How To Support Yourself As A Food Blogger

In 2006, I graduated N.Y.U.'s dramatic writing program and moved to Brooklyn with my friend Diana. At the time, I'd been food blogging for two years and had just sold a book to Bantam/Dell that came with a pretty decent advance. Before I sold the book to Bantam, I had ads on my blog—Google Ads, BlogAds—but wasn't generating enough money to pay rent. With the book advance, things changed. When that check came, I told my parents that I wouldn't need their financial help anymore. I'd be able to take care of things from here on out.

And, for the most part, that's what happened. The book advance only got me so far; at a certain point, I began making enough money—from the blog itself and other food ventures—to pay the bills. Here's how I did that and how you might do that too.

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