Weekly Love Letter for Friday, March 6th

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“This is going to sound strange: the next time you’re in Tokyo, get Indian food.  Specifically, get the naan.  I love Indian food and ate some very, very authentic stuff in the Bay Area.  But the Indian food in Tokyo is out of control amazing.  The naan is usually made to order and is so fresh, hot and crisp/soft/chewy that you will probably order another one.  And actually, if you’re looking for something a little different, try Nepalese food.  It’s very similar to Indian food but has a few different dishes, like momo.  They’re little tender stuffed dumplings served with a spicy herb sauce.  We have a favorite Nepalese place here in Meguro, so let me know if you’re interested in more information!”

*I had pretty much zero interest in going to Macau (the Vegas of Asia? I’ll stick with the Vegas of America) until I listened to this Splendid Table podcast about Macanese food.  Spanish + Indian + Chinese food?  Sign me up.

*Give me everything in copper (or make it!).

*Creamy miso mushrooms and eggs.  Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

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“You might have noticed a brief break in our weekly love letter schedule- all my fault.  Last week I was lucky enough to get to join several other food bloggers at the Food Blog Forum in Orlando, FL.  It was a great weekend with my local lady Sarah and my newest food blog friend (and Disney roommate extraordinaire), Tina– roaming around Disney, eating Dole Whip, learning about all things blogging and stuffing our faces with beautiful and delicious food.

As always, one of the best parts of blog events is meeting other bloggers.  Food Blog Forum is especially great for this: a room full of folks who want to feed me AND eat with me?  Um, yeah.  Sold.  Instead of sharing my usual Internet faves this week, I thought I’d introduce you to three awesome bloggers I met on the trip!”

* It all started with an Instagram photo of maybe the most adorable pregnancy announcement ever.  And then at breakfast I found out that Jessa of Heed the Feed was SITTING AT MY TABLE.  I might have embarrassed myself that morning (and the rest of the weekend, let’s not kid ourselves), but I loved meeting her.  Billed as an organic food blogger, her site is all about pure food- and y’all know how I feel about that.

* For some reason, blogging conferences tend to have more women in attendance than men.  Can’t stop, won’t stop: Nick from Macheesmo.  A super nice and genuine guy, Nick writes about becoming a more confident cook with a super wide array of recipes and real talk.  (I just bought his book too!)

* One of our loves here on A&C is travel.  When a fave blog popped up in my reader looking for guest travel posts recently, I knew I wanted to try to contribute.  SF was already locked down, but I’d been meaning to come up with a backup city and write Susannah of Feast & West when I SPOTTED HER ACROSS THE ROOM last weekend.  She was THERE!  She’s as delightful in person as you’d imagine from her blog and my biggest sadness is not getting to share a cocktail with her- it’s one of her blog’s specialties.

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One year ago: kumquat and vanilla bean marmalade (hmm, I may have a problem…xo, a)
Two years ago: light and fluffy Kentucky biscuits 

Mamabee made a beautiful roundup of floral headbands and crowns to welcome spring, including our DIY Floral Crown.

HouseBeautiful added our DIY Wine Cork Trivet to their post of awesome home DIYs.

Our customizable DIY photo or placecard holders were in Happy Wedd’s roundup of 16 easy DIY photo projects for your wedding.

Lose the Cape did a fantastic St. Patrick’s Day recipe and craft post, and they included our DIY St. Patrick’s Day Party Straws!