Organic and artisan goods perfect for gifting.

Trying to track down the best goods for food lovers? Look no further. We rounded up some of our favorite bites from Foodspotting, perfect for the foodie in your life.

Organic Wheat Beer (Mothership Wit)

Kombucha Vinegar (Happy Girl Kitchen)

Terre Rosse Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Azienda Agraria Hispellum)

Raw Vegan Chocolates (ChocolaTree Organic Eatery)

Achva Organic Halva (Johnvince Foods)

Organic Dominican Dark Chocolate Bar (Vosges Haut Chocolat)

Iswari Organic Raw Chocolate Making Kit (Nourish)

Emmy’s Organics – Flagstaff, Arizona

Artisan chocolate (Halls)

Assorted Macaroons (ET Artisan Sweets)

Organic Cheese Selection (SFO, San Francisco Airport)

Top Image: Out of the Kitchen Food Adventures

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 Raw food reinterpreted into 11 mouthwatering recipes.

I used to think that raw foodism was reserved for the kind of girl who only eats salads.

Nevertheless, the raw food movement has always intrigued me. Raw foodies claim that eating unprocessed plant-based foods in their natural state provides the body with more nutrients, leads to more energy, and has the power to cure disease. Critics dispute the science behind these claims, saying that a diet consisting solely of raw food can lead to nutritional deficiency.

Whichever line you believe, embracing a diet with more natural greens can’t be bad, when done right. And it turns out, there’s more to raw food than just salads. This week’s Foodspotting Friday highlights 11 dishes, including takes on pizza, tacos, and chocolate cake, that are hearty, substantial, and haven’t been anywhere near a stove.

(above) Veggie in a Flaxseed Cone @ RawDaddy’s

Raw Lasagne @ Pure Food & Wine

Bruschetta @ Kensho

Chocolate Raspberry Mousse @ Cru Organic Raw Food Restaurant

Squash Blossoms Stuffed with Truffle Shallot Cashew Cheese @ Pure Food & Wine

Raw Vegan Sushi @ Rasayana Raw Food Café

Soft Shell Tacos @ Live Organic Food Bar

Chia Seed Pudding @ Quintessence Restaurant

Maui Waui Pizza @ Gorilla Food

Nori Rolls @ Bonobo’s Real Food Restaurant

Raw Chocolate Hemp Seed Pie @ Gorilla Food

In Foodspotting Friday we highlight one of Foodspotting’s – or our own – top picks from our Foodspotting guides. Be sure to check them out and tip us off to your own favorites in our Readers’ Picks guide. Want to start spotting food on your own? Join Foodspotting and take part in the food spotting revolution. It’s visual, it’s positive, it’s global and we are in love with it.

Images: james, FrancesRenHuang, Heather Park (x2), Sarah Cooley, allen wolf, MountainCatKing, Meng, cynspiredbyfood, SweetOnVeg

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10 liquid ways to beat the winter chill.

Baby, it’s starting to get cold outside – the perfect excuse to warm up with a little holiday cheer. And by “holiday cheer,” we mean a stiff drink.

Whether your poison is cider, champagne, coffee, or cranberry, this week’s Foodspotting Friday offers plenty of inspiration for imbibing this holiday season.

Champagne Cocktail @ Per Se

Egg Nog @ Saul’s Restaurant & Deli

Mulled Wine @ Christopher Columbus Restaurant & Pub

Absinthe @ Absinthe Brasserie & Bar

Irish Coffee @ Buena Vista Café

Spiced Apple Cider @ Michigan Brewing Co

A Winter’s Holiday @ Frankies Spuntino Restaurant

Spiced Cider Martini @ Douzo Japanese Restaurant

Egg Nog @ Saul’s Restaurant & Deli

Bourbon and Bacon @ The Girl and the Fig

In Foodspotting Friday we highlight one of Foodspotting’s – or our own – top picks from our Foodspotting guides. Be sure to check them out and tip us off to your own favorites in our Readers’ Picks guide. Want to start spotting food on your own? Join Foodspotting and take part in the food spotting revolution. It’s visual, it’s positive, it’s global and we are in love with it.

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National Candy Day is a good reminder that there is such a thing as too much sugar.

Turns out that today is National Candy Day. No joke.

