Where to Find Cooking By The Seat Of My Pants:
Blog URL: http://www.cookingbytheseatofmypants.com/
Category: Food, Cooking, Entertainment

Cooking By The Seat Of My Pants

The name of this blog drew me in the first time I saw it. What does that mean—Cooking by the seat of my pants? Basically, it means cooking the way I think most of us do, if not at first, eventually…just like blogger Jerry Russell did.

Cooking By The Seat Of My Pants – Why You Should Go

We’ve covered a lot of cooking and food blogs here at Digg It, but none of them quite like this one. Most of the blogs that we’ve covered, as most cooking blogs are, have been either blogs of professional cooks and chefs or blogs by everyday cooks who do things very much by the book. Not so with Jerry’s blog.

Jerry Russell is, as he says, “cooking by the seat of his pants.” Which simply means he’s tossed aside the cookbooks, the rules, the ‘must-do’s’ and ‘can’t do’s’ and has made cooking an adventure, mixing and matching and creating new combinations and fly-by-the-seat recipes as he goes. The results are usually mouth- and eye-watering, but as Jerry (a web-designer and pro blogger by technical profession) says, sometimes the results are only “so-so” and sometimes down-right disastrous; but every experience is a learning experience, and it all makes for good blogging, either for the food and taste value, the room-for-improvement value, or just the laughs at Jerry’s expense.

“Cooking by the Seat of My pants is more than just a really catchy name for a food blog. (Well, I think it’s pretty catchy.) It’s the way I cook. I rarely use a recipe, and if I do, I blatantly neglect to follow it once I get going. I just fly through the kitchen by the seat of my pants and cook for the sheer unadulterated pleasure it gives me…

…Cooking should be fun. It should be an adventure, and the best part of that adventure is sharing. Since I can’t invite the whole world for supper, and because I have no interest at all in returning to the world of the professional cook, this is my way of sharing.”

Summing Up Cooking By The Seat Of My Pants

Jerry Russell has taken a much less structured approach to his cooking, and one that feels much more ‘normal’ than many elite cooking blogs. His is more like cooking for those of us in the real world, all the while being also something of a permission slip to let yourself go, experiment, and enjoy your food and make it fun.

Go here to check out Cooking By The Seat Of My Pants.

*By the way—Jerry’s wife, currently serving in the U.S. Air Force, has recently been deployed overseas. He shares these challenges as well in his personal stories. Our respect and gratitude to Jerry, his wife, and family for their service and sacrifice.

Mary Ward
Do You Digg It!
Blog Review Team
Do You Digg It! © 2012

Where to Find Black And Married With Kids:
Blog URL: http://blackandmarriedwithkids.com/
Category: Relationships, Parenting, Family

Black And Married With Kids

Bloggers seem to be very good at naming their blogs in quite self-explanatory ways; this is another blog where the name says it all, or at least most of it. This is a blog dealing with both the everyday issues and unique challenges that marriage, culture, parenting and children, and achieving the home-work balance can create.

Black And Married With Kids – Why You Should Go

Black and Married With Kids is the work of Lamar and Ronnie Tyler, a professional couple living and working and raising their family of four children in the Washington, DC, USA area. Their blog is focused quite heavily on all of the issues that impact a marriage, and also takes a wider world view into areas of interest. Ronnie and Lamar describe it as a place where they

“…share our opinions and points of view on relationships, parenting, politics, current events and anything in between.”

For readers, the multiple award-winning blog has become a place for insight, growth, inspiration, discussion, advice, and much more. The Tylers work hard to make this a community blog where topics are discussed rather than preached, opening up the blog as a sort of forum with each post, but most specifically with their category, Dear BMWK.

Summing Up Black And Married With Kids

Black and Married With Kids is a place of insight which takes on the always complex issue of parenting and maintaining healthy relationships. It’s no short order, but this couple has managed to build a place where real life meets the media world, and continues to work hard to lend advice and support to readers facing the triumphs and challenges of married life and raising children in a seemingly ever-changing landscape.

Go here to check out Black And Married With Kids.

Mary Ward
Do You Digg It!
Blog Review Team
Do You Digg It! © 2012

Where to Find A Dash Of Salty:
Blog URL: http://saltyweeks.blogspot.com/
Category: Personal Interests, Hobbies, Family

A Dash Of Salty

Some men just seem to know what’s important in life—and Jeffrey Weeks, in my book, is one of them. His blog is evidence of that.

A Dash Of Salty – Why You Should Go

A Dash of Salty is Jeffrey’s blog about everything that matters to him—family, food, and fun seems a fitting summary. Jeffrey blogs from the shores of North Carolina in the States, where he talks about his saltwater fishing adventures, his home, family, garden, movies, and entertainment. Along the way he treats us to delicious recipes (primarily for his seafood fare) and tempting pictures—not just of the food, but of just about everything that is going on in his life and on the blog.

Jeffrey’s version of the blog’s summary:

“Posts on saltwater fishing, popular entertainment, sports, gardening, the world at large, and the family at hand.”

Summing Up A Dash Of Salty

Jeffrey Weeks seems to have struck a most harmonious balance in life. His blog is entertaining, interesting, and in many ways relaxing, as there is something quite comforting about knowing that there are people out there who just simply “get it”—life, that is.

Go here to check out A Dash of Salty.

Mary Ward
Do You Digg It!
Blog Review Team
Do You Digg It! © 2012

Where to Find Nona Nita’s Grandparenting Blog:
Blog URL: http://blog.nonanitasnook.com/
Category: Parenting, Grandparenting, Lifestyles

Nona Nita’s Grandparenting Blog

Talk to any grandparent and they will tell you that having grandchildren is one of the most precious gifts of all. However, connecting with children born generations apart can often prove a challenge. Nona Nita is aiming to change that.

Nona Nita’s Grandparenting Blog – Why You Should Go

Nona Nita knows children. She has raised two of her own and has made teaching her profession, and has been blessed with grandchildren as well. To Nona, children are a gift to be treasured.

Her blog has been designed to help grandparents remain active in the lives of their grandchildren, despite any hurdles like time and distance. Her goal is to provide resources for grandparents and others in an effort to inspire “enlightened grandparenting” for the modern grandparent to help them better connect and spend quality time with their grandchildren. She describes her blog as a…

“Blog hosted by a grandparent and teacher to share the joys and bumps of modern, enlightened grandparenting. Blog focuses on issues, activities and experiences of interest to grandparenting.”

Summing Up Nona Nita’s Grandparenting Blog

Nona Nita is delivering a high-quality resource to ensure that grandparents have the tools and resources they need to stay connected and involved in the lives of their children and grandchildren. She understands the important place that grandparents hold, and works hard to help them continue to make a difference in the lives of children young and old.

Go here to check out Nona Nita’s Grandparenting Blog.

Mary Ward
Do You Digg It!
Blog Review Team
Do You Digg It! © 2012