School, Seattle, The Northwest… The World?
October 9, 2009 at 10:40 am 1,528 comments
I think the first time it happened was near the end of April last year.
I was standing in line for lunch, feeling bored and hungry and a little irritated, when someone tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around and faced a girl I didn’t recognize, whom I’d never met before. She looked a little nervous and said, “Sorry, I just had to ask – are you the girl with the food blog? My mom and I really like your photography.”
It was such a strange feeling and such an unexpected moment, to be recognized. It didn’t feel like fame, but I had no idea how else to put it. I thanked her, gave a real smile because I was grateful and honored, and went on with my day in a much better mood. But it’s happened over and over again since then.
On Facebook, I have an album called “Food Photography.” It has around 250 comments and is “liked” by 40 people, many of whom I never talked to until they complimented me on my baking. I’ll be sitting in environmental science when someone will quietly complain, “I’m so hungry!” and give me a meaningful look. The sophomores who ride my bus smile at me and ask if I’ve made anything neat recently. And teachers stop me in the hallway to say they’ve heard about my blog, and could I please write down the address for them?
Even though I’m a senior and my high school is relatively small, I’m not well known. I have classes with the same people over and over, and I’ve never been much of a social butterfly. And I know I’ve said this before, but it’s true – when I first created 17 and Baking I didn’t tell anyone about it because I thought it was embarrassing. I didn’t think it would be cool to have a food blog. I thought people would think I was weird. So I kept it to myself and tried to hide it from the world.
I only showed it to one of my friends when I’d written about him, and I thought he would get a kick out of seeing it. To my surprise he ended up making a blog of his own (suited to his own interests) and linked to mine. Unlike me, though, he wasn’t shy about sharing, and soon many of my classmates had seen his blog – and through it, mine. (If you are interested, he has a great economics blog called the Marginalist.)
To my surprise, people didn’t think it was uncool or strange. Food is universal. Food brings people together. Because really, when it comes down to it, who can resist anything warm and fresh from the oven, whether a sweet chocolatey cookie or a soft chive-studded cream cheese biscuit?
As I began to write this post this morning, I received a message on Facebook from an old friend I haven’t talked to in four years, N-. “Hi Elissa,” she wrote. “I don’t know if I’ve told you this before, but my big sister goes to Berkeley and she loves to bake, and she likes your blog.” N- continued on to tell me that her sister decided to have a bake off with her new roommates. One of them suggested a certain cookie recipe from “this blog… seventeen something…” to which N-’s sister (whom I’ve never met) exclaimed, “That’s Elissa!”
It was one of the most incredible things I’ve ever heard, to have spread not only through school and the food blogging world but to college students in California simply having a bake-off. It lifts me off my feet and makes the sun shine out of my heart. Thank you for reading my blog – thank you, thank you, thank you!
Normally I wouldn’t, but I’ve got to ask – if you’re reading this, please leave a comment! Whether it’s your first time visiting or I’m welcoming you back, I’d really appreciate it if you left your location. I’m just curious to know where my readers are. I’ll start… Seattle, WA!
I don’t often opt for savory over sweet, but breakfast is one of those things where I crave salt over sugar. I’d had my eye on these Chive Biscuits for a while when I decided to make them. Part of the appeal was the inclusion of buttermilk and cream cheese. More than anything, that made me think of soft, flaky, and savory biscuits. They didn’t get as tall as I expected, but with chives from our own backyard and a squiggle of clover honey, they felt like home.
Cream Cheese and Chive Biscuits
From Martha Stewart’s Baking Handbook
Makes 12 biscuits
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh chives
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, cold, cut into small pieces
4 ounces cream cheese, cold, cut into small pieces
1 1/4 cup buttermilk
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar, and chives. Using a pastry blender, cut in the butter and cream cheese until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs with a few larger clumps remaining.
Pour in the buttermilk; using a fork, mix in buttermilk until incorporated and the dough just comes together. The dough will be slightly sticky; do not overmix.
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface. With floured fingers, gently knead about four times, until all the crumbs are incorporated and the dough is smooth. With a lightly floured rolling pin, gently roll the dough to a 8-b-11-inch rectangle, about 1 inch thick. Using a bench scraper or long offset spatula to lift the ends of the dough, fold the rectangle into thirds (like a business letter). Give the dough a quarter turn. Roll out the dough again (to the same dimensions), and repeat the folding process. Wrap in plastic, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Return the dough to the work surface. Roll out as before, and repeat the folding process. Give the dough another quarter turn; roll out dough one more time, again into a rectangle about 1 inch thick. Using a sharp knife, divide the rectangle into 12 equal squares or rectangles. Place on prepared sheet about 1 1/2 inches apart. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Bake, rotating the sheet halfway through, until the biscuits are golden and flecked with brown spots, 15 to 18 minutes. Transfer the biscuits to a wire rack to cool.
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Entry filed under: Breakfast/Brunch. Tags: breakfast, chives, cream cheese, herbs, savory.
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stephanie | October 9, 2009 at 10:58 am
Los Angeles, CA!
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natalie | October 9, 2009 at 11:00 am
yay!!!!
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
that made me very very happy/excited/smile-y when i read that!
oh and ofcourse…
seattle, wa
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Bakingmonster | October 9, 2009 at 11:17 am
San Francisco, CA
I’m so happy to of read this post I started my blog awhile ago and I still have issues telling people about it, but my dad just informed me today that him and my family have known about my blog and they like it a lot. so I can really relate to this post. :) the chive biscuits look great!
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Sara@SproutedKitchen | October 9, 2009 at 11:28 am
orange county, CA!
These look phenomenal. I dont feel great, and all Im craving is rich, bad for me foods, such a cream cheese biscuits ;) great post! love the pictures!
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Aunt LoLo | October 9, 2009 at 11:38 am
Fairfield Ct, Connecticut!!!
