i love food and cooking! i love making south asian food especially, when i have the time. and also recipes i learned growing up in the rural south - which are not always the best or healthiest because we didn't have access to a lot of stuff but are still so comforting to me, especially homemade mac n cheese and chocolate eclair cake
i don't have a lot of time to type right now (hanging out in the airport between flights) but i'm so grateful you started this thread
i don't really have a favorite chef - i don't have tv so i catch most of my food network stuff online, but i get bored with it sometimes. i like to follow cooking blogs though.
http://www.zaiqa.net is one of my favorites. for american food i like
http://www.recipegirl.com and
http://www.smittenkitchen.com i'll be back to post recipes later.