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15 Awesome Links for Food Bloggers and Writers

Who has time to keep up with reading on the Internet about food writing and blogging? You probably don’t. But luckily, I do. I love to sift through stuff to find the best links that are most appropriate, useful and fascinating. Usually I put them in my twice-monthly newsletter, but every once in a while, […]

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A Brave Raghavan Iyer Moves Beyond Indian Cookbooks

After four Indian cookbooks and a book on Asian flavors, including Betty Crocker’s Indian Home Cooking (“Talk about gender-bender! That book is still in print!” he enthuses), Raghavan Iyer branched out. As a chef who, for the last 16 years, has trained other chefs for Bon Appetit Management company about Indian and vegetarian world cuisines, […]

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Q&A: How I Am Baker Got 2 Million+ Facebook Fans

Amanda Rettke is a food blogging success story. She has 2 million+ Facebook fans  and has been blogging for about 10 years at I Am Baker. On Facebook, she links to blog posts to drive her blog’s ad revenue, which is substantial. To say that she is focused is an understatement. Amanda posts 12 times […]

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5 Ways to Grow Your Instagram Following

A guest post by Lori DeFinis and Natalie Guarna Among our most frequently asked questions is “How did you get so many followers?” Although we would like to say that we’ve found success simply by posting quality content, we have picked up some tips on our journey to Insta-fame. We started our account, @music2mymouth, when […]

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Pay for Online Recipes? The New York Times Thinks So

Do you want to pay for recipes online? Probably not, but The New York Times thinks consumers will. Last week it announced it will ask new subscribers to the paper to pay $5 per month for access to the 180,000 or so recipes on its online recipe database and companion app. Subscribers will also get […]

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Activist Sandra Gutierrez: On Speaking Out Through Writing

Writer and activist Sandra Gutierrez knows what it feels like to be a stereotype, and to break through barriers. She is speaking out through writing — first about food, and now about stereotypes. She did it slowly, but with a belief that her story as a Latina, and the story of Southern Latino food could […]

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5 Tips for Choosing a Recipe Plugin

A Guest Post by Raquel Smith of Food Blogger Pro Choosing a recipe plugin is an important decision for a food blogger. After all, your recipes are why you have traffic, why advertisers pay you, and why people subscribe to your email list. It makes sense, then, that choosing a recipe plugin would take time. With all the options, how […]

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Food Blogger Pro Helps Your Blog Grow

Food Blogger Pro (FBP) helps you grow and learn as a blogger. It’s a dynamic membership site with tutorials and forums, which complements the content I offer here. While I post about writing, book promotion, trends and other issues, Food Blogger Pro teaches all the technical stuff you need to know. Together, our sites comprise a terrific […]

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6 Great Reasons to Start Your Food Blog, and 1 Not-So-Good One

Do you mean to start your food blog, but haven’t got there yet? Or maybe you’ve begun one and you need a reason to continue? Usually I write to people who are already blogging. Then I thought…wait! I bet there are lots of lurkers who are obsessed with food but aren’t quite ready to start a blog. If […]

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Why BlogHer Food Ended, After 8 Years

Somehow I missed the announcement that BlogHer Food ended. It lasted eight years. I felt a little bummed and flashed on the first BlogHer Food conference in San Francisco, where I spoke on a panel about voice with a shy Ree Drummond of Pioneer Woman. Since then I spoke at BlogHer Food conferences around the country, surrounded by […]

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