I’m a Seattle girl, though, born and raised. I grew up in Issaquah/Bellevue. I think that’s what FIRST drew me to your blog. I stayed because the photography IS gorgeous…and I love me some food. :-)
Keep on cookin’! And…bloggers RAWK. LOL
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linda | October 9, 2009 at 11:40 am
greetings from new york…
i starting reading you blog on april 27, 2009…having found you thru someone else’s site…i marveled at your layout, photography & thought…only 17… pretty amazing!
the photography on your blog that day was of your chocolate marble cheesecake with coconut, lemongrass, and kaffir lime was spectacular & made me want to make the cake immediately…
i wish you much success w/ your college apps & whatever your decision – that college is fortunate to have you you as part of the student body.
btw: the chive biscuits look great!
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Erin Chaney | October 9, 2009 at 11:42 am
Portland, OR.
My husband is a chef so reading your blog is a lot of fun & I can really relate to the creative aspect of cooking/baking. Baking is hard, its a science!
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angimcb | October 9, 2009 at 11:48 am
Eagle, Idaho
My 11 yr old daughter loves to bake and is new to being on the computer. I found your website and love it. It’s good to know that she can read your blog and learn that other young girls are succeeding at something they love. Oh, and when your dog was lost she checked constantly to make sure everything was ok. Keep up the great work!
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Sophie | October 9, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Birmingham, England!
This post (like pretty much all of your posts tbh) made me smile :)
I think your blog is ace and I’m glad people are recognising it as they should
Keep up the good work!
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Amy | October 9, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Chicago, IL :)
I found your blog somehow, somewhere… I don’t even remember anymore. I think you have a wonderfully engaging writing style and your love of food is palpable.
I just graduated college in June and I don’t have a job anymore, so I spend a lot of time online filling out job applications and dreaming of a future or something like it. Food blogs (especially with pictures!) really make my day much better, and since I’ve never been to Seattle, I get a nice view of it from my browser window via you. It seems like a calm and peaceful place.
Keep up the good work. Don’t worry so much about college apps, you’ll get in somewhere at the very least and you are qualified and smart and will have a lovely time no matter what. Promise promise.
Have a wonderful Friday miss Elissa!
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Elissa's Dad | October 9, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Seattle, WA.
I have told you before and I’ll tell you here for all to see. I loved you before you were born and I have loved you every day since.
I have enjoyed watching you grow into this beautiful young woman and have always wished time could stop so I could savour these moments with you but as time passes I continue to enjoy you more and more.
I am proud of who you are and what you do but I will always push you to be the best you can be, you are so wonderful. I both feel sad and hate that you are going off to college soon, I could not be more proud of you.
But mostly it is not what you do and accomplish that moves me but the person you are inside.
Where am I you asked? Anywhere life takes you, I will be there.
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MIchelle Daniel | October 9, 2009 at 1:31 pm
I just found you via me new favorite web site, TasteSpotting. I love your story and wish you luck.
Oh, I hail from Columbus, Ohio
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Ginger | October 9, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Wilmington, Delaware!
I can’t remember how I found your site, but I read it all the time. I think you hooked me on the bagels post. I love cooking and it’s great to see yours, the includes not only food but often the stories behind the food.
You’re an amazing photographer and a fabulous writer, and as a journalist I hope you’re considering those as your third options to something involving food, cause if you did, you would be great at any of them.
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Christina | October 9, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Tripoli, Libya
I think the first time I read your blog was when I found your miniature peanut butter cookies, the ones with the chocolate chip in the center. I thought they were so cute, and I’ve been meaning to make them ever since. Thanks for reminding me of that…now I’ve got to get to store for some peanut butter!
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Anna | October 9, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Bogota, Colombia
I actually am from Davis, California, but I am living and volunteering here in Colombia. I spend about half of my day looking at food/baking blogs, and I stumbled upon yours today. I immediately felt connected to it because a) I love baking, b) I love photography and c) I am reapplying to college as well! (I graduated from high school last June). Your blog is more put together than mine (I am technologically challenged..) and I really have enjoyed browsing through and reading yours. Being here in Colombia makes it almost impossible to bake, so keep up the good work and make lots of yummy food for me!
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Danielle | October 9, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Colorado Springs, CO
I started reading your blog over the past summer when I saw the 4th of July cake. I love your blog and your recipes.
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Erin | October 9, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Your blog was recommended to me as a Google Reader pick. And, funny enough, Ginger is an old classmate of mine. We probably found out about you at the same time. And I totally agree with her, from a photographer’s POV.
Keep up the good work!
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Hannah | October 9, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Chicago IL
I really enjoy not only your food, but your stories too!
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Rachael | October 9, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Minneapolis, MN
I love your blog!!! I’m pretty quiet, so I haven’t left a comment before :P. I’m 17, I love to bake, & I hope to create a food blog as great as yours someday!
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Lauren | October 9, 2009 at 2:14 pm
I’m in Canada =D. I’m really quiet about my blog to those around me (only a couple of friends have found out about it), and definitely don’t have people coming up to me – That must be really fun!
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Jennifer | October 9, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Monterey, CA
Like Christina, I first read your blog on the day you did those adorable pb cookies with chocolate chips in the center. I’ve been meaning to make them, but it’s hard to get in the kitchen as often as I’d like with two small boys. :D I love your photography and I ADORE your recipes! (esp. the basil ice cream… pure heaven!)
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Chris | October 9, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Charlotte, NC
Keep up the good work!
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Megan | October 9, 2009 at 2:27 pm
St. Paul MN – I found you though another food blog when you did your rainbow cake and I put your blog in my reader!
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Sarah | October 9, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Sopkane, WA
I found this recipe while browsing TasteSpotting. The photos are beautiful & I enjoyed reading the blog. Can’t wait to try out the recipe, I love savory!
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Sarah | October 9, 2009 at 2:32 pm
opps!
