Hi everyone, gosh you're a friendly bunch! Thanks for making me feel so welcome.
I'd like to try responding to you all individually, so here goes (may not be proper etiquette here, but it's how we do it in the food blog world, so bear with me).
Muirford - Food blogs are sooo addicting (I know). Do you make use of a feed reader, such as Google Reader, Blog Lines, etc.? Those are a great way to keep up with your favorite blogs.
Simply choose the feed reader you like (I use Google Reader, but know many who use Blog Lines as well as others), set up an account, then add the individual RSS feeds of your favorite blogs. Once you've added the feeds (some are complete, others are summaries like mine), then you are able to track your favorite blogs from within 1 place (the feed reader), and click on the ones you'd like to visit from there.
This allows people to keep up with which blogs have been recently updated without having to click through each site via bookmarks. I currently have about 50 of my favorite food blogs in my feed reader, and that doesn't even begin to touch the number of food blogs out there.
If you're already familiar with RSS feeds & feed readers, that's great. They are an excellent way to stay organize and most importantly, save time!
Bree - Thank you!
Samster - "Inn-mate," that's cute. I hope the report on the coffee cake is a good one!
I adapted the recipe on Inn Cuisine from my old Southern Living cookbook, mostly by increasing the amount of orange marmalade required and making a few other tweaks to the original recipe. Before posting any recipe, I always make it once, according to the original, then make it again with my own tweaks and variations. After a recipe passes both tests, it makes it to the pages of Inn Cuisine. That way, I try to avoid passing on any duds to home (or inn) cooks.
Emspiers - Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed browsing.
Yellowsock - Love your little waving guy with the sign. Let me see if I can do that too...
...yay! It worked.
Mjsgeorgia - Mmmm... Italian Breakfast Panini's sound delicious! The panini recipe on Inn Cuisine came from a guest post by another food blogger named Kathy of the site PaniniHappy.com. If you love panini's, you should definitely check her site out! She runs the only food blog I'm aware of that is dedicated strictly to panini's.
Green Tea Blueberry Smoothies sound divine too. Perhaps you have a few recipes you'd like to share on Inn Cuisine (hint, hint)?
JunieBJones - Scratch 'n' Sniff. Yes. I've thought of that. It's a shame Bill Gates and those guys over at Apple didn't comply with my request to make pc & Mac screens sratch 'n' sniff
. It's such a good idea! Ahhh...the limitations of technology!
IvyLee - Chloe was fantastic to work with! Not only is she super friendly and down-to-Earth, but she's an amazing cook, and so willing to share her recipes and stories. I did a feature on her & Big Mill back in April around Earth Day. The features are on Inn Cuisine under the category "Rave Reviews" (she also has an additional recipe for biscotti under the category Fresh from the Oven. Check them out sometime (there are other B&B inn features there as well---one from Kansas City, one from Lawrence, KS and another from Amelia Island, Florida.)
JBJ - Well, now I have a new nickname...the Inn Cuisine gal... I love it! I'm also very glad you made this coffee cake recipe, and more so that it was a hit! Unless you're the same innkeeper who has commented on this recipe on its post at Inn Cuisine, you join the small army of innkeepers who have made this coffee cake for their guests recently and experienced rousing feedback.
It's good to know I'm vicariously pleasing so many tummies! I'll try to keep up the good work!.
