For those who use google reader you may have noticed the google reader team made some blog suggestions.
What do Google Reader engineers read?
http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-do-google-reader-engineers-read.html The ones I liked the most were:
Just Bento
http://justbento.com/ La Tartine Gourmande
http://www.latartinegourmande.com/ The Big Picture
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/ The first two being cooking blogs. Be sure to check them out :)