Spokane, WA
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Ally | October 9, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Waltham, MA
I don’t remember how I first found your blog, but I love everything about it. I tried your blueberry & coconut scone recipe and the scones were a definite hit!! I can’t believe you’re only 17 — your writing and photography are both so mature. Thank you for writing such heart-felt and real blog entries; they make my day. :o)
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nutmegnanny | October 9, 2009 at 2:38 pm
I have been reading you for awhile and in fact was lucky enough to win your mojito jelly giveaway! Which by the way was fantastic glazed and grilled on some pork steaks…yum!
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Mary | October 9, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Found your blog via TasteSpotting. Will be reading from now on.
Belmont, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)
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Corynn | October 9, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Minneapolis, MN. Originally from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. My sister introduced your blog to me. We both think you are a talented writer :)
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Chris | October 9, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Washington DC!
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Crystal | October 9, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Greenville, Illinois. I found you somehow through the Daring Baker’s Challenges. I can’t remember how now. I was shocked when I found out that you were a high school student. You are an excellent cook, writer and photographer. I’m sure your parents are very proud of you. Keep up the good work. I love reading your post and your recipes.
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jaime | October 9, 2009 at 3:06 pm
rochester, nh
i found you through erin cooks. thanks for blogging!
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Morgan | October 9, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Ever since I found your blog a few months ago. I have been loving it! I even share lots of your pictures and recipes with my husband.
I’m a 26 year old mom (pregnant with my 4th baby!) from Northern California.
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Debbie | October 9, 2009 at 3:14 pm
I am a grandma who enjoys your blog. Salt Lake City, Utah
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deborah | October 9, 2009 at 3:27 pm
I am from Ottawa, Ont. Canada. Found your blog on TasteSpotters and thoroughly enjoyed. I have “bookmarked” your site! Good luck in all your future endeavours.
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Steph | October 9, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Hello from Coquitlam, BC!!! Love your blog… photography, recipes and journalling… you are a very talented 17 year old!
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Basht | October 9, 2009 at 3:32 pm
I’m in Edmonton, Alberta and i’ve been following your blog for a couple of months now :)
by the way those Biscuits look yummy.
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Maria | October 9, 2009 at 3:38 pm
I just found your blog and love it. Fabulous photos and recipes. Thanks!
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Echo | October 9, 2009 at 3:40 pm
I’ve also been reading for a few months. As a professional writer and wannabe foodie, I think you definitely have a future in both. Good luck to wherever life takes you!
Echo
Munford, Tenn. (just north of Memphis)
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carolyn | October 9, 2009 at 3:45 pm
mmm chive!
hi from burlington, vermont
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Amy I. | October 9, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Hey Elissa! I’m Amy from Oregon. I love how the internet can foster these seemingly random, small-world events. I’ve met people (including my husband!) that I never would have met otherwise thanks to the web… and, like you, have reconnected with old friends because of my blog. Isn’t it wonderful? You have fabulous photos and recipes…. keep up the great work!
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Stefani @ Southern Baker | October 9, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Atlanta, GA!
I found your blog through the Daring Bakers.
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cookienurse | October 9, 2009 at 4:12 pm
San Diego, CA!
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Hannah | October 9, 2009 at 4:58 pm
I tried these a while back and didn’t care for them, but yours look delicious! I may have to try again.
Hi, by the way! I’m hannah. I can’t remember where I found you, but your blog is lovely! Your photos are amazing.
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Sarah | October 9, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Geneva, FL…….I love your honesty in this blog, whether something works for you or not. Keep up the good work.
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Sarah | October 9, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Fernley, Nevada!
A friend of mine saw your birthday cake, and I just had to make it when she showed me. It was amazing by the way! I made it for a baby shower, and showed all the women there your blog too! Thanks for putting up such delicious recipes, gorgeous photos, and I love your writing too!
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Grace | October 9, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Austin/Houston, Texas
I’m from Houston but I go to school in Austin (UT!). I found your blog through tastespotting and was hooked with your absolutely beautiful cello cake. And I used to live in Seattle when I was younger, Milton to be exact.
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Aoife | October 9, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Dublin, Ireland!
I found your blog through food gawker- the cello birthday cake? Amazing! You seem like one sound seventeen year old lady. Thanks for all the lovely food and writing.
Keep it up girl. Aoife
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Ashlee | October 9, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Nashville, TN!! I found your blog months ago from Food Gawker! I’ve been following ever since!
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Helen | October 9, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Bunbury, Western Australia
I think i found your blog via my Google Reader, loved it and subscribed to your feeds. Keep up the great work!
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Kim, Rambling Family Manager | October 9, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Hi: I’ve been reading your blog for a few months and I’ve linked to it on my blog. I enjoy the stories behind the food as well as the photography, and your talent shines through it all. I have 3 kids and my oldest is 16 so she’s right behind you as far as the college apps go; we live in Florida.
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Maureen | October 9, 2009 at 5:24 pm
24 year old high school teacher from Shoreline, WA.
(not your high school).
I love your blog. I found it last spring (I forget how) probably through foodgawker or tastespotting. But I think it’s great and I love the stories you have to tell.
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Tina L. | October 9, 2009 at 5:33 pm
This was my first time seeing your blog (from Foodgawker). I’ll definitely be back to look around more! I think I’ll try the cream cheese & chive biscuits. But probably without the beautiful photography I wouldn’t have paid that much attention to them. You are really good! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ashley | October 9, 2009 at 5:43 pm
I love your blog! I live in Tallahassee, FL but I love Seattle and very much enjoy reading about your baking experiences and life in Seattle. Keep up the great work!
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Caroline | October 9, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Atlanta, Georgia
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Sonia | October 9, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Wilsonville, OR
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Sally | October 9, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Hello, Elissa! I’m from Edmonds, so not too very far away from you. Your blog is an inspiration to me. I can’t imagine having such a cool hobby when I was 17. I’m only now discovering my love of cooking soups and general comfort-food and have my own blog for it, as well.
