Best of the web: Soup, cupcakes, blogs, tapas, NZ and Wales

• * A round-up of San Francisco Bay area food blogs on Becks & Posh.
• * Seduction Soup (aka Asparagus & Crab Soup) on Cafe Lynnylu.
• * Also on Cafe Lynnylu, a beautiful photograph of cupcakes (there’s a recipe too but I just like the picture – the cupcake even has a little skirt!).
• * The round-up of January’s In the Bag cooking challenge on A Slice of Cherry Pie, including my own entry of Lemon and Pear Muffins.
• * Travel article in The Observer on a gourmet tour of New Zealand. (More on Kiwi food on Word of Mouth in honour of Waitingi Day, and in my recent post for the United Nations food challenge).
• * Plans afoot to create a foodie tourist trail in Wales, according to Word of Mouth.
• * Jessica dissects tapas and love on Ripe London.