About

Welcome to Julia’s Album – my food blog where I regularly share easy-to-make recipes, mostly dinners and savory food.

My passion #1 is cooking, so this website is the collection of the recipes I've made for myself, my family, and my friends.   I personally make and test all the recipes presented on this website, and I do all the writing and all of the original food photography for JuliasAlbum.com.

My #2 passion is traveling, and you will find quite a few posts under the Travel section of this website. These posts are the result of my personal travel experience and all of them feature my original travel photography.

About Julia's Album

• My name is Julia, I am a United States-based food blogger, a self-taught cook, and a self-taught food photographer.
• I started this food blog in 2012 as a hobby and an expression of my personal passion for cooking and photography, in addition to my regular full-time office job at the time.
• In 2016 I quit my full-time 9 to 5 office job.
• Since then, I devote myself to this food blog full-time.  I spend my days cooking and testing the recipes, photographing and publishing them.
• Life is all about balance, so I always make time for physical exercise and try to keep myself in decent shape through regular (and challenging) physical activity whether it's outdoors, or indoors.

Featured On

• My recipes have been featured on major sites, such as Huffington Post, Country Living, Good Housekeeping, Parade, The Kitchn, Delish, Brit+Co, Food Network, BUZZFEED, PUREWOW, and Greatist.
• For a detailed list of some of my recipes featured on these sites + links to those features, check out my Press page.

About my recipes

• I love making homemade dinners, so the majority of my recipes are main courses, pasta recipes, chicken dishes, seafood recipes, soups, and salads, with an occasional dessert thrown in for good measure.
• My food blog is a great resource for busy people who want to eat well without spending a ton of time cooking.  Many of my recipes take only 30 minutes to make and require only one pan to cook.  I strive to make my recipes as simple as possible.
• The recipes I make are everyday, familiar foods, cooked from scratch. A good place to start is my Recipe Index where the recipes are categorized by course  (Breakfast, Dinner, Desserts, etc.), major ingredients, type of diet, etc.
• I love to make hearty, comforting foods – so, I have lots of Pasta Recipes, Chicken Recipes, and Seafood Recipes.

My Social Media Pages

• My Facebook page has 307,000 followers
• My Pinterest account has 635,000 followers.

If you would like to connect with me via social media, here are my social media accounts:

Pinterest | Facebook | Instagram | Bloglovin'

The best way to contact me and get me to respond

• The best way to reach me (and get my response) is to comment on any recipe on this website or on this ABOUT page in the comments section below even if you'd like to communicate about something that doesn't have anything to do with a particular recipe. I always see your comments! And, if you indicate that your comment is private, I won't publish it.
• I always review and see the comments on this website, but I am much more likely to miss an email. My email gets cluttered and it's very very likely I might miss your message if you email me. It's best to comment on any recipe or down in the comments section below - even if you're trying to reach me for a different reason than a recipe.  Thank you! Your comment is not published right away - it's reviewed and moderated, so no personal information and no email are published. Especially, if the comment is not related to a particular question about a recipe, or if you ask me not to publish the comment.
• I will provide my email here anyway but ....  see all of the above first!  Thank you! You can email me at inquiriesjulia { at } gmail { dot } com

Finally, before you leave

Nice to meet you! I don't really share many personal details about myself because you are here for the recipes, first and foremost! But, I am a real person behind the blog, and this is the most recent photo of me that I've taken this Fall of 2022. I think it's always a good idea to at least see the face of the person behind the blog and the recipes!

And, below  ⬇️   is the very first photo of me that I posted about 10 years ago when I just started this blog. I am keeping this one for memories. ⬇️  🙂