By Jason, on March 13th, 2012
 We’re thrilled to announce the keynote speaker for FoodBlogSouth 2013: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt!
Lopez-Alt is the Chief Creative Officer of the Serious Eats family of websites, the largest independent food blog in the world. After graduating from MIT, he learned the craft of cooking the traditional way—working his way up from prep cook to chef at many of Boston’s top restaurants including No. 9 Park and Clio. He spent the next three years as an editor at Cook’s Illustrated in Brookline, Mass., where he produced some of the most innovative recipes the magazine has printed, as well as cohosting several episodes of the public television show America’s Test Kitchen.
He currently resides in Harlem, N.Y., with his wife and dog, where he pens the Food Lab column for Serious Eats, dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of home cooking with science. He is the co-author of Serious Eats: A Comprehensive Guide To Making and Eating Delicious Food Wherever You Are, published by Clarkson-Potter, and the author of the upcoming The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science, to be published by W. W. Norton in 2012.
More details are coming soon, but mark your calendars: FoodBlogSouth 2013 will be January 26, 2013, in Birmingham, Ala. Follow our news section, Facebook page or Twitter feed for the latest details as they become available.
By Jason, on February 7th, 2012
Are you on Pinterest yet? It’s a virtual bulletin board you can use to share anything on the web, from gorgeous food photos and your latest blog post to that magnificent recipe you just found.
Well, FoodBlogSouth is in love with Pinterest, and we’ve created a board for all of you to introduce yourselves and share your photos from the conference. Check it out!
Here’s how to get your photo on our board:
- Join Pinterest. (You can log in using your Facebook or Twitter profile, or your email address.)
- Email a link to your profile page to jason@foodblogsouth.com. We’ll then add you to the group board.
- Pin a photo of yourself to the board with links to your blog, Twitter handle, and wherever else you’d like to share.
- Pin more FoodBlogSouth photos to the board!
By Jason, on January 18th, 2012
Love beer? Love cheese? Love the South? You’re not gonna want to miss our afterparty!
Sponsored by the Southeast United Dairy Industry Association and held at Birmingham’s own Good People Brewing Company, the party will feature tastings of Southern cheeses (and one from Vermont) paired with Good People beers and delicious snacks. Here’s what you’ll get to try:
- Kashkaval from Bittersweet Plantation Dairy in Gonzales, La., with pickled okra, Cajun trail mix, and Pale Ale
- Yellow Branch Pepper Cheese from Robbinsville, N.C., with beef jerky, sweet potato chips, and Brown Ale
- Georgia Gouda from Sweet Grass Dairyin Thomasville, Ga., with spicy peach chutney, dark bread, and IPA
- Cloth-Bound Cheddar from Cabot in Cabot, Vt., with Virginia ham, Virginia apple butter, and Snake Handler Double IPA
- Rose Blue from Kenny’s Farmhouse Cheese in Austin, Ky., with fig-cocoa preserves, ginger snaps, and Coffee Oatmeal Stout
But there’s only one way to get in to our afterparty: Register for FoodBlogSouth 2012. There are only a few tickets left!
By Shaun, on January 15th, 2012
 Samantha Rivard (SamiRivard) blogs at A Teenage Gourmet. She started cooking at age 5, started blogging in high school, and she is now a freshman at the University of Virginia. She’ll be the keynote speaker of FoodBlogSouth Teen, and she’ll talk about how to find your niche as a young food blogger.
What’s your favorite Southern food?
Mom’s Bourbon & Orange Zest Sweet Potatoes, aunt Yvonne’s Chicken & Dumplings, or Mrs. Molar’s Ham & Bean Soup with Cornbread. Don’t make me choose!
How’s you start blogging?
The idea of blogging floated in my head for months while I read other recipe blogs. I finally googled “wordpress” and signed up. Creating an account took 5 minutes, and I was hooked from the start.
Anything you’re excited about sharing at FoodBlogSouth Teen?
The food scene in Charlottesville (my college town) is unrivaled for it’s size. I’d love to answer questions about local eats, and how I accommodate my gourmet tastes into a college lifestyle.
By Shaun, on January 14th, 2012
 Tammy Hart ( @tammyhart) is a web designer and programmer who also does custom WordPress themes. She’s going to do a session on good blog design for food bloggers—and she’ll show her redesign of one lucky attendee’s blog. What’s your favorite Southern food?
