WordPress just released a summary of activity for the Bewitching Kitchen in 2012, and I decided to share it with my readers… 😉
Here’s an excerpt:
About 55,000 tourists visit Liechtenstein every year. This blog was viewed about 240,000 times in 2012. If it were Liechtenstein, it would take about 4 years for that many people to see it. Your blog had more visits than a small country in Europe!
It’s hard to believe it’s been 3 years since I wrote my first post, unsure of where it would take me. Since then, I’ve published 447 articles, and went from having a couple hundred page views per month to over 20 thousand!
If my life was a smooth, uneventful ride, I would bake a cake for the occasion. A cake chosen from the several options suggested last year in the comments, fingers crossed that it would be as gorgeous as this baby:
Instead of uneventful, our life seems to follow the script of North by Northwest. 😉 All kitchen stuff is now divided between two homes, we are surrounded by boxes, and constrained by deadlines. No cake this year, I’m afraid. Instead, I celebrate by bringing you the first giveaway in the Bewitching Kitchen!
Leave a comment on this post from now until the end of June, and on July 1st I will draw the name of the lucky winner. The prize?
A copy of “The Brazilian Kitchen“, a book I recently fell in love with and wrote a post about. Everyone is welcome, from all over the planet, as long as the mail service can reach you! 😉
To all my readers, subscribers, followers, friends (in real life and those special friendships formed through the blogosphere) thank you for your support! And a special thank you to Fer, from Chucrute com Salsicha, who (maybe without ever being aware of it), was my main source of inspiration to become a food blogger.
I close this post sharing two photos from our new home: the view from our kitchen window, and a spot at the corner of our backyard. Just a teaser, we are not moved in yet, but sort of camped there for a couple of days last week. The two of us, a bed, a kitchen table. and the amazing performance of fireflies outside the window during the night…
ONE YEAR AGO: The Bewitching Kitchen turns two!
TWO YEARS AGO: Bewitching Birthday!
THREE YEARS AGO: Welcome to my blog!
It smells sooo good!
Would you mind sharing it with the distinguished Lord Buck?
I just got my 15 minutes of fame! 😉
Thank you to Pork Recipes Videos for highlighting the Bewitching Kitchen!
And, by the way, the site is a wonderful source of recipes and information regarding pork, so if you are fond of “the other white meat,” stop by and get ready for some serious bookmarking… 😉
ONE YEAR AGO: Russian Tea Cookies (a lesson in persistence)
TWO YEARS AGO: Cinnamon-Raisin Walnut Loaf
Our long road home passed through Sedona, where we and our dogs rested for a day before facing the second day of travel, a grueling 13 hour drive to our final destination. We’ve been to Sedona a few times before so we know what a fantastic place it is, surrounded by awe-inspiring red-rock canyons that create a mystical atmosphere all their own. It’s hot in the summer, but the altitude tempers the dry heat and a cool breeze blows after sunset. Sedona is a hip town, with art, healing vortexes , great food, and lots of outdoorsy, hippie folks. Wherever you look you’ll see bronze suntans and beautiful legs, from lots of mountain hiking. We were re-energized the moment we completed the winding descent from Flagstaff to Sedona. It’s not a drive for the faint of heart, but it’s worth every mile… so beautiful!
How could we not feel re-energized in such a setting?
The last evening in Sedona found me worrying about the drive home. Will the dogs be OK? Will the drive be too hot? Will the car break down in the middle of nowhere? I was contemplating these issues in the backyard with a couple of dogs close by competing for attention, unaware of my state of mind. Suddenly, the most amazing and long-lasting shooting star crossed the sky in front of me! It was so brilliant that I lost my breath for a few seconds and couldn’t say a word, but when I finally screamed for Phil the show was over. I’ve seen many shooting stars in the past, but none like my Sedona Shooting Star. I’m not a mystical person, quite the contrary, but the beautiful view of that meteor crossing North to South soothed my mind. It was a good omen for the remaining journey home. And home is where we are…
…with the Bewitching Kitchen back in full swing, so stay tuned for recipes! 😉
ONE YEAR AGO: Caipirinhas
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