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This is a guest post from Kristen Sala – Senior Manager, Electronic Media – at Cision.

We take our food seriously in Chicago. Our famed summer food fests offer a variety of culinary greats, whether you’re craving a slice of deep dish pizza, a Chicago-style hot dog (hold the ketchup, please) or an ethnic dish from one of our many diverse neighborhood restaurants. However, you don’t have to take a trip to the Windy City to get your fill of delicious cuisine. Using Cision’s media database, we’ve compiled 50 independent blogs in North America that cover food and ranked them based on our Cision Influence Rating. These blogs share mouthwatering family recipes, offer tips on vegan and healthy eating and highlight some of North America’s best restaurants.  Many are receptive to product pitches, food events and book reviews. Bon appétit!

Outlet Influence Rating
1 Simply Recipes 94
2 Smitten Kitchen 90
3 A Year of Slow Cooking 88
4 Bakerella 87
5 Christelle Is Flabbergasting 87
6 Serious Eats 86
7 Diet Blog 84
8 theKitchn 84
9 Picky Palate 84
10 Two Peas & Their Pod 83
11 YumSugar 81
12 Eater National 81
13 Southern Plate 81
14 Barbecue Master 81
15 FatFree Vegan Kitchen 80
16 Recipe Girl 80
17 Grilling.com 80
18 Leite’s Culinaria 78
19 Eating Bird Food 78
20 Annie’s Eats 78
21 Weelicious 78
22 Kalyn’s Kitchen 77
23 Homesick Texan 77
24 Closet Cooking 77
25 Gluten Free Goddess 77
26 Pinch my Salt 76
27 Cupcake Project 76
28 Mel’s Kitchen Cafe 76
29 Sprouted Kitchen 76
30 Food Renegade 76
31 Orangette 75
32 Blog Chef.net 75
33 White on Rice Couple 75
34 Simple Bites 75
35 BitterSweet 74
36 eat, live, run 74
37 Cookie Madness 74
38 Not Martha 73
39 Food Wishes 73
40 The Disney Food Blog 73
41 Kitchen Stewardship 73
42 No Meat Athlete 73
43 Chocolate-Covered Katie 73
44 5 Star Foodie Culinary Adventures 72
45 SippitySup 72
46 Sprinkle Bakes 72
47 The Amateur Gourmet 71
48 Amanda’s Cookin’ 71
49 Simply Scratch 71
50 Roni’s Weigh 70

Know of a great Food blog that didn’t make the list? Let us know!

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