So in honor of this truly special occasion – well, special until Sunday rolls around and it’s National Nachos Day – we’re featuring anything that’s candy related. Because who doesn’t love a little cotton candy foie gras? That and more in today’s Foodspotting Friday. Can someone get me a bowl of organic, locally grown broccoli please?

Cotton Candy Foie Gras

Candy Bar Pie

Yogurt Covered Pop Rocks

Octopus Jelly Candy

Piruleta

Strawberry Nerds Mojito

Candy Bar Waffles

Chocolate Covered Green Apple Candy Corn

Savory Bacon Mints

Cheesecake Lollipop Tree with Bubble Gum Whipped Cream

In Foodspotting Friday we highlight one of Foodspotting’s – or our own – top picks from our Foodspotting guides. Be sure to check them out and tip us off to your own favorites in our Readers’ Picks guide. Want to start spotting food on your own? Join Foodspotting and take part in the food spotting revolution. It’s visual, it’s positive, it’s global and we are in love with it.

Images: ZanyLibra, Sara, Stacy, karamat, Amy Cao, Carlos Sanz Ramirez, Sarah, Jamie, Charles, Keith Kendall, Heath W.

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15 aesthetically pleasing foods you can make with pumpkin.

In honor of Halloween, which we assume many of you will be celebrating in various ways over the next few days, this week’s Foodspotting Friday is dedicated to the most iconic of fall foods: the pumpkin.

Put it in a cupcake, a creme brulee or even on pizza, the pumpkin is so versatile you might as well eat it three meals a day. Enjoy!

Ginger Cake and Pumpkin Ice Cream

Pumpkin Soup 

Pumpkin Donuts

Goat Cheese and Pumpkin Pizza

Thai-styled Pumpkin Custard

Pumpkin Waffles

Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cake

Pumpkin Tortellini

Pumpkin Tiramisu Parfait

Pumpkin Mousse

Pumpkin Pancakes

Pumpkin Tempura

Pumpkin Cupcake

Pumpkin Porter

In Foodspotting Friday we highlight one of Foodspotting’s – or our own – top picks from our Foodspotting guides. Be sure to check them out and tip us off to your own favorites in our Readers’ Picks guide. Want to start spotting food on your own? Join Foodspotting and take part in the food spotting revolution. It’s visual, it’s positive, it’s global and we are in love with it.

Images: Damien Palladino, Randy F., Luka, Melissa, Alexa Andrzejewski, Golden Elephant, Tiffany Yeo, Madam Charcuterie, William Lockie, Mike Fabio, Rich, ElwinRansom, Chuco Townsend, Mims, Stacy

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Need dessert inspiration? Feed your sweet tooth craving with macarons.

If you hadn’t noticed, macarons are the dessert du jour, and with good reason. They’re colorful, petite, French, and unlike cupcakes, classy. Yeah, I said it.

If it’s apricot and blackberry, mocha or caramel fleur de sel, the hundreds – ok, maybe even thousands – of flavors, means there’s one for everyone. So for today’s Foodspotting Friday, here’s to sweet, multicolored inspiration.

Ladurée, Paris

La Belle Miette, Melbourne

Gosselin Philippe, Paris

Botega Louie Restaurant and Gourmet Market, Los Angeles 

LuxBite, South Yarra

Yauatcha, London

Eleven Madison Park Restaurant, New York City

Patisserie 46, Minneapolis

Pastelería Calafate

In Foodspotting Friday we highlight one of Foodspotting’s – or our own – top picks from our Foodspotting guides. Be sure to check them out and tip us off to your own favorites in our Readers’ Picks guide. Want to start spotting food on your own? Join Foodspotting and take part in the food spotting revolution. It’s visual, it’s positive, it’s global and we are in love with it.

Images: alexis, Alex & Katherine, Soraya Darabi, Little Miss Local, Growler Eats, almostalwaysravenous, ToastMaster, Terry, TeaJay, Cesar

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Take some inspiration from Foodspotting and bake a pie this weekend.

It’s fall so we have pie on the mind. Hey, at least it’s not cupcakes!

