In February of 2009 I started this blog and here I am, one year and 285 posts later. I can't believe it!
I wanted to take this opportunity on my blog's one year anniversary to thank you all for being faithful readers of my little stories and recipes. My blogging journey wouldn't have been the same without your comments and feedback. I have made some great friends in this food blogging community to which we belong. It has been a wonderful year.
Also I received a lot of beautiful messages from my readers via e-mail which were full of gratitude and appreciation. I received emails from many Colombians, who like me, moved to another country. From Americans married to Colombians. From people in other countries who have adopted Colombian children, who are trying to teach those children Colombian traditions. I received emails from people born in the United States of Colombian parents who are trying to learn to cook Colombian food. And from people who visited my country and fell in love with our food. Thank you so much for those beautiful messages, I really appreciated every one of them.
I want to thank my family in Colombia for all of the recipes and for all the wonderful memories. I am glad they all love this blog and feel apart of it.
I want to thank my husband for all the hard work he does behind the scene. He handles all that technical stuff that you can't see as a reader, but that is crucial for the site to run properly. Thank you to my parents-in-law who are always a great support and thank you for my Mac 🙂 I love it!
As a small token of my appreciation, I am having a giveaway for my readers. It is really easy to enter this give-a-way. There are just a few simple rules:
1) You must live in the United States, for shipping reasons.
2) You need to be an email or feed subscriber or follow me on Facebook , Twitter or Google Friend Connect.
3) Leave a comment to this post telling me how you are following me.
And that's it. I will be announcing the winner two days after this posting. Good luck!
Amalia
Felicidades, en tu primer aniversario, la bamdeja es preciosa, yo te coloque en mis favoritos, asi me mantengo actualizada y no me pierdo ninguna de tus recetas, gracias por todos los esfuerzos que haces en colocar tantas recetas y tan deliciosas
un saludo
Amalia
Pamela
FYI ...I know that you said I must have a US address.... I do... even though I live in Québec City.
Pamela
Hola Erica
Atta girl! One day you came up on a search I did online and from that day on I've been following you on Facebook and on your website. Your style and recipes reflect a lot of who I am as well, a strange mix of Colombian roots, American customs, and now that I live in Québec City, French gourmet!
Me quito el sombrero! por tu constancia y dedicación, yo amo la cocina y me encantaría hacer un blog como el tuyo pero no he sido capaz.
Happy anniversary, many blessings and many more years of wonderful memories around good food!
Erica
Thank you everyone for the wonderful comments!
Barbara Bakes
Happy Blogoversary! What a beautiful giveaway! I am a feed subscriber to your blog.
Anna
Happy anniversary to your blog Erica, I'm not surprised you have all this emails and feedback, you are doing a great job. Your recipes are all very yummy. I'm following you tweets. 😀
Jeremy
Erica,
I was thrilled when I came across your site - I check in on the webpage directly regularly, and follow on facebook as well, and look forward to each new post that comes along! I am (slowly) making my way through the recipes, and hope to at least try most of them once, but I'm way behind!
Thanks again for all the efforts from you and your husband!
Thanks!
--JB
Melly.
Erica, yo soy e-mail subscriber. Vivo en Utah. Soy Colombiana, casada con Americano y disfruto mucho de tu web site. La bandeja esta preciosa, espero me la gane! Felicitaciones por tu primer año!
Vinolia
Happy Anniversary to "My Colombian recipes"!!! Enjoy!!!!!!!!!
Jagruti
Hey Erica
Happy 1st anniversary to your blog...many more to come and njoyy blogging..;)) thanks ton for visiting me..hope 2 cu again
cheers
Erica
Thank you guys!
Mireya
Happy Blog Anniversary!
I follow you on google reader! Thanks for the giveaway 🙂
anncoo
Hi Karine, Happy First Anniversary! Is also my First Anniversary too! wink*
Tangled Noodle
Happy 1st Anniversary! You have done such a marvelous job with your blog and presenting recipes from a cuisine that I know so little about but would love to learn more. Following you on twitter helps me keep up with your newest posts. 😎
Wishing you many more years of happy blogging and great food!
Divina
Happy Anniversary to your blog Erica. It has been a pleasure knowing you through your food. You have shared so many wonderful recipes to us and gave us ideas on what to cook. God bless you and your family and of course, your blog. 🙂
Corinne
I love your posts (I'm a fan on Facebook). My best friend is Colombian and I LOVE Colombian food. Your posts are so inspirational! Congrats on your first anniversary! Mucha suerte!