1. Learn from the Pros: One of the neat things about Twitter, is that you can follow anyone using the service. (Ok, some people have their updates blocked, but they are few and far between.) By following professional chefs, food writers and food bloggers you can find a lot of useful information about cooking and ingredients.

2. Find a good Restaurant: You’re followers are a great resource, so use them.  Ask your followers where you should eat, you’ll be sure to get a number of recommendations.

3. Get Food Deals: As Twitter has grown in popularity there are now tons of restaurants, both national chains and local mom and pop’s, with Twitter accounts.  Many of these restaurants use Twitter as a marketing tool offering discounts, coupons and even freebies to their followers. @Calaspizza is a great example of this locally.

4. Find local favorites when out of town: Going out of town?  Want to know where the locals eat?  Start following some of the locals using services like Nearby Tweets or use twitter search to cross reference the name of the city with words like “eat” and “food”.  You’ll have list in no time.

5. Find recipes that work: Looking for a good recipe?  Twitter search allows you to find out realtime if recipes are winners or losers, so you can pick the good ones from the start.

That’s what I’ve got.  How do you use Twitter to fill your tummy?

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