A MESSAGE FROM WORDPRESS

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The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

Healthy blog!

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 95,000 times in 2010. If it were an exhibit at The Louvre Museum, it would take 4 days for that many people to see it.

In 2010, there were 150 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 252 posts. There were 694 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 124mb. That’s about 2 pictures per day.

The busiest day of the year was August 12th with 782 views. The most popular post that day was HEAVENLY HOMEMADE FROMAGE BLANC .

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were wildyeastblog.com, thefreshloaf.com, thedeliciouslife.com, simplyrecipes.com, and stumbleupon.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for kibbe, bewitching kitchen, endivias, tartine bread, and 4th of july pie.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

HEAVENLY HOMEMADE FROMAGE BLANC July 2010
5 comments

A CLASSIC ROAST CHICKEN October 2009
14 comments

BRAZILIAN PAO DE QUEIJO: Love at first bite! October 2009
14 comments

TARTINE BREAD: BASIC COUNTRY LOAF November 2010
12 comments

PAIN DE MIE AU LEVAIN February 2010
25 comments

ONE YEAR AGO: Turkish Chicken Kebabs

1Jan2011

NATURAL BEAUTY

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We are taking a tip to Big Sur, a few hours North of Los Angeles, staying in a place without TV or internet connections for a few days. Sometimes it is nice to be away from everything, especially if we can be rewarded with views such as this…

May the year ahead be everything you hope it to be!

ONE YEAR AGO: Sunflower Seed Rye

4Dec2010

ENTROPY IN ACTION

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A new dog bed, ca. September 2010

The same dog bed, December 2010

The criminal returns to the scene of the crime.

13Nov2010

A PERFECT SATURDAY

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Sleeping in? No, thanks… For us, Saturday starts early with a run, while most people are asleep and the empty streets are ours. Next, it’s a well-deserved and needed double cappuccino, to get some caffeine flowing. Maybe we’ll find a reasonable croissant or pain au chocolat (it’s not easy, even in LA). Most of our meals are home-cooked, but on the weekend we kick back with some shortcuts. Here in LA take-out sushi is a fine option! We found a Japanese market a few miles from home that sells absolutely perfect sushi. No one speaks any English in there, as the staff and customers are Japanese, and usually the only exceptions are us! ;-). We love their spicy salmon roll, it’s fresh and delicious!

I’m reasonably daring as far as cooking goes, but I’ve never tried to make sushi at home. Perhaps while we’re living here, surrounded by excellent fish, I’ll give it a try…

If you live in the area and want to visit Granada Market, it is located at 1820 Sawtelle Blvd in West LA. They carry every imaginable ingredient for Japanese cooking, including fresh produce (Kobe beef included). It’s a great, reasonably priced store.

10Nov2010

BRAZIL x GREAT BRITAIN

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I love the flag counter feature that is found in many blogs these days, so obviously I had to add it to the Bewitching Kitchen.

For the past few months, I’ve had a lot of fun with the “fight for third place” going on between readers’ visits from Brazil and Great Britain. Brazil won for many weeks straight, but now GB has a slight advantage.

I know, I know… I should go out more! 😉