Out of tens of thousands of culinary blogs, these are the best. Hope you brought your appetite. The readers and SAVEUR’s editors have spoken: here are your winners for the 8th Annual SAVEUR Blog Awards. Finalists flew in from as far as Poland, India, and Hong Kong to spend two days in Charleston, SC with the SAVEUR team talking shop, distilling whiskey, ripping into whole-hog barbecue, and swigging more than a couple cocktails before convening at the Dewberry Inn to learn who’d bring home the gold. As always, we're so happy to honor the people who inspire our cooking, our baking, and our martini-shaking. Each category features the SAVEUR editors’ selection, and also notes which finalist was voted the Readers’ Choice. Be sure to check out the new categories for 2017, including Best Food Instagram and Best Food Podcast. For the full list of winning blogs, visit bit.ly/2017foodblogs
blog of the year StrangerTalk
www.strangertalk.co
Noryangjin Seafood Market • Seoul, Korea StrangerTalk aims to tell the travel stories that aren’t being told – the stories of locals passionately fostering their history and traditions, of recipes and crafts being passed down from generation to generation, and capturing the day-to-day moments that exist within any community. From learning about the power of the magical Thai Buddhist tattoos to meeting some of Japan’s last remaining kombu shavers, shaving the paper-thin seaweed with the country’s sharpest knives, this isn’t a blog about their travels or a guide to a particular city—these are real experiences celebrating local culture and their everlasting, although sometimes dwindling, traditions.
best baking & sweets blog Chef Iso
www.chefiso.com
finalists
Chocolates and Chai www.chocolatesandchai.com
Cloudy Kitchen www.cloudykitchen.com
Readers’ Choice Award
Displaced Housewife www.displacedhousewife.com
Wood and Spoon thewoodandspoon.com
Cooking Me Softly www.cookingmesoftly.it
best food instagram XLBCR
instagram.com/xlbcr
finalists
Readers’ Choice Award
Nicole Franzen www.instagram.com/nicole_franzen
Jo Rodgers www.instagram.com/jo_rodgers
Slice of Pai www.instagram.com/sliceofpai
The Very Big Sheep www.instagram.com/theverybigsheep
Masterchef Mom www.instagram.com/masterchefmom
best new voice Cardamom and Tea
www.cardamomandtea.com
finalists
Readers’ Choice Award
Add a Little Lemon www.addalittlelemon.com
Belly Over Mind bellyovermind.com
Pakistan Eats www.pakistaneats.com
The Hungry Bites thehungrybites.com
Chicano Eats chicanoeats.com
best food video
People’s Republic of Fermentation
youtube.com/user/sandorkraut
finalists
Readers’ Choice Award
Migrationology migrationology.com
Chef Project www.chefproject.ca
Just One Cookbook www.justonecookbook.com
A Cook’s Remedy www.arangoyoaga.com
Betty Liu instagram.com/bliu07
best style and design blog The Jungalow
www.jungalow.com
finalists
Hadley Court hadleycourt.com
The Faux Martha thefauxmartha.com
Readers’ Choice Award
Inspired by Charm inspiredbycharm.com
Crafty Chica www.craftychica.com
Lark & Linen www.jacquelynclark.com
best food blog photography Rozkoszny
rozkoszny.pl/en
Readers’ Choice Award
finalists
The Freaky Table www.zairazarotti.com
Lab Noon www.labnoon.com/en
Claudia GĂśdke claudiagoedke.wordpress.com
What Should I Eat for Breakfast Today whatshouldieatforbreakfasttoday.com
KrautKopf kraut-kopf.de/?lang=en
best drinks blog Apartment Bartender
www.apt.bar
finalists
Readers’ Choice Award
Drinking with Chickens www.drinkingwithchickens.com
Great Drams www.greatdrams.com
Cocktails of Copenhagen cocktailsofcopenhagen.dk
Garden Cocktails gardencocktails.co
Arsenic Lace arsenic-lace.com
best food podcast The Slow Melt
theslowmelt.com
finalists
Readers’ Choice Award
The Sporkful www.sporkful.com
The Racist Sandwich www.racistsandwich.com
Inside the Drinker’s Studio Search for it in iTunes
Smart Mouth www.smartmouthpodcast.com
The Southern Fork www.thesouthernfork.com
most inspired weeknight dinners Tending the Table
tendingthetable.com
finalists
Readers’ Choice Award
A Cozy Kitchen www.acozykitchen.com
Jul’s Kitchen en.julskitchen.com
A Simple Thyme www.asimplethyme.com
Son of a Southern Chef www.sonofasouthernchef.com
What to Cook Today whattocooktoday.com
the food obsessive award
Let’s Taco Bout It
letstacoboutitblog.com
finalists
The Gingerbread Artist www.thegingerbreadartist.com
Madame Huang’s Kitchen carolynjphillips.blogspot.com
Readers’ Choice Award
Eating With Your Hands eatingwithyourhands.com
Necro Nomnomnomicon eatthedead.com
Dr. Benefits drbenefits.wordpress.com