A friend of mine recently posted the following as her facebook status:<\/p>\n
“I am such a sucker for end of the year “top” lists…i just can’t explain it.”<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Well, she’s not the only one.\u00a0 This week I’m sharing a few of the many “best of the year” lists that have appeared in my reader over the past few weeks.<\/p>\n This site has an amazing collection of 2010-related lists<\/a>. \u00a0So many that I probably don’t need to make my own list, except that only a handful are food related. \u00a0Impressive, nonetheless, especially if you’re looking for a way to kill a couple hours of your time (assuming, of course, that your #1 resolution isn’t to stop wasting time).<\/p>\n There were a lot of “Best Cookbooks of 2010” lists: David Lebovitz<\/a>,\u00a0Epicurious<\/a>, Huffington Post<\/a>, The Daily Beast<\/a>, NY Times<\/a>,\u00a0Serious Eats<\/a>, Grist<\/a> (technically “favorite food books”, but some cookbooks made the list).\u00a0 I either need to stop getting new cookbooks or buy a bigger bookshelf…I’m leaning towards the bookshelf.<\/p>\n This is even more up my alley: Huffington Post’s Best Blogs-to-Cookbooks of 2010<\/a>. \u00a0There are no plans for a Relishments cookbook, so I probably won’t make the 2011 list, but you never know :)<\/p>\n From Grist, the Top 10 Scary Foods of 2010<\/a>.\u00a0 I could rail on the issues of the current food system, but I think this list speaks pretty well for itself.<\/p>\n The Biggest Food Politics Stories<\/a>, according to Slashfood.\u00a0 A definite mix of good and bad.<\/p>\n Fear not, it’s not all bad news:\u00a0 Change.org has a list of the 6 Biggest Sustainable Food Victories of 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Food Channel<\/a> (via Slashfood<\/a>) and Epicurious<\/a> both have posts looking ahead to 2011’s food trends.<\/p>\n Anthony Bourdain’s favorite and least favorite things of 2010<\/a>, including books, movies and ingredients.\u00a0 I could watch Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations for the rest of my life and be content to not watch much else, I think.<\/p>\n From the non-food realm:<\/p>\n The year in photos<\/a> and the year in ideas <\/a>(via kottke.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n Finally, Success Your Way posted a really impressive list of 111 New Years Resolutions and Tools to Make Them a Reality<\/a>.\u00a0 Well worth a look, if you’ve made any resolutions for 2011.<\/p>\n