What not to do at a Philly Food Swapper's meeting

After stalking the Philly Swapper's Eventbrite page for details on prior food swaps, Kelly Vass, owner and blogger of kellybakes.com, finally committed to attending one.

The winter food swap featured everything from dily beans, freshly made butter, cranberry bitters, chicken and pork belly sausage and homemade nutella, Vass writes.

Sound like something you're interested in? Vass' number one tip when attending a Food Swap is to leave your shyness at the door.

"It can be tempting to rush through the tables and continuously stuff your mouth with edibles so you don't have to talk to anyone, but it's just not friendly," she writes."You've already got something in common to talk about, you're halfway to a conversation!"

For the rest of Vass' tips and her recipe for Salted Blood Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies with Almonds, click here.

(Photo credit: kellybakes.com)