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    October in review

    Published: Nov 04, 2012 / 6 Comments

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    October has been a good month for me: I posted a lot of my favorite recipes here, and I've accomplished all of my objectives outside of blogging (working out at least 3 times a week, cooking at home every evening, making a big dent in re-organizing the house, and being productive at my day job).

    October also marks 2 months since I've started my blog, so I thought it would be good to do some simple analysis of what were the highlights and the most popular posts in October.

    I took advantage of various events on other food blogs, and I listed the summary of my participation in those events below, all of them, interestingly, - SeriousEats.com related.  Serious Eats site actually does a great job of organizing various food-related challenges and round-ups for everybody who reads their blog, whether it's food bloggers or just food lovers.   They do it  pretty consistently and in a very organized manner.  I am very impressed with them.

    So, here are the highlights:

    • On October 3, 2012, SeriousEats.com Weekend Cook and Tell event: Fresh Pasta featured my ravioli with spinach and ricotta cheese filling recipe

    spinach ravioli cream sauce

    • On October 10, 2012, SeriousEats.com Weekend Cook and Tell event: Puff Pastry featured my recipe for puff pastry pizzas with bell peppers and mushrooms

    puff pastry pizza with mushrooms, bell peppers, cheese

    • On October 22, 2012, SeriousEats.com announced me as one of 5 finalists in a Puff Pastry contest for my photo of Halloween themed puff pastry pumpkin pie with apple-cranberry stuffed crust

    Pumpkin tart with apple-cranberry stuffed crust, chocolate bugs and wizard hats

    • On October 23, 2012, SeriousEats.com Weekend Cook and Tell event: Keen on quinoa included my thai red curry sauce with chicken and quinoa in their weekly round-up.

    Thai Red Curry Sauce with chicken, quinoa

    • On October 23, 2012, Pizza (Slice) site of SeriousEats.com had a special Halloween mystery edition of My Pie Monday event where they featured my Halloween recipe: chocolate bugs

    chocolate bugs

    • On October 31, 2012, SeriousEats.com Weekend Cook and Tell event: the Savory Side of Pumpkin featured my Pumpkin or butternut squash turnovers puff pastry recipe

    Butternut squash turnovers recipe

    And finally, here are my most popular posts in October:

    • # 1 popular October post was Ravioli with spinach and ricotta cheese filling recipe

    spinach ravioli cream sauce

    • # 2 popular October post was Berry bundt cake glazed with lemon icing recipe

    triple berry bundt cake blueberry, raspberry, blackberry 4

    • # 3 popular October post was Recipe for puff pastry pizzas with bell peppers and mushrooms

    puff pastry pizza with mushrooms, bell peppers, cheese

    • # 4 popular October post was Plum and apple tart on puff pastry

    plum and apple tart puff pastry 3

    « Breakfast Tartlets with Bacon, Spinach, and Eggs
    Images snapped at the same spot but 6 months apart »
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    1. Kiran @ KiranTarun.com

      November 07, 2012 at 11:55 am

      Your food round-ups always makes me drool!! I cannot wait to try the ravioli. It might not look so perfect like yours 😀

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      • Julia

        November 07, 2012 at 1:37 pm

        Some of those ravioli did not look perfect at all, only pretty ones made it into the photo shoot :), the ugly ones went straight into my hungry mouth. 🙂

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    2. Lyn Thomas

      November 05, 2012 at 5:13 pm

      I just found your blog and the food looks amazing. keep them coming. What kind of camera did you take the pictures with?

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      • Julia

        November 05, 2012 at 5:52 pm

        Thanks! I use a very basic DSLR camera - Nikon D80. It's a relatively old model and, I believe, it's discontinued. Nothing fancy. My lense (which is very important) is basic too - Nikon Nikkor 50mm, 1.8 - the lense costs $100. Canon has similar lense for the same price. The lense is what makes all the difference.

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    3. Laura Dembowski

      November 05, 2012 at 1:39 pm

      I can't believe you've only been blogging for two months. Your photographs are beautiful. I can't wait to see more of your creations!

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      • Julia

        November 05, 2012 at 4:31 pm

        Thanks! I've been photographing my food for fun for a year now, just without a site - for friends and family only. 🙂

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