NYC Food Twitter Starter Guide

We admit to spending a bit more time using Twitter than we probably should. After a skeptical start we quickly warmed up to its charms, or rather, the charms of friends and other people, web sites and companies that use the increasingly popular "microblogging" service to share news, random thoughts, interesting links and other various bits of information.

If you're addicted to all things food and restaurant-related in NYC and are curious about this whole Twitter craze, here's a short list of active NYC food-obsessed Twitter users to help get you started.

Eater - A collection of tweets from the Eater staff and other random followers. Random tweet: "@Lock Momofuku milk barwire: chang holding court, volcanos for all!"
NYTimes Dining - Real-time links to all things food-related on the NY Times web site.
seriouseats - Updates and random linkage from the crew at Serious Eats. Sample tweet: "Ed arrives in office with Chinese turkey... done up PEKING-DUCK STILO. From Roasted Delights in Chinatown. Comes with Chinese gravy"
amandahesser - The former NY Times Magazine food editor and found of Twitter tracking & rating service plodt.
Slice - All things pizza boiled down to 140 characters or less. Sample tweet: "Nick Kokonas (Grant Achatz's business parter at Alinea) in Serious Eats office now. His favorite pizza in CHI: Pinocchio's. "
shakeshack - Line wait times and various random Shack chatter.
amateurgourmet - Random musings from he of "Only A Jerk Would Eat At Le Cirque" fame. 

BravoTopChef - Top Chef season 4 BFFs Spike and Andrew's running commentary on Top Chef NYC. 
TheFeedbag - For those who care to track what Mr. Cutlets had for lunch and who he's getting chummy with.  
savorycities - Last, but we hope not least, follow Savory Cities to get updates on new restaurant videos, restaurant openings and links to food-related articles and web sites.