Some time ago Scott from Grods Corp annointed me with the Thinking Bloggers Award (thanks Scott). In keeping with the spirit of the award, I spent a long time procrastinating thinking about who to nominate.

One of the reasons for my delay is that I know memes can somtimes be a pain in the proverbial. While I think the idea behind this one is great, and I wanted to celebrate the blogs that I enjoy, I also didn’t want to burden them… anyway, blah, blah, blah, a couple of weeks later, I decided to list some of my favourites but make it clear it’s obligation free and they don’t have to keep up the meme if they don’t want to.

The meme works as follows:

1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think,
2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme,
3. Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote (here is an alternative silver version if gold doesn’t fit your blog).

Here are my choices:

The Old Foodie: Every day the old foodie publishes a food related story that has a link to a historically significant event from that day. It might be the birth or death of someone who left an impact on food, a recipe associated with an annual holiday, or a reference to food by a historical figure. As much as I enjoy food blogging, it can tend towards homogenity, with a never-ending cycle of food events, recipes and infinity background photos. I love the fact that the old foodie avoids this side of food blogging altogether, and concentrates on producing a completely unique blog, with posts that are intriguing, charming, interesting and thoroughly researched.

Limes and Lycopenes: Kathryn is a vegetarian food blogger who actually knows what she is talking about. Straddling the worlds of naturopathy and journalism, she writes with authority about nutrition, food and current health debates. I learn something new every time I read her blog, and love the fact that she brings a broader political perspective to the food blogosphere.

Cook (almost) Anything At Least Once: There are some food blogs that leave me bewildered at the writer’s energy. I can’t believe they find the time to cook fabulous food, take beautiful photos, write informative posts, research new food products and still manage to have a life outside the Internet. Haalo’s blog fits squarely in this category. She’s indefatigible, creative, talented and inspiring, and one of Australia’s best food bloggers to boot.

Oikos: Everything I know about enivornmental economics I’ve learnt from this blog. Dave is a great writer and a clear thinker. He doesn’t accept common wisdom - he questions it - but always in an open and entertaining manner. With so much emotion, fear and propaganda encircling environmental issues, it’s always a pleasure to read Dave’s blog and get a fresh perspective.

Crazybrave - the arrival of a new baby has left things a little quieter on the crazybrave front, which just makes me realise how much I miss Zoe. Political, sassy, funny and eclectic, crazybrave is awesome and always makes me wish my blog had more of those qualities.

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