Hi, readers. I’m participating in a little event called Project Food Blog, and in the upcoming weeks I’m going need your help. It’s not tedious help-me-move-heavy-furniture-up-four-flights-to-my-new-apartment help. I don’t even live on the fourth floor, so I definitely do not need that kind of help. I need you to vote for me! The more you vote, the better my chances are of making it further in the contest, and the further I make it, the better my chances are of winning. Although I’m posting today, voting does not actually begin until tomorrow, but I will remind you then.
For my part I will be doing weekly posts for the contest for as long as I’m in the running (and maybe even longer if I don’t make it far, just for the fun of it), and hopefully there will be some exciting new posts for you all to enjoy. My first assignment is to tell you why I should be the next food blog star, so I’ve created a list of ten things about me that may or may not convince you of my star power.
10. I used to look like this.
9. I sat through (mostly) dull classes for three years just so I could be bored enough to create a food blog for you to read. How’s that for selfless?
8. I can take some decent food photos without owning a fancy camera. I can take some bad ones, too, but let’s not dwell on the negative.
7. I can make mistakes in the kitchen just like everyone else. See all of these cucumbers? After spending hours and hours slicing them, sterilizing jars, measuring spices, stuffing jars, and sealing jars, I realized that I’d made sweet pickles. I hate sweet pickles. Had I put two and two together while reading the recipe, I probably should have deduced that putting a bunch of sugar in the mix would create sweet pickles, but I make mistakes sometimes. I normally would have told you about my big mistake at the time, but this one kind of stung, which is why it is coming out a year after the fact. Life goes on.
6. I can run 26.2 miles in under five hours.
5. I can take self-timer pictures of myself doing a one-person American Gothic.
4. I can make a fur hat look good. Kind of. Well, yes.
3. I can drive a tractor. In a bikini.
2. I can make an apron.
1. I can cook, and hopefully I can make my cooking thrilling enough for you to enjoy reading about it.
This sounds like so much fun! You know you’d have my vote anyway – even without picture #10! Good luck!
Thanks, Ma.
i will vote for you as many times as i can sweetie! and congratulation on your prospects of being an aunt! i think this is very exciting news……… yay kyle and caryn! allison is having a class in mpls on the 24th. go to her fb page and find out about it if you are interested……. love……
Thanks, Amy. Hopefully I can be as cool of an aunt as you are!
You are so talented, great to know about your other skills besides cooking. You have my vote. Have a look at my entry and of you like it don’t forget to cast your vote:)
Thanks, Thas! I will for sure check out your blog.
the apron is gorgeous! i love this post, it’s so funny
Thanks, Alissa!
Ummmm… amazing! This made my day!
Bow wow.
I LOVE the title of your blog… Cheese is a necessity in our house and chocolate is absolutely essential! Good luck with PFB. I voted for you and hope you do well.
If you’d like to check out my post it is here: http://bit.ly/9JXLNL.
I can’t imagine life without cheese. Good luck to you as well!
Voted for you! Cheese and chocolate AND a fellow blogger doing cool things with a P&S camera–how could I not?
Thanks, Elizabeth! Looking at your blog is making me very hungry.
Love your blog and wish I could vote for you more than once!
p.s. Those pumpkin walnut cookies with the cinnamon cream cheese frosting= amazing.
Thanks, Kate! I’ve long been under the impression that anything with cream cheese frosting = amazing.