Blog Giveaway - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BLOG!

To YKK who first explained to me that I could do what I was doing on a blog

I made a phone call a moment ago to wish friend SPK a happy birthday and also to thank her for this journey that this blog has put me. It was her original demand that I produce a week of menus so that she didn't have to think of one. I never thought a year ago that I would still be doing this, still be working hard it, and still be enjoying it, but here I am. I am still going. I still love it, still obsess over what I will make next, and especially still love all the feedback and support. I get most excited when I can get someone who hasn't really enjoyed cooking to think about it again and get back into the kitchen. I am excited when moms who thought they were too busy to cook realize that with some practice and a few good recipes, they can produce delicious meals for their family.

Food brings people together, and families coming together at a meal is one of the most important and beautiful things about life. That is why I still cook, and that is why I will continue to encourage people to keep cooking for their families, no matter how small the effort. As Yoda once said, "There is no TRY. There is only DO." Do it. Cook for your families, your friends, your loved ones. It changes life in that moment, and it changes someone's perspective.

To honor that notion, I am having my second blog giveaway to celebrate a year on the job. This giveaway is for my FAVORITE grater, a NEW microplane grater, the one I simply cannot live without. I do my lemon zests on here, my cheese, ginger, garlic and it is an essential item in my kitchen.

To enter, simply enter a comment below which includes the following two things:
1. What do you intend to cook next from this blog?
2. For whom do you intend to cook it?

(FYI - I am stickler for following directions, probably due to my former career as a high school teacher, so if you fail to answer one of these two questions, your entry will be disqualified.)

A single winner will be chosen at random one week from today. ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON. (But each spouse can enter once.) Please make sure you leave at least an email so that I can contact you and get your mailing address so that you can receive your prize. (US addresses only please.)

Thanks for all the fun and support this year! Hopefully another good year of recipes is still to come.

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