Keep it up, lovely! It’s a wonderful thing you’re doing, even if you’re only doing what you love. :)
(Btw…I need to try those biscuits! That’s my next project.)
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Jill | October 9, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Hello! Since you asked so nicely, I’m commenting. I’m in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and I’ve been reading your blog for a while (I found it through a link on someone else’s blog, but I don’t know which one).
Along with the great cakes and other goodies, I really enjoy reading the stories on your blog. It sounds like you have great friends and a nice family. I always look forward to your next post!
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Renea | October 9, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Hello from Jonesboro, Arkansas.
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Kelly Hartnett | October 9, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Holden, LA
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Sis | October 9, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Shreveport, Louisiana!
Those biscuits are going on my “to bake” list. :)
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Cousin Sharon | October 9, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Coconut Creek, FL
where are you thinking of going to college? Are you going to pursue something that will put your writing skills to good use?
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Jim O'Connell | October 9, 2009 at 7:38 pm
Greetings from Tokyo!
Ovens aren’t common in homes over here, but my last place had one. You’re inspiring me to get one again.
Wonderful stories and photography. Truly.
–Jim
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MJD-S | October 9, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Tokyo, Japan (^_^).
*waves*
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MJD-S | October 9, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Hey there Jim! We should go over to Kristens and use her oven to bake these.
I’m gonna try in my oven toaster though.
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Kristina and Roger | October 9, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Berkeley, CA! Both of us :)
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Jennifer | October 9, 2009 at 11:23 pm
I am the sister! :) This blog is awesome and I’m from Seattle, but I didn’t know people in California had heard about it until my roomies talked about it. We love the recipes you put on your blog and the pictures are always beautiful. I made your lime raspberry teacakes and people LOVED them. Keep up the blog :)
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Marie | October 10, 2009 at 12:25 am
Laguna, Philippines :D
Lovely photos, as usual. And I really enjoy reading your stories.
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Olga | October 10, 2009 at 1:19 am
Poznań, Poland
I can’t even remember how I managed to find your site, but I loved it and I’ve been reading it for a couple of months now :)
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ayu | October 10, 2009 at 1:39 am
hi im from jakarta, indonesia
i love your blog because i love that you’re 17 and baking. im 21 and here in indonesia, its a weird thing to a 20 something girl to likes baking.
OMG your dad’s comment is sooooo sweeeeett..
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Florence | October 10, 2009 at 1:55 am
Hi :)
I’m from Switzerland and I’ve found your blog through Tastespotting!
I really like your blog, I don’t know, but it stands out somehow :)
I still have to try one of your recipes, but I’m sure it’s gonna be just amazing! ;)
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yvonne | October 10, 2009 at 2:23 am
hi from Singapore!
those chive biscuits look yummy!
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erina | October 10, 2009 at 2:45 am
Hello from Singapore too! =D
You’re doing great, keep it up! =)
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chatdechocolat | October 10, 2009 at 3:35 am
I can give you two locations actually: when I started reading your blog I was in Bucharest, Romania, but now I am studying and living in Neuchatel, Switzerland. I think i found your blog through Daring Bakers. It did inspire me to make lots of stuff, including that Lemon Chiffon Cake that is absolutely fantastic and always gives me ‘aaahs and ooohs’ from the ones eating it :D. Bianca
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Celine | October 10, 2009 at 5:04 am
Paris, France!
I hide my blog from my friends from highschool too, but maybe should I do some avertissement? (:
Good luck for school and homework, you’re lucky to have some free time to update your blog ): I’m on my last year of highschool too, I wanted to change my blog on wordpress, etc, but didn’t have time to do what I want. *sighs*
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Leslie | October 10, 2009 at 6:40 am
Alexandria, Louisiana.
I have your site bookmarked and I check it every other day for updates.
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Angela | October 10, 2009 at 7:16 am
I’m in the mountains of Shikoku, Japan!
I always wonder who might be reading my blog, maybe I should ask too! xxx
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Alicia | October 10, 2009 at 8:02 am
Hi!! I’ve only been reading your blog for a few weeks now and I absolutely love it!!
Greetings from Dominican Republic (a small island in the caribbean)
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Olivia | October 10, 2009 at 8:11 am
nice blog, nice stories, nice pictures, nice recipes, nice everything. you’re a natural at this.
Columbus, OH
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Christie | October 10, 2009 at 8:23 am
Boise, ID here.
I think I found your blog from a link from another food blog- maybe smitten kitchen or bakerella? I can’t remember….
love your photos!
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Kerstin | October 10, 2009 at 10:14 am
What delicious biscuits!
Boston, MA :)
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April | October 10, 2009 at 10:36 am
Knoxville,TN
I don’t remember how I found you either, but love your blog!
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Molly Metz | October 10, 2009 at 10:38 am
Seattle (Beacon Hill), WA
Yes, even your SAT prep folks are following you! Keep up your amazing art. I just love it.
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Carolina | October 10, 2009 at 10:46 am
Hi! I am from Brazil.
I found your blog and Celine’s (a few comments above mine) through Daring Bakers, and now I am addicted to it.
I love the way you describe things and random stuff about your life. I think that’s what makes your blog really unique.
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wearsjojo | October 10, 2009 at 11:04 am
ME! :)
Love the post.
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Elissa's Dad | October 10, 2009 at 11:29 am
OK we need to hear from the Southern Hemisphere now too! Amazing to hear from folks from all walks of life from all over the globe.
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Maria | October 10, 2009 at 11:38 am
Austin, TX :)
Love your blog. I’m thinking of starting my own too (I’m 14). The biscuits look fenomenal.
