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For a few months in 2006, I changed the banner graphic of the site every month to reflect the season.
There are a couple of things that I wish I had done differently during the last five years as far as Just Hungry was concerned. If you are a newish food blogger, or any kind of blogger, perhaps this will help you avoid these mistakes.
Don’t take long, unexplained absences
From about August 2004 to February 2005, I just got too
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wrote yesterday, when I started Just Hungry I had no plans at all about the theme of the site, other than it would be about food. I think that you could get away with that back then, when the number of actual food blogs was probably still in the low hundreds
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The image that I used in my first page design banner. I still love it.
During this giveaway week, I thought I’d indulge myself by sharing some reminiscences about the past five years of Just Hungry. Today: Why I started the site.
I’ve always been obsessed with food on many levels, and I’ve also been blogging since about 1998 or so. This was back when blogs were still pretty obscure. One day I wrote a couple of things o
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(I've noticed an increasing number of searches for this again. It's that time of year after all. Here in middle Europe, Christmas markets are starting up again in earnest this week, and of course mulled wine (Glühwein) is a must at any Christmas market. In case you can't make it to one, here's my recipe for Glühwein from the archives. How many days to Christmas? Originally published in December 2005, and expanded slightly.)
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(I've noticed an increasing number of searches for this again. It's that time of year after all. Here in middle Europe, Christmas markets are starting up again in earnest this week, and of course mulled wine (Glühwein) is a must at any Christmas market. In case you can't make it to one, here's my recipe for Glühwein from the archives. How many days to Christmas? Originally published in December 2005, and expanded slightly.)
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trip report! As I mentioned, I moved down to a regular hotel in Waikiki for the last 4 nights of my stay. (Several people mentioned that I should have rented a cottage or condo, and even sent some useful links. I actually prefer to do this most of t
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trip report! As I mentioned, I moved down to a regular hotel in Waikiki for the last 4 nights of my stay. (Several people mentioned that I should have rented a cottage or condo, and even sent some useful links. I actually prefer to do this most of t
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From the archives. I did this 3 years ago, and will likely never do it again. This is offered as a cautionary tale should you be contemplating creating a Turducken for your Thanksgiving or other holiday feast. Originally published on December 28, 2005.
I am not sure what came over us. We were planning a quiet, simple Christmas dinner - maybe roast a goose, or a nice chicken or two, or something. But then someone blurted out the infamous words.
"Hey, why don't we try a Turducken?"
In case you are not familiar with turducken (likely if you are not American),
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From the archives. I did this 3 years ago, and will likely never do it again. This is offered as a cautionary tale should you be contemplating creating a Turducken for your Thanksgiving or other holiday feast. Originally published on December 28, 2005.
I am not sure what came over us. We were planning a quiet, simple Christmas dinner - maybe roast a goose, or a nice chicken or two, or something. But then someone blurted out the infamous words.
"Hey, why don't we try a Turducken?"
In case you are not familiar with turducken (likely if you are not American),
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I’m back home now from my U.S. trip, which included an unplanned, low-budget yet glorious trip to Hawai’i, Oahu to be exact, as many of you Aoki’s Shave Ice (warning: auto-playing music), which is in Haleiwa on the North Shore of Oahu, on the Kamekameha Highway. This area is known for being a surfer’s heaven
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I’m back home now from my U.S. trip, which included an unplanned, low-budget yet glorious trip to Hawai’i, Oahu to be exact, as many of you Aoki’s Shave Ice (warning: auto-playing music), which is in Haleiwa on the North Shore of Oahu, on the Kamekameha Highway. This area is known for being a surfer’s heaven
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I am mostly a plan-ahead, cautious type of person. But once in a while I like to do something just on a whim. Usually these whims turn out to be wonderful. (Sometimes not.)
Anyway, a couple of days ago, near the end of a rather difficult business trip, with my wrist/hand/arm still feeling stiff and wonky and feeling rather sorry for myself, I logged onto my [insert frequent flier miles program name] account and saw that I had a whole bunch of miles nearly expiring. And I decided I needed to spend them. Now.
So, some 48 hours later, I was at a location doing this:
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I am mostly a plan-ahead, cautious type of person. But once in a while I like to do something just on a whim. Usually these whims turn out to be wonderful. (Sometimes not.)
Anyway, a couple of days ago, near the end of a rather difficult business trip, with my wrist/hand/arm still feeling stiff and wonky and feeling rather sorry for myself, I logged onto my [insert frequent flier miles program name] account and saw that I had a whole bunch of miles nearly expiring. And I decided I needed to spend them. Now.
So, some 48 hours later, I was at a location doing this:
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A few kakeibos, and Japanese womens’ magazines with budgeting-oriented articles. Look for these words: ?? (household finances), ????(save money), ????(household finance ledger).
(Intro: So why is there a money management article on a food site? Well, I think that the subject of our money is on a lot of people’s minds these days, and food spending is a major part of that. An it’s about Japan, and I know a lot of yo
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A few kakeibos, and Japanese womens’ magazines with budgeting-oriented articles. Look for these words: ?? (household finances), ????(save money), ????(household finance ledger).
(Intro: So why is there a money management article on a food site? Well, I think that the subject of our money is on a lot of people’s minds these days, and food spending is a major part of that. An it’s about Japan, and I know a lot of yo
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A few kakeibos, and Japanese womens’ magazines with budgeting-oriented articles. Look for these words: ?? (household finances), ????(save money), ????(household finance ledger).
(Intro: So why is there a money management article on a food site? Well, I think that the subject of our money is on a lot of people’s minds these days, and food spending is a major part of that. An it’s about Japan, and I know a lot of yo
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[From the archives. This very easy cake is especially nice at this time of year, when apples are in season. We don't actually eat this every day, but it's one of my go-to simple sweets to make. Originally published January 11, 2006.]
Sometimes, you just don't want to fuss, but you still want something a little sweet and homemade. At times like that, I sometimes make this simple cake. It combines two of my favorite foods, apple
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[From the archives. This very easy cake is especially nice at this time of year, when apples are in season. We don't actually eat this every day, but it's one of my go-to simple sweets to make. Originally published January 11, 2006.]
Sometimes, you just don't want to fuss, but you still want something a little sweet and homemade. At times like that, I sometimes make this simple cake. It combines two of my favorite foods, apple
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[From the archives. This very easy cake is especially nice at this time of year, when apples are in season. We don't actually eat this every day, but it's one of my go-to simple sweets to make. Originally published January 11, 2006.]
Sometimes, you just don't want to fuss, but you still want something a little sweet and homemade. At times like that, I sometimes make this simple cake. It combines two of my favorite foods, apple
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?Fat Phobia?
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There is a growing trend to consume less dairy milk as more people are discovering the benefits of non-dairy milk. Many stores and supermarkets are now selling soy (soya) milk, rice milk and even almond milk. People find that switching to non-dairy milk is better for health in two principal ways:
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There is a trend today to embrace alternate healing therapies instead of conventional ones. Mainstream medical treatment and alternative or complimentary therapy has become part of integrated treatment and today there is some very high quality scientific verification in safety and efficacy aspects. The alternative therapies are known to provide certain types of services that aren't available within conventional medicine. There could be a whole lot of alternative therapies that you have access to like faith healing, traditional folk medicine, homeopathy, naturopathy and the like. All of these
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