Happy New Year!
Can you believe it is 2013 already? Must husband and I were talking about what we thought it would be like when we were kids. He was sure we would be flying around with jet packs by now! I never really thought about it but I thought it would be like the Jetsons kind of. We couldn't have been more wrong eh? Even though we are jet pack less, and hover car less, I am pretty grateful for what we have!
This year has been just incredible for FoodThoughtsOfaChefWannabe. 10,000 fans in the last 12 months on Facebook and 274 fans here. (lets grow this number, can we?). I appeared in Penzey's Spices with 2 original recipes and a story about being a mom, and my parents. I was recently published on Fox News Online Magazine as well. Even though I haven't mentioned yet, I also have gone to a self hosted domain. You can find me now at www.foodthoughtsofachefannabe.com. I am a "dot com"!!! These little things in life excite me in ways even I don't understand. One thing I do understand is how important each of you have made this journey. Your support, your friendship, your input, your jokes, laughter, faith and humanity are all gifts you share with me. I am eternally grateful.
As most of you know I always say I am a terrible baker. I have spent the last year working hard to bake better. I have to have a few things to get in the baking mood, good LOUD music, chocolate, and fun kitchen tools! You may or may not remember how excited I was to get my porcelain measuring spoons and then I got the Curtis Stone glass measuring cups. Have you SEEN Curtis Stone? I will be anything that hottie wants to sell me, INCLUDING measuring cups. I had to justify 30.00 measuring cups, so I promised my hubs I would learn to bake better. It is working so far...thank you Curtis, my lovey, I LOVE BAKING!
Hopefully some new fun kitchen tools AND a little Curtis in your life will help YOU love to bake even more than maybe you already do!!
Anyway the point is, I decided to find some glass measuring stuff for you all. I found you these great ones! You will get the spoons and measuring cups/bowls. I picked up 2 sets, so there will be 2 winners!
Now, get entered..........hurry!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
I wasn't to learn to make breads better.
ReplyDeleteI like to experiment with new recipes and ingredients in the kitchen.
ReplyDeleteMe in the kitchen is pure chaos that always ends in super deliciousness :)
ReplyDeleteHungryLiitleGirl, that describes my house!
DeleteI'd like to do more pastries
ReplyDeleteI love baking. I am always trying to find new recipes and love your site. Living on a farm in the middle of nowhere, ive learned more about natural products.
ReplyDeleteCurtis Stone is yummy! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm a little like a mad scientist, throwing stuff together and hoping it comes out tasty :-) With frozen pizzas on standby just in case it isn't...
ReplyDeleteI try to bake in between my kids naps and their bed times and any other time they are distracted and I make a mess, but the result is usually yummy.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a great baker either, but I'm getting there! I'm more of a soup/sauce person.
ReplyDeleteI am a messy cook/baker and use just about every dish in my kitchen to make things.
ReplyDeleteI love this. I love to bake and try new recipes that my Pastry Chef daughter sends me. It is would be great!!!
ReplyDeleteI love baking. I need to make more fresh bread this year instead of being so lazy and buying=/
ReplyDeleteI am possibly the WORST pie crust maker in the universe! We have Sunday family dinner where my sister and I switch off taking turns to cook for 8 of us and I've tried twice to make homemade pie crust resulting in EPIC FAIL! LOL!
ReplyDeleteFor New Years Eve, I resorted to paying a local home baker to make me a couple of pies for the annual get together with the folks.
Thanks for the chance to win something that certainly couldn't HURT a girl who keeps on tryin'! :D
Little kitchen, not much room, and I seem to be in a rut of about 12 suppers.
ReplyDeleteI have a small kitchen, so I am a creative cook.
ReplyDeleteI would love to learn to make bread, I always screw it up
ReplyDeleteAnd Perri referred me over!
DeleteI want my kids in the kitchen more to help me bake!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love to bake, I could bake everyday if I had it My way, and I almost Do! I really suck at making Pie Crusts, the day I make a perfect Pie Crust will be a dream come true, until then I am just baking my way home! Nettie
ReplyDeleteI love to cook and bake and my young grandchildren are noe interested in learning I just wished they lived closer. Thanks for the great blog!
ReplyDeleteI love to cook...I am working on my baking skills. LOL!
ReplyDeleteI so need to improve my break making and having something new would be just the ticket. :) Thank you for the chance at winning
ReplyDeleteI love to cook in the kitchen, the smell of food cooking makes me happy. I love cooking knowing that my family will eat it, and it will fill them up.
ReplyDeleteI use almost every measuring spoon and cup (never enough) when I bake and cook...and my kitchen is always a mess when I'm done!!
ReplyDeleteI am an artist in the kitchen, and create my own spice blends to bring out all the perfect flavors in my dishes.
ReplyDeleteAs long as I have a recipe to follow, I'm a great cook & baker.
ReplyDeleteI love to bake, anything and everything. I just hate to clean up after myself!
ReplyDeleteI am a mad scientist in the kitchen, I like to skip the recipes & experiment. Thanks for the giveaway :)
ReplyDeleteFocused on the task at hand!
ReplyDeleteI love to be adaptable and creative in the kitchen!
ReplyDeleteI love to cook and particularly bake! It's always been my passion! I just happened upon your Facebook page today and followed the link to here. I saw so many wonderful recipes I'm dying to try! Congratulations on your accomplishments so far and good luck for the future!
ReplyDeleteI am an RV cook who's taking a culinary trip around the world from my galley.
ReplyDeleteI am more of a savory cook because I have a terrible tendency of storing calories =] but I do love to bake, almost as much as I love to eat. Since I don't have a mother, sister or daughter to bake with, I depend on interesting, creative folks like you for encouragement and support. BTW, Perri Pender sent me =]
ReplyDeleteMe in the kitchen: messy but trying to cook more healthy yummy dishes all the time. Cook almost all of our foods at home. mwitte@peoplepc.com
ReplyDeleteBaking is my passion!
ReplyDeleteThe kitchen is my hang-out pretty much. It looks like a science lab with all the mixing and experimenting.... LOL!
ReplyDeleteI love to cook- when I'm in the mood...I can hold my own for the most part!! :)
ReplyDeleteI can hold my own for the most part. I am willing to try new things...for the most part!! :)
ReplyDeleteI am starting all over... Again...
ReplyDeleteI love to bake, the smell of things baking in the oven or cooking on the stove are just wonderful.
I am learning a lot from your blog. I have also learned a lot from watching Curtis Stone.
I am a FoodNetwork and Cooking Show junkie...LOL.