Fun for Foodies

For those who love restaurants, restaurant news, restaurant gossip, restaurant speculation, and more, there are many enjoyable blogs available. My favorite is by the San Francisco Chronicle food critic, Michael Bauer (http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/michaelbauer/). He addresses many interesting topics, including new restaurants, trends in food, tipping, service, restaurant design, what to do when there is a mistake in service, restaurant etiquette, etc. Even people who do not live in the San Francisco Bay Area will enjoy this blog. On the same site, Inside Scoop SF, there is another, more newsy/gossipy blog by Paolo Lucchesi, also fun to read. Another of my favorite sites -- restaurant news in a stylish, even snarky voice -- is Eater SF (http://sf.eater.com/); there are also Eater sites/blogs in various other cities such as New York and Los Angeles.