The Forgotten Blog
Oh my poor, poor blog… It’s been neglected since we started on our new and exciting project, the current object of our affection. But fret not, I will still update this blog since this one is all about keeping friends and family updated with all our adventures (not just food related)!
Although lately, it does seem like our only obsession has been fine-tuning Culinary Musings. This reminds me of the time when I first moved in – all we did for one whole month was buy new furniture, redecorate and repaint. And designing a professional blog is pretty much as daunting, if not more. We’ve spent our weekends sequestered inside our tiny apartment and it’s been a such a valuable learning experience for the both of us.
Pierre has been learning every detail of web design and has been the driving force behind the entire look of Culinary Musings. I am so amazed at his talent and ability to learn and apply so quickly. In the course of a few weeks, the site has undergone many facelifts and sometimes even surgical removal of some of my silly html bloopers. I’ve think we’re finally happy with the overall new design of the blog but the details are a work in progress. We’d love to hear any of your feedback, good or bad. This will only help us grow!
On the frontline, I have been diligently producing content after content. As most of you know, I have no previous experience with recipe-writing so it’s been quite a challenge to actually jot down every move I make in the kitchen. I’ve also been dedicating a lot of time to promote the new blog by becoming a member of one of the largest online food properties, Foodbuzz.com! It’s a social networking site for all foodies, from chefs to wanna-be chefs (like myself) to food photographers and anyone else who shares the passion. If you’d like to have a look around, the site info (including all bloggers and their content) are available for anyone to view. The recipe database is open to all which is really great because you don’t even need to sign-up. I am currently applying to be a Featured Publisher for Foodbuzz which will help bring a lot of traffic to my own site which in turn can be profitable for us. I’ll keep you posted on the news! I also started writing restaurant reviews on Yelp to hone my skills and drive more traffic to our site. Look for my reviews on Yelp, it’s only continuing to grow!
As for progress, it has only been two weeks since I’ve been a part of the Foodbuzz community and I’ve already been rated as the “Top Foodie” in NYC and one of the top foodies overall! Yippee!!! As for the actual Culinary Musings progress, since it’s debut last month, we have seen visitors not only from the U.S. but Canada, Great Britain, FRANCE!!!, South Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Germany, China, Oman, Sweden, Ireland, Brazil, PHILIPPINES!!!, Hong Kong, India, Colombia, Hungary, Ukraine, Trinidad and Tobago, Australia, Indonesia and Netherlands. Yes, I had to list them all because we both find it so exciting that people from around the world are actually reading our site! Culinary Musings has gone international – WOO HOO!!! We’ve had over 300 unique visitors, not including those who now return on a daily basis. We now have a little over 100 readers a day which is still a tiny amount but we’ve only been up and running for a month!
It thrills us to be able to share these news with all of you because it has been our labor of love. We really would love to hear back from all of you so we can continually improve Culinary Musings so feel free to email me or simply leave a comment.
Thanks everyone for your support!
