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Plate to Pixel Food Photography Book Review & Giveaway

May 3, 2011

This giveaway is now closed. I wanted to bake something special for this post today, as a friends success is something to celebrate. But, I didn’t… I’ve been so busy with freelance work these past two weeks that my kitchen is feeling a bit neglected. I figured, even though I wasn’t able to bake something, [...]

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Why You Shouldn’t Schedule Your Blog Post Tweets

May 2, 2011

  Picture the scene… it is late in the night on May 1st, 2011. You and a group of friends are sitting around, watching groundbreaking news unfold. Osama Bin Laden has been killed. It is a historic moment, most likely not to be forgotten during your lifetime. Deep in conversation, you are all expressing your [...]

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Pledge to Love Your Kitchen Contest

November 18, 2010

This giveaway is now closed. The winner of the Pledge prize pack is Pam Kennedy! See the Le Creuset pot above? That pot has been in my life for just a couple of weeks now, but it has simply inspired me in ways I wouldn’t believe. I mean, I’ve had stock pots before and we [...]

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10 Things You Need to Know About Sam’s Club

September 21, 2010

A talented and fun group of food bloggers joined me at this Sam’s Club bloggers event. From Left to Right: Lori from Recipe Girl, Peabody from Culinary Concoctions by Peabody, Amanda from Amanda’s Cookin’, me, Ann Marie aka This Mama Cooks, Maria from Two Peas and Their Pod, and Estela from Weekly Bite. I had [...]

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Building a Blogging Community (Recipe: Banana Bread)

August 31, 2010

I have been blogging for almost four years now, and while I am no expert at all to food blogging, I have seen a lot of things as the food blogging niche has completely exploded into something beyond belief. When I first started blogging, there was a small, intimate handful of us. Now, there are [...]

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An Old Favorite (Recipe: Grilled Pork Chops with Garlic Lime Sauce)

July 13, 2010

One of the difficult things about being a food blogger, and when I say difficult I mean that in the loosest of terms, is remembering that not all things you cook have to be new and exciting. It is okay to revisit some old favorites every now and then. Don’t you find that to be [...]

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Why Bother Blogging? (Recipe – Italian Style Rice & Beans)

June 28, 2010

I just returned from the beautiful Canyons Resort in Park City, UT where I was fortunate enough to attend the first annual Evo ’10 Conference (Foodies – I know you want to think that Evo has something to do with Extra Virgin Olive Oil, but it is really The Evolution of Women in Social Media). [...]

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Ask a Blogger Question #3 – Popular Food Photography Sites

April 26, 2010

Today’s “Ask a Blogger” question comes from Erica over at piExperiment. Erica has a question about submitting photos to some of the more popular food photography sites, like Foodgawker and Tastespotting. “When I edit my photos on my personal computer they look one way, but not the same when I upload them onto foodie photo [...]

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Ask a Blogger – All About Giveaways (Recipe: 10 Minute Mushroom Spaghetti Sauce)

April 1, 2010

I’m excited about the Ask a Blogger question this week because it is about a very hot topic… blog giveaways. I get this question all the time from newer bloggers and it is a great one. The most recent time this question was asked was earlier this week, by one of my own Adopt a [...]

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Ask a Blogger and Menu Plan Monday (Recipe: Special Spinach Salad)

March 22, 2010

I’m starting a new weekly feature at Dine & Dish to go along with Adopt a Blogger. I always feel so bad when I can’t get everyone adopted out that wants to be. It is typically because they have signed up too late and matches for adopt-a-blogger had already been made. For those people, waiting [...]

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