If you've been itching to learn how to make head cheese, beginning with a pig's head, or wondered how difficult it is to make croissants, you might want to look at the websites of local bloggers. They're writing about everything from what's for dinner to sources for grass-fed meat. Ultimately, like other blogs, food blogs are only as interesting, informative, sassy, or amusing as the personalities behind them.
Writing on Cuisine en Locale (www.cuisineenlocale.com), JJ Gonson introduces herself as a mom, personal chef, locavore, and teacher. She wants to help people eat "in a more healthy and educated way . . . without going crazy." Cuisine en Local isn't a particularly stylish blog; there are very few photos and no real design. Gonson links to other blogs to which she contributes and you can find announcements of her upcoming classes (if you can't plug your own events here, where can you?). The blog should be easier to navigate. To get many recipes, you have to go though the links. Some recipes assume a certain level of expertise, so are not spelled out clearly (see rotisserie duck, Jan. 3). Her focus on local sourcing is clearly heartfelt, and the tone is friendly.