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Alex | February 14, 2011 at 7:13 pm
Me too!! I’m 14 and live in Austin! Creeppyy…
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Filipa | October 10, 2009 at 11:43 am
Lisbon, Portugal
I’ve been reading your blog for a good few months now, but this is my first comment! You are a talented young lady, so keep it up!
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Alison | October 10, 2009 at 11:53 am
This is the first time I’ve come across your blog, but I’m in NYC (Astoria, Queens, to be exact, but I work anywhere within driving distance!). I’m a photographer who loves cooking, but I haven’t gotten into the whole food photography or food blogging thing just yet…I’m too impatient! (I used to have a blog, but not anymore :)
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Hannah | October 10, 2009 at 12:38 pm
WOW! You have an awesome blog! I’ve been reading your blog for a while now and I just think thatyour blog, is well, AMAZING! I wish I could be there to try every ‘sweet’ success you bake up. Anyways, I’m writing from Toronto, ON. Keep baking! ;)
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laura | October 10, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Los Angeles, Ca –university of southern california!
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Alana | October 10, 2009 at 1:06 pm
I missed you- glad you see another delicious post! I’m in Boston :) (If you have google analytics for your blog, you can see where all your readers are from! You should check it out- it’s pretty cool!)
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Allison | October 10, 2009 at 1:25 pm
I’ve been following your blog for a few months now. I love to cook and try new recipes, but baking always scared me. I’ve recently begun baking and your blog is such an inspiration to try new, creative things! Keep up the great work! :-)
Eugene, Oregon
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Grace | October 10, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Warm greetings from Tucson, Arizona!
I found your site a couple months ago and really enjoy seeing what you’re creating. Love your photos too!
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Kim | October 10, 2009 at 2:41 pm
I love your blog! Being a mom of 2 “almost” teenagers, I am so impressed by your photography and cooking skills. I would love it if my kids we to empbrace something special the way you have. I hope you don’t stop blogging – it would make me sad…..Keep up the good work. You are very talented!
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Kluane | October 10, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Victoria, BC, Canada
:)
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Tania | October 10, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Elissa, I’m pretty much just as excited as you are :D
This blog has grown so much since I first found it through P–’s link, March or so of last year? I was shocked there were no comments at all, back then! You definitely deserve the “fame” you’ve earned so quickly (:
Seattle, WA! (duhh)
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Ki-Soo | October 10, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Seattle, WA! =D
After your proclamation, I was like, wait, WHAT?! and went to go read this blog. It is addicting and hard to stop reading (think meringues but not eating =D). I knew you liked to bake and such, but seeing this blog just added a whole new (tasty) dimension to it. =)
This is definitely a go-to site for me if I’m ever feeling bored or unhappy so I can feel bright and happy again. =D
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Puppydogs | October 10, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Rochester NY
BTW they look delish!
and FYI your dads post made me cry….
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Leslie | October 10, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Rio Rancho, NM
I’m 17 an baking too! But no where near as well as you. :) I’m also going through the college application process so it’s nice to here from someone who can relate with fun stories!!
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lavienouveau | October 10, 2009 at 5:39 pm
these sound delicious! I loooove your blog!
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Tamm Van Volkinburgh | October 10, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Vancouver, WA (but reading today from Chandler, AZ!)
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Margarita | October 10, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Yummy!!!!!!!! The biscuits look so comforting. I can almost feel the flakiness and taste the saltiness. Yum, yum, yum. I’ve enjoyed reading your stories. I’m in Yakima. I am so impressed with your writing and vocabulary. Keep the stories and pictures coming. I’m hooked.:)
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Laura | October 10, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Seattle, WA
I have never met you and in fact just read this blog today but have read several articles and think it’s great. I am loving the recipes especially the one from this post. I am making them for tomorrow morning.
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Amy | October 10, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Vancouver, WA
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maggie | October 10, 2009 at 7:40 pm
I found your blog through Tastespotting and thought I would say hello from Yale!
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Carolyn Ell | October 10, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Hello from Springfield Mass!
I found your blog through ErinCooks.com. Love your blog and your photography! :)
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Lauren | October 10, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Yum! They look so good!
Canberra, Australia (:
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Caren | October 10, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Las Cruces, New Mexico
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Samantha | October 10, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Las Vegas, NV
I just found your blog today and am amazed!! Your Fathers post made me cry!!! You are amazing thats for sure!
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Sarah D. | October 10, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Atlanta, GA
I’m a doctor with a love for cooking and found your blog through the beautiful picture on Tastespotting.
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Happy C | October 10, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Sydney, Australia
I found a link to your blog about 2 months ago and I subscribed to it on googlereader. Since then, I haven’t been able to stop reading your blog! You write beautifully and capture moments so wonderfully!
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yun | October 10, 2009 at 10:32 pm
student at MIT. great blog!
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Emma | October 11, 2009 at 1:51 am
Oxford, England.
Definitely one of my favourite blogs!
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Alicia | October 11, 2009 at 5:14 am
I just found your blog – and wow! The food, the photography, the writing – so wonderful. You are an inspiration!
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Megan | October 11, 2009 at 7:17 am
Bexhill, England
Your rainbow cake was so amazing and now i always like to check up on your blog :)
Love everything you do!
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Jessica | October 11, 2009 at 7:40 am
Taipei, Taiwan!
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Kara | October 11, 2009 at 7:52 am
Chicago, IL!
I’ve been enjoying your blogs for a few months now. The recipes sound amazing and the pictures certainly make me want to cook things right away! I haven’t had a chance to make anything yet since I just started back in school after working for three years. Good luck with your college apps! I still remember those…
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Evelyn | October 11, 2009 at 8:22 am
I live moving back and forth between St. Louis, MO and Myrtle Beach, SC several times over the last 6 years or so…currently in ST Louis though :)
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Kate | October 11, 2009 at 10:00 am
Upstate NY :) love your blog!
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Beryl | October 11, 2009 at 10:59 am
Wish I would have started in the kitchen in my teens istead of my 30′s. Keep it up.
