It's no surprise to anyone that there are some fantastic food blogs out there. Right this second around the world, there are thousands of bloggers cooking up a storm in kitchens, and diners chowing down on delicious dishes; all about to lovingly record the experience in words and pictures for hungry readers to devour. The result is an all-you-can-eat 24/7 buffet of blogs, which can make it hard to pick out the best or most interesting ones to you.

Well, each week we're going to make it easier for you to find the freshest, funniest, most inspiring and, yes, most drool-inducing food blogs. We're really excited to be sharing these bloggers with you, starting with two this week, and can't wait until we are able to showcase more of the work of talented food writers in the future.

Smitten Kitchen
If you love beautifully composed, crisp food photography and writing that instantly makes a best friend of you, you'll be smitten with this site. From her New York home, Deb Perelman whips up creations with a comfort-food flavor, eschewing excessively fussy foods. Recent recipes have included vanilla bean pudding, chard and white bean stew, and milk punch, and there is a recipe index that will induce hunger pains it's that good. Deb is in the middle of creating her own cookbook, which she hopes to publish in 2012.
Visit Smitten Kitchen to read more.