More Red Letters? Who Do You Think I Am? Hester Prynne?

(Farmstead cheeses and others, left, at the River Cafe Cheese Shop in downtown Santa Cruz. Ain't they purty?)

Two more lovely red letter things to wake up to today, both media-related.

Item #1: I got a small mention in an article about food bloggers in the Wall Street Journal in Europe the Food Bloggers Global Map that I coordinate. Some weeks ago, its author, Elena Berton of Intrepid Gourmet, wrote to "interview" me about the map and my food blog. In the article, it's only one small paragraph, but it made me happy to be in the company of Chocolate & Zucchini, Cooksister, and FoodPornWatch.

The map is currently holding 300 pins, on five continents. If you're a food blogger and aren't on there yet, g'wan! Just center the map (click, hold, and move the "hand") and zoom. Center and zoom. (Don't feel you have to put yourself on your street: I put myself in the middle of the little town I live in. If I lived in NYC, I'd stick myself in the Museum of Natural History or the Met. Have fun.)