Redondo Beach, CA
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gretta | October 11, 2009 at 11:04 am
Astoria NY here- soon to be Northampton, MA! Love your blog- have been reading since July or so. I hope you wrote about it in your college essay! You should get a counter/ tracker on your blog or install google analytics so you can see where people are reading your blog and for how long they stay on it, how many hits a day, etc. Oh by the way- I dont know if you have seen Twilight- but imagine that where you live is like “The Forks” and you are the Bella of Food blogs at your school (as opposed to being the Bella of vampires)…
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Krista S. | October 11, 2009 at 12:10 pm
I’ve stopped by your blog several times, usually through Foodgawker. Your photos are always amazing and I just love the way you write.
I’m in Redmond, WA…just a hop, skip, and a jump across the lake from Seattle.
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Vanessa | October 11, 2009 at 12:10 pm
I love your site and your recipes!
-From PA
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Darcey | October 11, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Mexico Beach, Florida
Just found your blog last week through another blog – I’m sure you will go far in your baking, especially since you’re starting so young. Keep it up!
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Malin | October 11, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Linköping, Sweden!
You have a lovely blog. :)
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sweetpea212 | October 11, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Brooklyn, NY.
Love your blog, love your recipes, love your photography! Keep blogging and baking!!
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Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction | October 11, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Love your blog! I’m from Hershey, PA (yes, the chocolate town)… So glad I found your blog last week. Featured you in my Friday Favorites post!
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Shilpa | October 11, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Hong Kong.
I love your blog! So far I have only tried the lemon chiffon cake (which, by the way, was awesome) but am itching to try many of your other recipes. Keep up the great work :)
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Olivia McDowell | October 12, 2009 at 1:12 am
Love your food, your photography, and your writing – and am constantly amazed by the maturity of all three! You’ll go far, young one!
Cuisinely Inept, 22.
Sydney, Australia
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Steve | October 12, 2009 at 3:37 am
I’ve been viewing your blog for 6 months or so… I’m from Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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Marian (sweetopia) | October 12, 2009 at 3:49 am
Congrats Elissa! Not only is your blog great eye candy, your writing is captivating too! I’ve been visiting for about 6 months now. :)
Marian
Toronto, Canada
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Jessica | October 12, 2009 at 5:00 am
Dungannon, Northern Ireland! :)
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Hilary | October 12, 2009 at 6:22 am
Word of mouth is very powerful in the blogging world!
I’m in London, England but originally from Ottawa, Canada.
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Eliana | October 12, 2009 at 7:05 am
You should be very proud of your blog because it is outstanding.
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Dolce | October 12, 2009 at 7:17 am
You deserve the fame :)
Dolce, New York, NY (originally from France)
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Becky | October 12, 2009 at 7:41 am
I enjoy your lovely blog from Lawrence, KS (or Kansas City, KS where I am at work right now!)
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Anne | October 12, 2009 at 7:53 am
I absolutely love your blog! I don’t really remember how I found it but I’m glad I did :)
I’m an 18-year-old student from the Netherlands.
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mjl | October 12, 2009 at 9:49 am
Lowell, MA. A foodie friend turned me on to your blog a few months back and I’ve been following it ever since. I’m a high school guidance counselor so your stories always interest me! The Double Chocolate Cherry Truffle Cookies are absolutely to die for…I could sit on the couch and eat the whole bowl of batter!
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meghan | October 12, 2009 at 11:30 am
Dublin, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)
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Tina Rhodes | October 12, 2009 at 11:34 am
Love your blog!! You write beautifully and if I didn’t know I would never believe you were a high school senior! Great Job!!! Oh and I am from Auburn, Indiana.
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Nicole | October 12, 2009 at 12:03 pm
I’ve been watching your blog since before the 4th of July. It’s actually in my favorites. Someone linked your site on a message board showing your 4th of July cake.
I made it this 4th. It didn’t come out quite as pretty as yours but it was a huge hit.
I love seeing your updates. You are truly talented. And I will be making those gorgeous biscuits!
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Charisse | October 12, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Atlanta, GA
Hey there. I have commented several times on your blog. And I have had you on my blogroll for some time. I believe that you have even commented on my blog once. I do not remember when I first found your blog. But it does seem that you have followers from everywhere. :-) Congratulations!!!
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Beth | October 12, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Cleveland, Ohio!
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Catherine | October 12, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Camas, WA (Near Portland)
Mouth watering scrumptious :)
Thank you!
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Ana | October 12, 2009 at 3:01 pm
First time here and loving it.
Lisbon, Portugal
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Johanna | October 12, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Ghent, Belgium
I don’t remember how I found your blog, but I’ve been reading it for a while. I love the way you write!
Greetings from a fellow baker
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Shannalee | October 12, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Subscriber and fan in Chicago suburbs!
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Amber | October 12, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Eugene, OR
Beautiful work!
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Amanda | October 12, 2009 at 4:41 pm
This is my first time to your blog, and I have an idea that I will be reading the whole thing! Beautiful work! I live in LA, went to school in Seattle (UW) and grew up in Eugene, OR, where #149 lives. How’s that for a small world?
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Preston | October 12, 2009 at 7:12 pm
DC!
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elisa | October 12, 2009 at 7:40 pm
hi!! I’m so excited for you. this is a fantastic blog. and it’s so exciting that you are so young (compared to me, at least!) and have such a great start to the whole baking and and cooking world. :) i’m all the way in Grand Forks, ND. Google it. ;) ah, and it’s my first time here. I found a link to you via sweetopia.com.
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katemckinnon | October 12, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Tucson, Arizona. I’m a writer and a metalsmith, and bumped into your blog via a link from another friend on Facebook.
Yum.
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Shawn Mecham | October 12, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Hi! I’m from Sandy, Utah.
This is very cool. :-)
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Amanda | October 12, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Durham, North Carolina.
