Jan 02 2009
For the Love of Food’s Best of 2008 – 47 Great Recipes
Happy 2009 everyone!
I decided to analyze my blog from January 2008 – December 2008 to see what you like.
Why?
I want to see more of you around my blog more often. And, that means finding out what you like.
How?
I looked at all my posts and saw what you commented most on and I learned quite a lot.
What?
Of the 47 posts that you commented the most on:
39 have recipes in them or linked to in them
like in : sweet potato fries, black bean tostadas, turkish haydari
29 had the color(s) red, orange, pink, or yellow in them
like in: tomatoes, sorbet, bacon, corn
18 had the color green in them
like in: lettuce, popsicles, guacamole, kiwi, and cocktails
17 had the color beige in them
like in: cookies, fried rice, tortillas, pork chops, and fried onions
23 had bright colors in them
like in: salsa, tomatoes, smoked salmon, strawberries
24 had some sort of produce in them
like in: churrasco, ketchup, fruit tart, pizza
16 are sweet in some way
like in: papaya sushi, cookies, sweet potato fries, sorbet
20 are generally considered as “healthy”
like in: churrasco, salsa, sushi, sorbet, salad
25 are savory
like in: BLT, chick toast, bacon, salad
3 were about travel
like in my trips to: Ireland, Christmas Markets, Southern Bavaria
4 were about some part of my home
like in: Thanksgiving, kitchen tour, new spice containers
2 were about Food Styling
like in: bacon
1 was about my son
May was the most interesting month to you.
The most popular posts are:
Homemade Ketchup with 13 comments
Homemade Sweet Potato Fries (small ones) with 15 comments
Inter-Cultural Thanksgiving – Foodbuzz 24,24,24 with 15 comments
Papaya Shikai Maki with 24 comments
Help Me Name This Drink Contest with 38 comments
What do these most popular posts have in common?
The first 3 posts cover homemade comfort foods that are popular, but are not generally reproduced in the home kitchen.
The second to last post mentioned, and second to most popular one, showed you how to make something step-by-step that looks complicated, but is easy.
The last post mentioned, and most popular for the year 2008 was a contest where commenters could win something – namely being featured on my blog for naming a drink.
So, this gives me more ideas for next year. What I will come up with, I don’t know yet. But, I foresee many recipes with fresh, delicious, healthy and have a lot of the shade of red!
What attracts you to this blog? I’d love to know how to keep you coming back for more.
Your favorite For the Love of Food posts linked here:
January:
Gyros : 5 comments
February:
Churrasco with Chimichurri Sauce : 6 comments
Mascarpone Brownie Petite Fours with Strawberry Swiss Merengue Butter Cream : 7 comments
March:
Quick Homemade Salsa : 4 comments
Black Bean Stacked Salad : 9 comments
French Chili Oil : 5 comments
Stacked Mexican Pizza : 9 comments
April:
Papaya Shikai Maki & How to Roll Them : 24 comments
Lox & Roasted Asparagus Inside-Out Maki Sushi : 9 comments
Sweet Potato Fries : 9 comments
Szechuan Pork Chops : 7 comments
Homemade Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza : 7 comments
May:
Beer Cookies : 5 comments
Homemade Ketchup McDonald’s Style : 13 comments
Chili Lime Butter : 5 comments
Marjoram & How Does Your Garden Grow : 5 comments
Homemade Angel Food Cake Lolly Pops : 7 comments
Shrimp Fried Rice : 5 comments
Homemade Sweet Potato Fries : 15 comments
Homemade Fresh Fruit Tart : 8 comments
June:
Back Home : 5 comments
Black Bean Tostadas : 6 comments
July:
Homemade Frozen Jello Pops : 8 comments
Snickerdoodles : 9 comments
My 36 Hour Chocolate Chip Cookie Studio : 6 comments
36 Hours of Chocolate Chip Cookies : 5 comments
The Best Guacamole I’ve Ever Made : 6 comments
August:
Pizza Roll Pizza : 7 comments
Tear Tomatoes : 6 comments
Caprese Chicken Sandwich : 9 comments
Homemade Mango Sorbet : 5 comments
Homemade Onion Strings : 5 comments
Turkish Haydari : 6 comments
September:
Citrus Salted Salmon Trout : 5 comments
Help Me Name This Drink Contest : 38 comments
The Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie : 6 comments
BLT Steak Minis : 5 comments
October:
11 Interesting Facts About Ireland : 7 comments
November:
Inter-Cultural Thanksgiving – Foodbuzz 24,24,24 : 15 comments
Homemade Falaffel : 8 comments
Baked Potato Chowder & Bacon For Food Styling : 7 comments
My *new* Kitchen : 11 comments
New Spice Containers : 5 comments
Chick Toast In A Hole : 7 comments
December:
Sunday Morning Breakfast – Food Styling : 3 comments
Christmas Market In Fuerth Germany : 7 comments
Fall Salad : 5 comments
That was an interesting project to undertake. For me, personally, when I visit a blog for the first time, it’s the ‘visual’. If it doesn’t pull me in immediately… From my perspective, you’re obviously do a good job because I recently added you my RSS reader. Happy new year!
Happy New Year! Great post – I should do the same as well. I would love to see more people at my blog as well. Look forward to more Taste and Creates too!!
May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May all life’s passing seasons bring
the best to you and yours!
Holy Cow Nicole! I can’t even imagine how long this blog post took you…I love that you’ve broken things down by colors, etc. I really love all your posts, I just don’t have time to visit everyone every day! (I’ll keep coming back no matter what you post =)
Happy New Year!
Min
Your blog to me is like the morning dew to plants. It touches then gently before sunrise and gets then prepared to tackle the day
Love you
Mom