When we are looking for menus for entire dinner parties, or just for something to cook for that special someone, we need to know where to go to find great food. Luckily, the explosion of the Internet has led to a ton of different websites that offer up this very specific kind of help. People from all over the high-end dining world are now willing to share their expertise with the rest of us. They can do this relatively easily by contributing or starting their own site. Here are the best gourmet food blogs you should check.

10. The Amateur Gourmet

This is one of the top ten gourmet food blogs simply because it doesn’t take itself too seriously. There are all kinds of hints and tips on this particular site. You can find recipes and restaurants that surprise you with their great food. The site even has a way to turn leftovers into high-class fare.

9. Coconut & Lime

This is a very simple-looking blog that actually has a ton of great information about season recipes that use all fresh ingredients. Rachel Rappaport is the owner and writer of the site and she has managed to make quite the career out of coming up with brand new recipes.

8. Chez Pim

Pim is another accomplished writer that leads you on her merry adventures in the gourmet world. She also gives you plenty of recipes you can try out at home, making everything from full meals to wonderful desserts.

7. Blue Kitchen

As with all good food blogs, this one is part recipe depository and part gourmet storytime. Chicago-based food writer Terry Boyd is the owner and editor of this particular site.

6. Cornichon.org

The name of the site is based on both the French word for a gherkin served with Pate’ and the slang for a cranky and annoying bumbler. The writer of this site takes the same kind of combination of serious gourmet writing with a splash of irreverence into the content of the site itself.

5. Aaplemint

This particular site is all about really high-end desserts. The writer, Kate says that all of the recipes are her own and they all look good enough to eat right off the webpage.

4. Bittersweet

It seems like quite a few of the best blogs out there for this kind of thing deal with deserts. This particular site is no different in that it gives a ton of great dessert recipes as well as general stories about this kind of food.

3. 80 Breakfasts

This site is, of course, based more on coming up with gourmet breakfasts. That particular feature is great when you are looking for recipes in a genre that tend to focus more on lunches and dinners than they do the first meal of the day. The site doesn’t only look at that meal but its breakfast-centric approach makes this one of the best of the best.

2. 101 Cookbooks

One of the best of this genre because they seem to list out better than any others, how you can actually find a recipe for a particular dish. The site is organized by ingredient and by category. This means that you can enjoy the writing and find the recipe that you are on the hunt for quite easily. Any Foody worth their salt should give this site a look.

1. Dean and Deluca

The top blog on this list belongs to a company that has long been considered tops in the gourmet food industry. Dean and Deluca are well known in this sector so it makes sense that their blog is the best of the best.