Analyzing a food blog

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It's rainy today ;( and a cold is going around. Don't catch a cold.

I visited one food blog called Hummingbird High.

The owner is an American lady, Michelle. She is a baker, blogger and photographer behind her blog.

Quality

I think the quality of her blog is very high because there are detailed descriptions about each posts of recipes with many simple photos. This blog is almost written about baked sweets recipes, for example, muffins, cookies, cakes, donuts, etc. She wrote numerous recipes, so you can surely find recipe that you want to make. She also writes restaurant reviews and feast Portland reviews and puts some snaps on the blog. I believe her restaurant reviews certainly help me when I write my own restaurant review.

Usefulness

As I wrote before, this blog is mainly written about almost all kind of baked sweet recipes. When you want to make baked sweets, these recipes may help you and you can surely find your favorite recipe. It’s also written restaurant reviews and reviews for feast Portland, so it can help when you write your own review.

Visual attractiveness

I’m impressed her photos because they are very cool! All of her photos are fine and beautiful. The layout is very easy to see so it’s simple to know what she wrote. Anyway her photos make me hungry. :) 

Accessibility of the language

I felt it’s not difficult to read and understand the blog. Her writing is plain and clear. Some words are linked to other reports or sites. You may enjoy her blog.

How interesting is it to you personally?
It’s interesting for me to read restaurants' reviews rather than baked sweets recipes. I don’t make sweets… so I’m more interested in restaurants' reviews and some reports with photos. It's attractive and when I'm reading her reports, I feel as if I were in that place and eating.

Anyway, I recommend you to check her blog, Hummingbird High.

Introduction of my book

I chose Food in Russian History and Culture (1997). 

As you read the title, this book is written about Russian food and culture.
The authors are Musya Glants and Joyce Toomre. You can learn the role of food in Russian culture from many sources in this book.

The reason why I chose this book is my interest and I want to know about foreign food culture that I have never known. Last year, I took a Russian class and my teacher showed many things that is related to Russian culture. That's a opportunity that I'm interested in Russian food culture.

The first section of this book is written about the importance of a stove. The stove was a necessary thing for old Russian because it was used not only for heating a room but also for cooking. The peasant in old Russia ate mainly rye and they added mushrooms or nuts into it and processed in the stove. Fish and meat was rare to eat for them.

After I read this, I thought the food old Russian peasants ate is similar to ancient diet in Japan.
I also thought the grains are important nutrition for people for a long time.

I'm keeping reading and I want to learn Russian food culture more.