Twitter, the microblogging site, is rapidly becoming a time-sensitive source for news and information about what is happening in the world of food. Bay Area Bites uses Twitter to share daily food highlights chosen from our favorite food & drink resources as well as share stories covered by KQED Food.

Follow Bay Area Bites on Twitter to stay up-to-date with breaking food news and events specific to KQED or relevant to the food blogosphere and beyond.

Setting up a Twitter account and following food bloggers and like-minded foodies is an excellent way to connect with the food community online.

For more information read Jen Maiser's post on Twitter and Serious Eats' post to see a list of BAB and other foodworthy bloggers to follow.

Scan the list of people that your favorite food bloggers are following to find interesting threads from people with food-related content.

You can also use Twitter search to find food-related tweets.

Here is a Twitter badge (one of two types you can generate from your own Twitter account) displaying the live feed from bayareabites:

Informative articles on Twitter and Related Applications
From TechCrunch:
How To Make Twitter Sound Like Music To Your Ears
The Top 21 Twitter Clients (According To TwitStat)
The Top 21 Twitter Applications (According to Compete)
The Real Video Twitter: 12seconds.tv (500 Alpha Invites)

From Mashable:
Twitter category -- numerous articles