Buttermilk fried chicken, creamed potatoes, and a mess of collard greens.
We have a lot of people coming to Birmingham from out of town. Any recommendations for one thing everyone should do before they leave?
Eat at Bright Star in Bessemer – One of the oldest restaurants in town – Greek cuisine mixed with Southern simplicity = YUM.
Anything you’re excited about sharing at FoodBlogSouth?
I can’t wait to intro ReciPress Pro, my premium recipe WordPress plugin – ReciPress.com.
By Shaun, on January 13th, 2012
 Jay Ducote (@biteandbooze) blogs at Bite and Booze and co-hosts a radio show called Raise A Glass in Baton Rouge. He also helped establish the Baton Rouge Social Media Association, and he’s turning Bite and Booze into a culinary media company. At FoodBlogSouth, he’ll talk about video blogging.
What’s your favorite Southern food?
My two favorite types of food are Cajun and barbecue…so I guess my true favorite Southern food is the not-so-well-known Cajun barbecue!
Is there anything—other than attend FBS!—that you can’t wait to do in Birmingham?
Any time I get to travel one of my favorite things to do is explore the craft beer scene and find beers that I can’t get back home. I’m very excited to see what’s on the taps in BHAM!
Anything you’re excited about sharing at FoodBlogSouth 2012?
I’m very excited my presentation on incorporating video into your food blog… but I’d also like to share that I just signed a book deal with the LSU Press to do the “Bite and Booze Cookbook!” It won’t be available until 2013, but it is still something very exciting to share with everybody at FBS!
By Jason, on January 12th, 2012
Unfortunately, the official FoodBlogSouth hotel, the Springhill Suites Birmingham Downtown, is now fully booked for the night of Saturday, Jan. 28. However, we have reserved a block of backup rooms at the same $105 rate at the nearby Residence Inn Birmingham Downtown. You can book a room online, or call 205-731-9595. This rate is only good until Jan. 19, so please make your reservations now if you haven’t already!
By Shaun, on January 12th, 2012
 Jen Barnett (@freshfully) is a web marketing and mobile strategy expert, and currently the owner of a new web-based company, Freshfully, that helps people find and purchase locally-grown food. Her other work and projects include SpryLab, VisitSouth, and Cooking Light. She’s going to be on a FoodBlogSouth panel about how to make money blogging.
What’s your favorite Southern food?
A huge veggie plate.
We’ve got a lot of people coming to Birmingham from out of town. Got a recommendation for one thing everyone should do before they leave?
Visit the taco truck on West Valley Avenue.
So how’d you start blogging?
I started blogging in 2000 as “Gigi, the Goody’s Girl,” for Goody’s Family Clothing.
By Shaun, on January 11th, 2012
We’ve got a lot of people coming to Birmingham from out of town. Got a recommendation for one thing everyone should do before they leave?
How’d you start blogging?
After 7 years of working as a professional recipe developer and food writer, I started my blog to share to everyone all of my favorite passions in the kitchen and tips on living a healthy lifestyle.
Anything you’re excited about sharing at FoodBlogSouth 2012?
I am excited to share that my second published book will be out in October 2012. Title TBA.
By Shaun, on January 10th, 2012
 Dianne Jacob (@diannej) is a writing coach and editor. She blogs at Will Write for Food, and she’s the author of the book Will Write for Food: The Complete Guide to Writing Cookbooks, Blogs, Reviews, Memoir, and More. She’ll give an afternoon presentation on the Three Biggest Ethical Issues for Food Bloggers.
What’s your favorite Southern food?
Let’s see. Fried chicken, shrimp and grits, biscuits slathered with butter, collards and pot likker, and coconut cake. Now I’ve done it. I can hardly concentrate because that list sounds so good. If I could get all those things in one meal I’d be ecstatic! (I suppose I’ve listed all traditional Southern foods, and I bet there are lots more finger-lickin modern adaptations to try.)
Is there anything—other than attend FBS!—that you can’t wait to do in Birmingham?
I can’t wait to eat there! That’s the highlight of going just about anywhere as far as I’m concerned. Look forward to reading some recommendations.
Anything you’re excited about sharing at FoodBlogSouth 2012?
I’m scared that people will think a session on ethics is boring. It’s anything but! I’m expecting a rollicking discussion with lots of thought-provoking content and disagreements. And that’s based on audience participation, not just me going on and on.
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