Pumpkin, apple, fig… it doesn’t matter, as long as it’s making the kitchen smell good. Or you could track down one of these:

Crack Pie

Lemon Meringue

Chocolate Covered Key Lime Pie on a Stick

Dutch Apple Pie

Banana Cream Pie 

Banoffee Pie 

Pecan Pie 

In Foodspotting Friday we highlight one of Foodspotting’s – or our own – top picks from our Foodspotting guides. Be sure to check them out and tip us off to your own favorites in our Readers’ Picks guide. Want to start spotting food on your own? Join Foodspotting and take part in the food spotting revolution. It’s visual, it’s positive, it’s global and we are in love with it.

Images: Rita Duarte, Lunch, Em M, Keith Kendall, Nico VL, Rachel Valley, Saie Raje, Noms the Word

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Foodspotting Friday gets inspiration from deep in the heart of Texas.

“Fried pickle chips?”

“Obviously.”

That’s how food conversations often go when the EcoSalon team is on the road, and this week we’ve been checking out all the local specialties Austin has to offer. So fried pickle chips were clearly a must. Verdict? They taste just like you might expect a fried pickle to taste.

Which brought up the question, “What else can you fry?” Plenty of things. And although we’re not huge fans of fried food, we can’t really help but ogle at all the odd things that people put in a fryer and subsequently on their plate.

So in honor of our Texan stint and adventurous eating, this week’s Foodspotting Friday is all about fried foods.

Fried Milk

Deep Fried Twinkies and Oreos

Deep Fried Brie 

Fried Avocado Taco

Fried Green Beans

Fried Twinkie

In Foodspotting Friday we highlight one of Foodspotting’s – or our own – top picks from our Foodspotting guides. Be sure to check them out and tip us off to your own favorites in our Readers’ Picks guide. Want to start spotting food on your own? Join Foodspotting and take part in the food spotting revolution. It’s visual, it’s positive, it’s global and we are in love with it.

Images: Angie, Ducchio, Hotchner, Cory OBrien, Jordie, Kristine

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Brunch photos to inspire weekend cooking.

Heading into the weekend we all look forward to one thing: brunch. We love spending lackadaisical Saturday and Sunday mornings with friends, a French press and a full spread of delicious food in front of us. Whether it’s cooking up a breakfast storm at home (bacon cups anyone?) or going out, brunch is one of our favorite meals.

Need your own inspiration for enjoying all the food your weekend could potentially bring? Here’s our favorite brunch food porn from Foodspotting.

Blueberry Pancakes @ Clinton Street Baking Co

Bread Pudding @ Tartine Bakery

Crepes @ Ti Couz Creperie

Huevos rancheros @ Fly Trap Restaurant

Croque Madame @ Petite Abeille

Beignets @ Wild Grape

Hash With Eggs Sunnyside Up And Greens @ Gilead Cafe

In Foodspotting Friday we highlight one of Foodspotting’s – or our own – top picks from our Foodspotting guides. Be sure to check them out and tip us off to your own favorites in our Readers’ Picks guide. Want to start spotting food on your own? Join Foodspotting and take part in the food spotting revolution. It’s visual, it’s positive, it’s global and we are in love with it.

Images: chris connolly, Jeff, Visivo, A Sutanto, Seoung, Soraya Darabi, Knappst3r, Sasha Rae

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Food porn in the way of sweet potato fries.

In Foodspotting Friday we like to bring you some of the best of the best in food photos from our favorite app, Foodspotting. Yeah, yeah, we’re completely and utterly food porn obsessed, but you’re right here with us reading this post, which means you’re seeking out some culinary inspiration as well.

To mark the first official day of fall, we thought it was only fitting to feature one of our favorite (and seasonal) foods ever: the sweet potato fry. If you’re not tempted to find the nearest restaurant that serves them and order up a batch after looking at these photos, you might want to go and get your pulse checked to see if you’re still alive.

Liba Falafel Truck, San Francisco, California

Square Burger, McKinney, Texas

Laniakea Dining Room, Honolulu, Hawaii

Green Eggs Cafe, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mother’s, Brooklyn, New York 

In Foodspotting Friday we highlight one of Foodspotting’s – or our own – top picks from our Foodspotting guides. Be sure to check them out and tip us off to your own favorites in our Readers’ Picks guide. Want to start spotting food on your own? Join Foodspotting and take part in the food spotting revolution. It’s visual, it’s positive, it’s global and we are in love with it.

Images: Little Miss Local, Mel N. Noms the Word, JKat, Shao, Nicole

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