The Culinary Chase Turns 5!

The traditional 5th wedding anniversary gifts are wood and silverware.  Wood, representing strength and a solidified relationship, and silverware, representing connectedness.  While I am not celebrating a wedding anniversary, I do feel these two gifts reflect the idea behind the reason for my food blog.  My love for food and its natural way to fuel a body and sustain it is my strength and being able to share this with you, dear reader, is my connectedness.

Over the past 5 years, I’ve written 707 posts and watched my blog grow from 1 visitor (my husband…hehe) in August 2007 to over 311,000 visitors today.  While I know that’s not a lot in the big scheme of things, it does show that there is an interest in my blog.  I think the highest number of hits I reached in one day was over 700 and I was ecstatic to say the least.

The Culinary Chase’s Note:  Over the years I’ve tried a hand at learning to speak Spanish, foot reflexology, painting, drawing, photography and with the exception of photography, all have gone by the wayside.  Blogging about food, its health benefits and local places to food shop has never wavered and is more important to me now as I get older.   I love reading the comments posted especially those who tweaked the recipe to make it more suitable to their palate.  Thank you!