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On a post I wrote about Marinara Sauce, I got this comment:

www.studioflorist.com
Thank you very much for the Tips with fresh flowers presented on your site! I did as it is written there and the flowers that my beloved presented me are still alive! And besides now I know the meaning of all the flowers! And I am even thinking of becoming a florist myself! Thank you, studioflorist.com!

WOW. My post about Marinara Sauce made this guy want to become a florist! I’m the best blogger EVER.

Please pardon the mess around here while I try to find a new theme. The old theme I was using is no longer being updated, and it stopped cooperating about 3 Wordpress upgrades ago. I’ve been making do so far, but I’m still looking for something that works out of the box.

One of the biggest problems I’m having is that themes that work in Firefox will often be totally messed up in Explorer. I use Firefox pretty much exclusively except for lately when it’s been crashing all the freaking TIME, so I’ve been forced to use Explorer instead. Blogs look totally different in Explorer than they do in Firefox!

Anyway, that’s why the theme here keeps changing, because I’m trying to find something that looks good.  Thanks for your patience!

image from DryIcons.com

MomCooks is under construction with a new theme and better organization of recipes.  While you’re here, feel free to browse the archives or categories.  Thanks!

I was thrilled when I was invited to join Foodbuzz as a Featured Publisher. I couldn’t believe anyone was even reading my tiny little food blog. But the great thing about Foodbuzz is, you don’t have to have thousands of readers to participate! (luckily for me lol)

Please take a minute and read this press release announcing Foodbuzz’s achievement! And of course, you can click the ad in my sidebar to go to Foodbuzz and discover the other 1,999 Featured Publishers-but be warned, visiting Foodbuzz can lead to EXTREME HUNGER.

San Francisco – April 23, 2009: Foodbuzz announced today that is has surpassed 2,000 food bloggers in its online food community. These partner food blog websites, when combined with the foodbuzz.com “hub” website, reached 6.7 million people per month according to third-party traffic measurement service Quantcast. This ranks Foodbuzz as the third largest online food property after less than two years of operation. (See Quantcast Media Planner.)

“Our goal is to be the number one online food community by promoting the talent, enthusiasm and knowledge of food bloggers around the globe,” said Ben Dehan, founder and CEO of Foodbuzz. Of the top three properties, Foodbuzz is the only true community that combines social networking for foodies with food content search for everyone. “Both our monthly users and page views grew over 1000% in 2008, and we are on pace to reach the number one spot within the next 12 months”, said Mr. Dehan.

Foodbuzz digs deep into the “long tail” of food publishing to discover and promote thousands of small, yet high-quality, food bloggers. “We are providing a platform for food bloggers to pursue their passion in a community that nurtures and encourages the sharing of quality food and dining content daily,” said Ryan Stern, Director of Publishing. Foodbuzz offers these bloggers a compelling solution for building their traffic, connecting with like-minded foodies, and making money. Foodbuzz has exclusive advertising relationships with partner bloggers which provide brand advertisers the reach and share-of-voice they need to effectively engage the food community.

About Foodbuzz
Based in San Francisco, Foodbuzz is a global online food community of over 2,000 food bloggers connected by the foodbuzz.com “hub” website. In the past month, this community reached 6.7 million people and 33 million impressions according to Quantcast. Foodbuzz.com provides a full suite of social networking features enabling foodies to interact and share their food experiences. With over 900,000 high-quality food blog posts in its searchable database, foodbuzz.com is an essential resource for everyone interested in exploring the world of food. Foodbuzz is a 2009 Webby Awards Honoree!

Starting next Monday, I have agreed to post FIVE TIMES A WEEK for the rest of this month! Considering that I have two other blogs (plus a few other writing gigs), it means I’m going to have to make this blog my main priority for the month, and I’m excited at seeing what that will mean in terms of increased traffic and readership!

But, it also means having to come up with five posts a week :) I’ll have to try new recipes, do some food reviews-exciting! If there is something you’d like me to post about, please feel free to leave a comment or contact me with your suggestion.

And if you like reading recipes and food blogs, and you haven’t yet checked out Foodbuzz, I encourage you to do so. If you have a food-related website, Foodbuzz can help you drive traffic to your site, meet other foodies, and even monetize your site through their Ad network. This is the link to click to apply for the Featured Publisher program:

You don’t have to be a gourmet chef to join, either, I mean look at my recipes! LOL If you don’t have a food blog but just like reading about food, enjoy this next few weeks of extra posts from me!