I love these ideas. I recently added chopped homemade crackling to a basic, farmer’s market salad. The crackling acts like a “meat crouton”. Its decadent, but lovely none the less.

Hmm. there are so many...
For the glorification of french gastronony: MFK Fischer & Julia Child.
For the w-holistic view of food and culture: Michael Pollan, Dan Barber & Eric Schlosser.
For blogs: Deb from Smitten Kitchen & Heidi from 101 cookbooks
For vegan dishes with a humorous twist: Isa Chandra Moskowitz
And finally, for food industry gossip: David Kamp.

Thanks Cathy and Culinate! This is a great way to eek into unfamiliar vegetable territory.