You can contact me at tommy(insert weird AT sign here)tommyskitchen.com
Some inspiration for you all:
Meat
www.meathenge.com
Probably my all-time favorite food blog, I’ve been following this site for a while now. Biggles and I might have been brothers in another life.
General Food
www.chow.com
Great site, especially the Chowhound area – If you are looking for something specific in your city, try here. User reviews for everything from the best hot dogs to 5-star restaurants.
Bacon-Related:
bacontoday.com
A nice Bacon-related site
baconfreak.com
I love the name, and their motto is “Bacon is meat candy”. I couldn’t agree more.
Sources
salttraders.com
These folks sell some awesome sea salt. I don’t cook with it, but rather use it to sprinkle on food to bring out the flavor – especially tomatoes, meats, and anything that needs a ‘fresh burst’ to finish. I’m partial to their ‘flakes’.
Smithfieldhams.com
This is where I get my real Virginia Country Hams -You know, the extremely salty ones that you have to soak for days prior to cooking. You can’t have ham biscuits without the real stuff!
sausagemaker.com
butcher-packer.com
My two sources for everything related to making sausages. I also get my pink salt here, used in bacon, corned beef, tasso, canadian bacon, etc…
Recipe Sites
Epicurious.com
Foodtv.com
You already know I don’t much care for going by a recipe – But if I need inspiration or a jumping-off point, I may start here. Never underestimate the power of Google, either.
Gardening (my closest brush with Vegetables)
www.debaggioherbs.com
These folks are in Chantilly, Virginia. Best known for herbs and tomatoes, I usually get the latter as well as peppers in plant form – Their selection is amazing.
www.territorialseed.com
This is usually where I buy my see and gardening supplies. Great outfit, Oregon-Based.
FOT (Friends of Tommy)
byhandinvitations.com
The site of Steve, the graphic designer who has been working hard on my logo – Check out his work!
nextnik.com
My buddy Mike’s site. ”The only thing that is constant is change”. Some good blogging going on here related to life-changes and such. Love the videos, Mike edits these at home and he does a great job.
http://ivysfeast.blogspot.com/
Ivy is Lucy’s oldest friend and our food buddy from Oregon. It was good to catch up with her, and she is now a big-time author! Buy her books (I hear a new one is coming soon!) Her blog has some yummy things in it….
My other site (Or what I do in Real Life in order to be able to afford to cook for you)
www.chinarider.com
This includes links to my Reel and Resume. Hiring me usually comes with epicurian perks!