As of this writing, there are 27 hours left to vote in Whole Foods’ national Foodie Fantasy contest and I’m the only contestant from Austin! I’m so appreciative of the Statesman and the Chronicle for encouraging their readers to vote for me.
Thank you to everyone on Facebook who has been voting for me over the past week and a half. Your support means so much to me and no matter what happens, I’ll be grateful. If you haven’t voted, you can potentially vote twice before the contest ends — …

Thank you to Chris Lynn, editor of the Austin blog Republic of Austin, for encouraging his readers to vote for me to win the trip to Europe from Whole Foods. You Rawk, Chris!
Help Austin food blogger Tasty Touring win a European  dream trip. [FUNNY VIDEO]
2011 APRIL 8
by Chris Apollo Lynn
One of our favorite local food bloggers, Jodi Bart from Tasty Touring, has made it to the finals of the Whole Foods Foodie Fantasy Contest. If she wins, she’ll get to go on a kick-a European tour of food hotspots across …

A big thank you to producer Leslie Coons and anchor Bettie Cross for having me on KEYE’s “Austin Live” yesterday to show my Whole Foods Foodie Fantasy video submission and encourage folks to vote for me!

You can vote once every 24 hours until Friday, April 15. Thank you so much for your support and I promise to pipe down once this contest is over and (hopefully) I hunker down to start planning my foodie fantasy vacation in Europe!

Two days into the Whole Foods Foodie Fantasy contest, and I’m feeling overwhelmed with your love. The outpouring of support from friends and family members from as far away as Germany, Brasil, the UK, and Canada, to those scattered throughout the U.S., I’m truly touched by your support.
But Austin, you take my breath away.
Today, the Austin Business Journal posted on their blog to encourage their readers to vote. Click the image below to view in a new browser window.
A few hours later, my friend Tom from Austinist wrote a very …

This was the subject line of the e-mail I received yesterday that set my heart a’twitter.
After spending days creating my submission for Whole Food’s Foodie Fantasy Food Blogger Video Contest, I learned that out of over one hundred videos submitted by fellow food bloggers, mine was chosen as a finalist! You can watch the video and vote for me here: http://bit.ly/fwRuZu.

I hope you won’t mind if I employ the five W’s to explain what this is all about.
Who: I’m one of eight food bloggers from across the U.S. and Canada …