I found this blog through Stumble Upon, and I love to look at the lovely food that you make! It helps make me more exciting about baking for myself ^^
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Ashley | October 12, 2009 at 8:51 pm
I recently discovered your blog and am loving it. =) I’m happy you don’t feel embarassed or weird about having a blog anymore! It’s awesome. And so wonderful that people are coming up to talk to you about it. That’s always a great feeling. I’ve wanted to make these biscuits for quite a while but don’t often have cream cheese on hand! Yours look delicious. I’m from Vancouver, BC (Canada).
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Crockpott | October 13, 2009 at 12:11 am
Here in Honolulu, HI I’m tearing over your dad’s comment #11
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Julie | October 13, 2009 at 4:43 am
I’m in Baltimore, MD. I found your blog through another food blog (can’t remember which one, sorry). Everything looks great! Those biscuits are making my stomach growl this morning!
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Brooke | October 13, 2009 at 7:13 am
New Paris, IN
Your blog is fantastic! I don’t remember how I found you, but I’m glad I did.
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Lindsay Hill | October 13, 2009 at 7:21 am
I stumbled upon your blog about 5 months ago, saved it as a favorite and look at it every week – love your photos, recipes and stories !!!
From – Donkeyville (not a real place, but that is what it feels like) TN
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Lucy | October 13, 2009 at 10:01 am
Wow look at all these comments: its clear people love this blog! And I am one of these people – its gorgeous and I’m not surprised you’re slightly recognised for its brilliant work at school!
Oh and,
London, UK :)
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megan | October 13, 2009 at 11:59 am
Just found your blog – I like it already :)
Grand Rapids, MI
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Christine | October 13, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Hi from Jefferson City, Missouri. Not sure how I found your blog but I have recommended it to teachers who are interested in showing their students what blogging can be like! It’s great you’ve found your passion here!
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Amanda | October 13, 2009 at 2:54 pm
I’m from Houston, TX, but I’m in Austin at school. I love your blog. I wish I was as awesome as you are when I was 17. :D
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chelsey1016 | October 13, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Rice Lake, WI.
But I stumbled upon your blog while I was living in Japan!
(:
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Heather | October 14, 2009 at 9:40 am
Clarksburg, WV
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Jennifer | October 14, 2009 at 10:53 am
Houston, TX. Love your blog dear! Actually, that’s an understatement. I can’t WAIT until the next one comes out every time you post! I’m a little behind right now because I’ve been busy but then I remember what you wrote one time about blogs, and not “following” them b/c then it feels like a task. Haha, I know! I go to yours, Urban Weeds, and A Dress A Day! :) You are lovely darling, keep up the fantastic creativity and pursue your passions.
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Marlie | October 14, 2009 at 11:58 am
Austin, TX
I just found your blog recently. I read another food blog, and she voted yours as her favorite baking blog, so I had to check it out. I’m really glad did.
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Tracy Power | October 14, 2009 at 1:10 pm
I am not certain how I stumbled across your blog, but I am so glad I did. I love your writing, recipes and pics.
Continue to bake and blog.
I am from Edgewood, Kentucky!!
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Jess | October 14, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I found your blog on tastespotting a few times, lovely pictures, delicious looking food! Keep up the good work. I have blog confidence issues too, only a couple of my friends know, and they’re the ones that are all about food too.
Richmond, Va
Ps- your dad’s comment is uber cute. He clearly loves you a ton. Being a daddy’s girl is the Best! I know from experience.
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Molly | October 14, 2009 at 6:42 pm
I think I found your blog through StumbleUpon? And it’s the best. I can sit here for I-don’t-want-to-admit-how-long and be amazingly jealous/hungry. I love that you’re unpretentious and just make super interesting, drool-worthy food because you love to.
Auckland, New Zealand
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Esther | October 14, 2009 at 8:16 pm
I’m from Bangalore, India. Got a link through another food blog. You are doing a great job!
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karlyn | October 14, 2009 at 9:21 pm
hi elissa, i’m a fellow seattle-ite and only discovered your blog recently, but i love your stuff! keep up the great posts!
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Lydia | October 15, 2009 at 1:24 am
Dubai – U.A.E
Hey .. I’m Indian but i live in Dubai… I’ve been reading your blog for a quite a while now and i love it. I love your writing style and your photography. I love to bake myself. Keep up your goodwork and keep blogging!!
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Lindsay | October 15, 2009 at 9:34 am
Boston, MA! Love your blog :)
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Becky | October 15, 2009 at 10:07 am
Guelph, Ontario. Canada!
I love your blog – it inspires me to experiment.
I used a bunch of your cookie/brownie recipes for my families thanksgiving dinner, and they adored them. After reading about all of your stories, and the miraculous ways you string words into sentences (the same way I feel when experimenting with a new recipe, and nibbling at the sweet and savory satisfaction of a job well done) is inspiring.
I am also 17, and planning a future in the culinary arts. I hope to meet you some day – to thank you for keeping my dream alive, by showing me that it is okay to fail, and for providing tasty treats for me to try!
So thanks.
Becky
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Angela | October 15, 2009 at 6:38 pm
San Diego, California
I found your blog from StumbleUpon and I’ve been reading for a while though not commenting. I haven’t had the chance to make something yet (dorm life doesn’t provide much opportunity for any type of baking), but I love all the photos and recipes.
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Hannah | October 15, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Ashley Falls, MA
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Jan | October 16, 2009 at 4:30 am
Westchester County, NY (NYC suburbs)
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gratinee | October 16, 2009 at 7:04 am
I’m glad so many people are reading your blog, Elissa. It’s become so popular in a short time. Of course, that’s because your writing and pictures are so wonderful.
I’m in Vancouver, BC.
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Sarah Hazleton | October 16, 2009 at 10:41 am
Corvallis, Oregon! I just found the link on Michelle Moore’s site, with your senior pictures :)
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Anahi | October 16, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Provo, Utah.
