<strong>blogroll category</strong>: designy
<strong>blog name/url</strong>: <a href="http://www.dwellstudio.com/blog/">dwellstudio blog</a>
<strong>blogger</strong>: molly
<strong>post i loved</strong>: <a href="http://www.dwellstudio.com/blog/Brilliant-Bento/">brilliant bento
</a>

I love how the guys and gals at dwell keep an eye out for their prints and products on the blogosphere and mag-phere. This past week the spotted a stylin kids bento lunchbox on one of their blankets - and immediately realised it would be a cool addition to the <a href="http://www.dwellstudio.com/kids-room-decor/kids-school-backpacks-lunchboxes/dots-chocolate-lunch-box.html">dwell chocolate dots lunchbox.</a>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="https://threepotatofourshop.com/item_images/vintage_cricket_bait_box.jpg" alt="cricket bait box" width="400" height="400" /></p>
<strong>blogroll category</strong>: vintage housewares
<strong>blog name/url</strong>: <a href="//threepotatofourshop.com/">three potato four</a>
<strong>blogger/owner</strong>: janet and stu
<strong>post/email/item i loved</strong>: <a href="http://threepotatofourshop.com/item/Antique-Handmade-Cricket-Bait-Box/4247/c17">Vintage cricket bait box</a>

Hear me out...how kewl would this be for a rustic table setting to hold cutlery and napkins? I love it!!

*blogships is a rip on an email I got that opened with ' what's cooking my friendships?'

<em>all images from the respective blogs mentioned</em>