10 reasons to wish you had gone to the Foodbuzz Food Blooger Festival!

10. The magic of a mid-afternoon Merlot tasting with Alder Yarrow at the Metreon
(Tif preferred the Blackbird, but Eric fell for the La Paloma!)
9.  Pats of Irish butter eaten off of toothpicks...that's right - eating straight, pure BUTTER.
8.  A delicious, devilish delight in street food and tacos that are, in fact "tacolicious."
7.  Knowing that the Prather ranch  is actually interested in your opinion on their new jalapeño sausage.
6.  Figuring out a way to make a week's worth of dinner out of gift bag goodies  - How awesome were those panko breadcrumbs by the way?!
5. Conversing with the makers behind Thirsty Bear, 21st Amendment and Speakeasy Ale.
4. An Outstanding dinner in the [field] Greenleaf Produce Warehouse with nectar straight from the Bonny Doon's Dionysian gods.
3. Meeting a real (spreadsheet) cowboy and asking him point blankly what you're supposed to tell your vegan friends about his cattle theories. (Picture of Brian K. from the amazing blog, Salty Seattle, a lovely new friend from the weekend)
2. The amazement that can only result from a deliciously and heartfelt carved roasted pork and pig skin sandwich (Porchetta) from Roli Roti.
1. And.... drum roll, please?

You missed out on meeting US, the Guerrilla Gourmet, and all of the other amazing and passionate bloggers that gathered together to make this weekend unforgettable! For a brief, and shinning moment, Foodbuzz united some of the hungriest minds on the internet, resulting in a magical weekend that we'll never forget. We met so many new friends and food producers that we're still trying to make sense of it all. We can't wait till next year and hope to see a lot of new, and familiar, faces there!

If you didn't get a chance to shake hands and tell jokes with everyone, at least you can enjoy their blogs. Here's a rundown of everyone that was there (P.S. We're shocked at how many people we didn't get a chance to meet. Especially - Jenn from the Leftover Queen, how did we miss you? Hope to see you next year, or sooner!) Thanks everyone (especially the fine folks of Foodbuzz) for a truly exciting and educational experience!

eatingclub vancouver
A Fat Cat Who Created A Vegetarian
A Fete For Food
A Fit and Spicy Life
A Good Appetite
Active Foodie
A Little Bit of Spain in Iowa
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day
at the sign of The Pink Pig
Austin Farm to Table
balance
Balance, Joy, and Delicias
Beer and Nosh
Blondie and Brownie
The Bite Me Kitchen
Bran Appetit!
Brewed For Thought
Brownies for Dinner
Burp and Slurp
Cake and Commerce
Carrots and Cake
Cheapeats
Cheese, Wine and Chocolate
Chefectomy
Chez Us
Chrysanthemum
Chubby’s New York food diary + some travel eats
Confections from a Hartley Gourmand
Cooking by the Seat of my Pants
Cooking with Michele

Cupcakes Take The Cake
Daily Goods
Danica’s Daily
>Daydreamer Desserts
Dianasaur
Dinner and Conversation
Dishing up Delights
Eat Live Run
Eat, live, travel, write
Eating Bird Food
Eatventures
Eggs in Purgatory
Entertaining Food
Equal Opportunity Kitchen
Evil Shenanigans – Baking and Cooking Blog
Fake Food Free
Father Adam’s Monastery Meals
Fat Kid Who Loves Food
Food GPS
Food weds Herbs
Food Wishes Video Recipes
FOODalogue: Meandering Meals & Travels
Foodaphilia
Foodbat
The Foodie Blogroll
Fooding 411
FoodWoolf
Foodzings
FotoCuisine
Fries with that Shake
Gastronomic Guesswork
Gastronomy
Gastrotraveling
Going for Seconds
Gourmet Pigs
Gourmeted.com
Green Dog Wine
HEALTHY DELICIOUS
Hey what’s for dinner mom?
High/Low Food/Drink
Home at Last
Hot Dish
Hot Pink Manolos
iEatGood
I’ll Eat You
In Erika’s Kitchen
Inside the Mind of a Chef
Inuyaki
Italy in SF
Javaholic
JayD’s Bite and Booze Blog
Jet Set Wisdom
Joy The Baker
Kahakai Kitchen
Kath Eats Real Food
Kats 9 Lives
Kitchen Gadget Girl
Kitchen M
Kung Food Panda
LA and OC Foodventures
La Fuji Mama
Let Me Eat Cake!
Lick My Spoon
Life After Gluten
Life is a Feast
Local Lemons
Lovely Olio
Luna’s Kitchen Magic
Lunch In a Box
Mangia
MangoTomato
Mattatouille
meals and moves
Midtown Lunch
Mike Ahmadi’s Gastronomic Musings
Miss Ginsu
More Than Burnt Toast
Mr. Reds Fun Shop
Ms. Lin’s Guide
Munchie Musings
My Mantra: Everything Moderation
Natalie Rae’s Great Adventure
Natalie’s Killer Cuisine
Nibbles of Tidbits
No Recipes
Nose To Tail At Home
NYCOff Her Cork
One Healthy Apple
One Scoop At A Time
Passion for eating
Passionate Eater
Piccante Dolce
Poor Girl Eats Well
Pork Chops & Chicken
pretty green girl
Ravenous Couple
RhodeyGirl Tests
Rice & Curry
Right Way To Eat
Run, Eat, Repeat
Salty Seattle
Sass and Veracity
Scrumptious Seattle
Secrets of a Kitchen Wizard
Sherman’s Food Adventures
Simply Recipes
Sippity Sup
Six by 10 Tiny Kitchen
Snack Snoop
The Snacking Chef
So Good
SociallyGreen
Something We Dreamed
Souvlaki for the Soul
Spinach Tiger
Spots For Dates
Steamy Kitchen
Steph Chows
Stetted
Stirring the Stock
Suite Apple Pie
Sweet and Fit
Taking Over the World One Bite at a Time
Taste Tests
Taste With the Eyes
Teenage Glutster
ThatsSoYummy.com
The Adventures of a Wayward Chef
The Bite Me Kitchen
The Culinary Image
The Dallas Celiac
The Duo Dishes
The Feisty Foodie
The Food Addicts
The Gastrognome
The Ginger Scone Diaries
The Healthy Apple
The Inner Workings of a College Graduate
The Irritable Eater
The Leftover Queen
The Making of a Natural Chef
The Old Hen Bed & Breakfast
The Oldways Table
the petite pig
The Salad Girl
The Second Lunch
The Snacking Chef
The Thirsty Pig
The Vegetarian Gourmand
The Whole Wheat
The Yum Coast
This Mama Cooks! Reviews
This Man’s Kitchen
Travel Eat Love
Tri to Cook
Two Boos Who Eat
VikEats
Vin de la Table
VirgoBlue
Viva la foodies
Wasabimon!
We are not Martha
What’s Gaby Cooking?
Wine & Food Culture
wine me, dine me
Within The Corners of My Kitchen
WongCO’s Food
You Can’t Eat What
YummySF