Hello, my name is Julia.
Welcome to my food and photography blog – JuliasAlbum.com!
The primary focus of this blog is cooking and photography, and also joining the community of people with similar interests.
This blog is a reflection of what I eat on a daily basis, therefore I post both savory and sweet recipes.
I would describe many of my dishes as high quality “peasant” food: fresh, whole ingredients cooked in a simple, “peasant” way. I also love to explore various ethnic cuisines. Sometimes I cook something elaborate. Sometimes, it’s just a simple salad or a soup.
Some facts about me:
- My husband and I live in beautiful Southwestern US
- I have an identical twin sister.
- I have a day job where I spend my time analyzing data, trends, building reports, graphs, PowerPoint presentations, attending multiple meetings and joining endless conference calls – everything you would expect from a typical corporate job. In the evenings, I decompress by cooking and enjoying the quiet time, one-on-one with ingredients in the kitchen.
I just started this blog on August 29, 2012, and I am full of cooking ideas. I love comments, feedback and interaction! If you also have a food blog (or any other type of blog), I always check it out if you leave your URL in one of the comment boxes. I love discovering real people behind the blogs!
Hi Julia! I just found you (thanks for stopping by on my blog) and I’m in awe of your photography and cooking skills. You’re amazing! If you just started this blog then I can’t wait to see where this goes! Everything about it is already perfection. I will definitely follow you and can’t wait to make some of your delicious recipes. Thanks for sharing!
I LOVED photography on your site! Thank you for your kind words – it will be fun to follow your blog!
Julia, love your blog. But, my goodness, I hope you’re not going to try to keep up this frequency of posting – with a husband, two energetic dogs and a corporate job – whew! Love “peasant” food – hate things like sous vide and other trendy nonsense!
Thank you! You’re right, keeping the blog is not as easy as it seemed before I started it
. It takes a lot of time investment for sure!
Great photos here!
Thank you!
I love your site, the recipe, the photography and everything else. Looking forward to seeing many great recipes from your blog.
Thank you for such a sweet comment!
Great website Julia, I will be checking in regularly from now on
. Looking forward to try your recipes.
Thank you! I loved your blog and happy to see you visiting mine!
Hi Julia! Thanks for passing by my blog and leaving such a lovely comment. Beautiful recipes, beautiful pictures, congratulations!
Also, how nice to read that you are a twin. I have (fraternal) twins myself!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Thanks for visiting back! It’s fun to have twins, I am sure. They are usually such buddies!
Hi Julia, Thanks for stopping by my site today! Love your pics and recipes. I’ll be stopping by often!
Hi! I’m working on a round-up of agave dessert recipes for The Huffington Post Taste. I’d love to include your crepes with ricotta filling recipe. Please contact me if you’re interested. Thanks!
Hey Julia,
Great blog. Great photography. Glad I found you. Are you on Twitter? Can’t find a link if you are.
No, I am not. I am ashamed to admit I’ve never used twitter. For now, I am on Pinterest and Facebook.
Hi Julia,
I’m hoping I can connect with you via email (apologies if you have your address somewhere on your blog – I browsed everywhere and couldn’t find it!). I have a blog suggestion that I’d like to share with you. Can you shoot me an email when you get the chance?
Best,
Juan
Hi Julia, you just commented on my blog so I popped over to take a look. You have amazing dishes and pictures! I also have an identical twin! I have mentioned her in a few of my post, I refer to her as my twinny! Look forward to reading more post!
Another set of twins! How fun!
I absolutely adore your blog and can’t wait to try out some of your recipes.
Your photographs are absolutely mouth-watering too!
You’re so sweet, thank you! I am glad you’re visiting and enjoying the recipes and the photos!
I loved your blog. It is full of so many yummy recipes. Will try some from here soon and let you know
I love love love your pictures Julia. I am about to buy a new camera. Can you share you photography gear?
Hi Dee! My gear is embarrassingly simple and cheap.
I have a very old Nikon D80 DSLR camera (camera body) that is not produced any more, but you can buy used ones for about $300! That’s cheap! But the most important part is actually the lense – the lense that I use is a very basic 50mm Nikon lense – Nikon Normal AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D Autofocus Lens. It costs around $100 – I bought it several years ago at B&H (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/). This $100 lense is truly a classic – it will fit just about any Nikon camera body and it’s excellent for food photos or portraits!
That is sooooooo helpful Julia. Thanks so much for sharing.