All over the blog-o-sphere people celebrate their blogs’ anniversaries, but I am not really sure when to celebrate my blog’s. Let me explain. My very first post was back on April 7th, 2007. Back then I was really scared about food blogging and my life took a sharp turn so I really didn’t start seriousbly blogging until September. That’s why I don’t want to claim that I’ve been blogging longer than a year.
But September sounds like a good month, doesn’t it? I’ve always liked this month. It was when the year seem to start when I was kid, new grade or school, new friends, new books (yes, I was a weird kid. I liked going back to school) So why not celebrate What’s cooking? blogaversary in September. It is official then. This blog is one year old!
In another different topic, we have the very first two I love baking winners! It was a very exciting competition filled with delicious entries. In the savory category, Reeni won with her entry Mac and cheese and in the sweet category Ivy won with her Cranberry lemon cupcakes. Congratulations! Remember that there are prizes for the winners.
But the fun is just starting. Every two weeks I’ll post a roundup and every month we’ll have 2 winners, one for each category. And the best part is that participation is a piece of cake. The only rule is that your entry has to be baked. So go to the forum and start posting those entries 
And my final topic tonight, maybe you noticed the green, white and red ribbon on the left upper corner of the blog. It has two meanings. In Mexico September is el mes de la patria (month of the country) since we celebrate our independence the 16th. But I mainly created the image to join my voice to the millions of Mexicans’ who are crying against crime. I am not going to talk much about this topic here because this is a food blog, but if you want to know more about it you can read a story about this movement here (and in the future I will write more about it on my other blog)
¡Buen provecho!
19 Replies
Happy Blogiversary!!!
Posted on September 2nd, 2008 at 9:47 pm
congrats on your blogiversary!
Posted on September 2nd, 2008 at 10:19 pm
I like the way you arrived at it being a year!!
Happy Blogiversary!!!
Posted on September 2nd, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Happy Blogiversary to you…Happy Blogiversary to you! What a great, food-filled year!
Posted on September 3rd, 2008 at 12:01 am
summer 2007 was not only a bad/depressing summer for you! but ben we are always stronger once we come out of it. i am glad you did because your blog is a treasure. great to have you enrich my daily reads. happy blog birthday, my friend!
Posted on September 3rd, 2008 at 1:21 am
Happy Bloggiversary Ben! So where’s the party?
Posted on September 3rd, 2008 at 1:27 am
Happy Blog Birthday!! Hope there’s many more to come!
Posted on September 3rd, 2008 at 4:29 am
Hey Ben, I don’t believe it. Wow first of all Happy Blogoversary!! I also posted my blogoversary this morning. Like you, I did start in July but as I started posting in Greek and translating the recipe in English, I decided later on, to make two separate blogs one in English and one in Greek. They second wow is that I am so thrilled that I was the winner of the first prize and I want to say thank you to all my friends who voted for me. I am hosting an event which calls for baking so you will hear from me again.
Posted on September 3rd, 2008 at 7:20 am
Congratualtions Ben. Happy Blogiversary! I hope I can reach 6 months!
Yes, 16 de Septiembre is coming up soon. I will also have some delightful food postings to celebrate the occasion. Unidos siempre contra la injusticia. Great job.
Posted on September 3rd, 2008 at 11:19 am
Congrats on your blogversary…yeah, September’s a fine month…why not!!! I thought you’d been around for far longer. I began off around the same time with a shiver down my spine! Congrats to the winners…I’ve still got to load my entry onto the forum. Take care Ben…congrats again!
Posted on September 3rd, 2008 at 11:42 am
Congrats on your one year anniversary, dude. I can’t believe you’ve only done it for that long, you have quite the arsenal of repcies. Yup, I said aresenal, because it’s manly
I like how you are very connected and loyal to your roots and ancestry. Very cool. Maybe we’ll see a Mexican speciality on the 16th perhaps?
Posted on September 3rd, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Happy Blogirthday to You, Happy Blogirthday to you. Happy blogirthday my friend. well…you get the picture. Besides, the dogs outside my office are howling. Can’t wait to see what the next year brings for you.
Super hugs
Posted on September 3rd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Congrats Ben! And many more blogiversaries to come
Posted on September 3rd, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Congrats on the blogiversary, Ben! I’ve been so upset to read about the rising crime in Mexico – I’ll join you in wearing that ribbon and posting.
Posted on September 3rd, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Congratulations, many years to come.
Posted on September 3rd, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Blog birthdays should always be celebrated — happy one-year blog birthday! Looking forward to another happy year of posts.
Posted on September 3rd, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Happy one year anniversary! Here’s to many more.
Posted on September 4th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Congrats on your blogoversary. Your site is beautiful and your recipes are great. I was so happy to see that my Mac n Cheese was a winner. Congrats to Ivy, those muffins look delicious! Please let me know how I can collect on my prize. Thanks so much.
Posted on September 5th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
It’s pretty funny how many of us started blogging at about the same time last year. Happy Anniversary, Ben!
Posted on September 6th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
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