And what do food people do when they meet? They eat lots of yummy food and drink some delcious wines! Garrett of Vanilla Garlic brilliantly hosted a potluck for the area food bloggers this past Saturday so that we could meet. Many of us email each other and fanatically read each other's posts, but haven't actually met. So we had lots of fun trying to place faces with Web sites and photographing each other's food.

Like other foodie events I've been to, everyone brought something to represent their cooking style and present their best flavors. But unlike chef gatherings, we all had to whip out our digital cameras and get postable images of all the goodies (and each other). I didn't get all of the great dishes, but Cakegrrl got some great ones. Some of my favorite dishes (and decent photos) from the event are:

Fethiye's feta-stuffed rolls

Brendon's blackened spice-rubbed pork tenderloin

Melly and Dave's Buccaneer Chicken (the recipe for this and some of the other dishes)

Garett's Earl Grey and Murcott orange cupcakes

I took my favorite pear-cardamom pie from my friend Susan Purdy's fantastic book As Easy As Pie. See above for the recipe or click here.

*Jennifer* here...just wanting to add in a huge thanks for being included. It was a great honor to meet all the local food bloggers that are certainly keeping it real and exposing us to new wonderful recipes and restaurant reviews. Everyone was so kind and the food was really a treat!