Nineteen Years Of Food Blogging

In October of 2006 I had no idea that food blogging would become one of the most enduring parts of my life. It seemed like it would be fun...and it has been. I thought that it would give some scope to my creative hobbies...and it really has done that. I imagined that it would encourage me to try different foods, recipes and techniques...all of that has happened through blogging about food.

Many of the bloggers that I 'met' in the early years have moved on to other pursuits, but I still find it a pleasant challenge to try new recipes and to tweak old favorites. Then I take photos and write up a blog post so that I can share it all with you, dear readers, including any who just happen to stumble on Feeding My Enthusiasms.

A couple of tips: if you are reading this on your phone, scroll down to the last shown post. Below that it should give you an option to see the web view. Take that option and you'll have access to some extras - the Index, which is accessed by clicking on the food photo in the right hand section, and also the list of years of posts. Try using that to look at posts from a few years in October...or November since that will be here soon. Many of the recipes highlight seasonal foods and ways of cooking so in late October and on into the winter you'll find stews and braises, more baking, and more chocolate!

Do try out the Index. It has the usual A-Z format, but also three focused indexes; one for bread, one for cake, and one for cookies.

If you're a long time reader, thank you for staying on the journey with me! If you are new to the blog, welcome. Check out the index and give a recipe a try if you find one that sounds interesting to you. If you see one that sounds like a fairy tale, you've come upon a story from the Land of St. Honore'. St. Honore' is the patron saint of bakers, so this imaginary land is filled with bakers.

For those of you keeping up on my life beyond food, my injured foot is better but I'll be getting an MRI soon to see if something beyond basic PT would be helpful. Sweetie and I finished the sunspace project, so we are buttoned up for the winter there and the china cabinet is back where it belongs. The area around it is bright with new, shiny white paint, too. Next door at the fire station they are beginning a remodel that will probably take at least 6 months, so they brought in a portable which will have both some sleeping quarters for the fire fighters and an office for the chief since his will get torn up. We have a ring-side seat to it all as well as, probably, a lot of noise to look forward to. 

Now I begin the year of blogging leading to year 20. Bet it's going to be fun for all of us!