The 2morrowknight

This is the latest post in our series, TwitterPowerhouses, which focuses on the contributions of people who’ve helped to expand, influence, and redefine how we view social networking. I co-wrote this post with my friend and fellow Huffingtonpost blogger Jamie Schler. This is cross-posted in the Huffingtonpost Food Section.

Food nourishes both the body and soul; it is an adventure in taste, sound, color, texture, and smell. Food is emotional, carrying us back to our childhood or allowing us to travel far off to a distant, exotic land. It is both sensual and healing, and preparing our favorite dish – from a bit of comfort food to a great holiday feast – is a wonderful way to offer a part of ourselves to those whom we love.

Food has always been our passion. Jamie, an expat in a culturally mixed marriage, loves experimenting with, and learning about, the foods, traditions and customs from all over the world. The Mille-feuille of France. The Bocaditos of Argentina. The Tandoori Dishes of India. And, in Ivory Coast, there’s kedjenou. Like music, food is a universal language. Jamie’s blog, Life’s a Feast, is a beautiful, culinary playground that speaks the language.

This is why we are excited about the chefs that are profiled in this piece. They share this passion. Rather than use twitter as simply a promotional tool for their own recipes, they see it as a meeting place where food bloggers, professional foodies, cookbook authors and specialists are happy to chat, exchange links, and bring the sizzle! So pour on the awesome sauce for these 16 Twitter Powerhouses.

Helene Dujardin /@SweetTartelette
Former pastry chef, now professional food stylist and photographer, Helene

Dujardin is known to bloggers around the world as the Macaron Queen: her

flavor combinations amaze! Check out her work at Mytartelette.

John-Bryan Hopkins /@Foodimentary
A blogger for MyRecipes, Hopkins is a Twitter legend. He was one of first

people to tweet about food. His feed, with info on food culture and

trivia, is a two time Winner of the Shorty Awards, Twitter’s Oscars.

Debbie Lee /@SeoultoSoul
A season 5 finalist of “The Next Food Network Star”, Lee is
one of the darlings of Hollywood. She has the buzz that will
likely mean big things in 2011 for her unique Korean and Southern dishes.

Rick Bakas /@RickBakas
The author of “Quick Bites”, Bakas is a noted wine expert
and social media director for Saint Supery Vineyards

and Winery in Napa Valley. He shares his food

and wine tips at rickbakas.com

Dorie Greenspan /@doriegreenspan

The author of 10 cookbooks, including Baking With Julia (Child, of course)

and the very popular Baking From My Home to Yours, Dorie is very well

known and her recipes are recreated by many across the blogosphere!

Doriegreenspan.com

Max Berry /@NU_Fit

This natural chef and personal trainer has great recipes ranging from

organic ketchup to wild salmon with blueberry-basil salsa. Max’s passion

for heathy eating is legendary.

Shuna Fish Lydon /@shunafish

Professional pastry chef now working in NYC with a popular blog,

Shuna tweets about life behind the scenes in a restaurant,

giving valuable info and tips along the way.

Dan Lepard /@dan_lepard

An award winning baker and cookbook author based in

London, Dan’s popular website with recipes and news

also has a great forum for discussion and ideas.

Laura Levy/@LaurasRecipes
Creator of the popular recipe blog LaurasBestRecipes,
this business owner and visionary has a highly anticipated book of

delicious delights on the way in early 2011.

Florentina /@CiaoFlorentina
As host of CiaoFlorentina.com, she provides enlightened, Twitter-licious
commentary on all things “Peace, Love and Food”. Her pasta and

risotto dishes are best friends to the taste buds.

Peter Minaki /@kalofagas

Kalofagas means Gourmet in Greek, and nothing describes Peter better!

A Canadian, he’s an amazing cook and expert on all things Greek,

especially food! His blog and tweets are great fun!

@foodblogforum
Food Blog Forum, started by Jaden and Scott Hair (of Steamy Kitchen)

and Todd Porter and Diane Cy (of White on Rice Couple), is a fantastic website.

No, this isn’t one person. But they all speak with one voice.

The tweets includes links to posts about food

styling, technology, social media, etc.

Bridget Davis /@Bridget_Cooks
“Flavor profiler and culinary craftsman”, Davis’ recipes are known
throughout South East Asia and Australia. Her blog,

The Internet Chef, is a certified must read.