I am addicted to food blogs and yours is one of my favorites. Those biscuits are making me really hungry!
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Julia @ Mélanger | October 16, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Brisbane, Australia.
Found your blog when you left a comment on my hi-hat cupcakes. Was happy that you did. Enjoy reading your stories.
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kaet | October 16, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Buffalo, NY!
and by the way- i “hide” my blog from people too- i only came out to my boyfriend of a year and a half in september! hehe!
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Michelle Moore | October 16, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Hi Elissa! :) I enjoy your blog :) I’m in Seattle,WA of course!! xoxo
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Miakoda | October 16, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Yum, cheese biscuits with the hint oh herb, sounds good! Good luck with your new found fame! ;)
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Allison | October 17, 2009 at 7:41 am
Pittsburgh, PA- just found this on food gawker. looks great!
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Alter Ego | October 17, 2009 at 8:26 am
Hi,
I’ve been following your blog for a few months now. I like your passion for food and photography and I like your writing.
I wish I could get myself to photograph everything I cook/bake/plant and write about it, it would make me so happy :).
Since you asked, I’m a 24yo student from Israel who has quite a fetish for baking.
Keep up the great writing and photography, I truly enjoy it!
Z.
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Esther | October 17, 2009 at 8:36 am
KL, Malaysia! I found your blog about a month ago, and immediately added it to my reading list. There was something about your writing that grabbed me.
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Shannon L | October 17, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Tampa,FL
I have a food blog too but I dont tell many of my friends at school. The only people that know are my very best friends. So you say you go to a small high school? I would think it would be big for such a big city. Tampa is medium size, well I guess big enough to hold the superbowl but my school is huge. Over 2500 kids, but thankfully I routinely have classes with only a set of about 200 kids so I can know most of them.
I saw a similar recipe in Martha Stewart Baking, but I have yet been able to try it because school is insanly busy right now for me.
Good job on the recognitions.
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Elissa | October 17, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Shannon L – My school is considered very small around here, with only 1,200 kids or so. My senior class is under 300 students, so I’d say quite small. :)
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LauraLee | October 17, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Westerville, Ohio.
I don’t even know how I found your blog. I’m a 37 year old married mother of three boys. I don’t nearly cook as fun and fantastic as you! :) You are inspiring, though. And I agree with other readers: you have a knack for writing (writing and cooking, hmmm, good combo! Write a cookbook!). I do like to cook, but really at this rate with that third boy being 6 weeks old, I’m just getting by at putting dinner on the table and barely sleeping. :) Congrats on your internship!!
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kai | October 17, 2009 at 10:49 pm
hi lovely,
if only i could watch you bake when i’m not so exhausted. =(
From Rainy (and currently hailing like mad) Seattle, WA! <3
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Anna @ moonberryjuice | October 18, 2009 at 1:42 am
First time here! Im from the Netherlands :)
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Sarah | October 18, 2009 at 2:48 am
hello elissa! i’m sarah from malaysia, and i’m 17 too!
it’s really cool to see someone my age having such a successful blog, being able to juggle between studies and baking. keep up the awesome job!
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Marie-Sophie | October 18, 2009 at 9:49 am
Right, as I discovered your website today, I have to comment that now :-)
I am from Mainz, Germany (close to Frankfurt which I am sure a lot of people know as it connects us to the world via its international airport)
keep up the great writing, baking and the photography!
Chocolaty hugs,
marie-sophie
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Tara | October 18, 2009 at 7:02 pm
UC Berkeley, California — just saw the link on another blog I read and here i am!
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Katie | October 18, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Lafayette, Indiana- I love your blog and have linked it from my blog Not Just Vanilla. I understand being shy and scared of sharing the blog. I think it was over a month before I let it slip to my friend at work. Unlike you, I haven’t received many comments, only 3 from non-family or friends! Keep up the good work Yum
http://www.not-just-vanilla.com/
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Ali | October 19, 2009 at 1:49 am
I’m living in Soldotna, Alaska. I went to school in West Lafayette, Indiana before that (I just noticed the comment before mine). I found your blog through Goggle Reader and love reading about your new internship. It is great to see some of the behind-the-scenes restaurant work! I’m also happy to be your 200th comment for this post. Keep up the great work in the kitchen!
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Daniela | October 19, 2009 at 9:09 pm
christchurch, new zealand
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Makey-Cakey | October 20, 2009 at 6:14 am
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Love the pictures – I’ve been baking since I was a kid too, but it’s only been recently (I’m now 27) that I’ve felt confident enough to share it with the ‘world’ – well done!
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stephanie | October 20, 2009 at 8:15 am
Current: Portland OR
Moved from: Boston, MA
Originally from: Houston/Austin, TX
just read about your blog in the Oregonian this morning. you are a special young woman with great talent.
i totally cried reading your dad’s sweet words.
keep up the great work and living life to the fullest!
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mary beth | October 20, 2009 at 10:47 am
I just saw a little blurb on the back page of the Oregonian about you today and here I am checking it out.
Very nice job on this blog –
You have lovely writing talent! The photgraphy is just as lovely!Very nice job!
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linda | October 20, 2009 at 2:42 pm
uc irvine, california! found your blog awhile ago through foodgawker and i’ve been coming back ever since to see what new amazing creations you’ve come up with. :]
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aJenniferOriginal | October 20, 2009 at 3:23 pm
I am in Nashville, TN. and I LOVE your blog. Your internship at Seastar sounds AWESOME. Your writing is excellent, you transported me back to my restaurant work days, which was almost 20 years ago. I could feel the throbbing of my feet when I finally sat down after a long night.
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Leebot | October 20, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Portland, Oregon — saw the mention in the Oregonian.
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ejacob | October 21, 2009 at 10:55 am
Portland, OR; I also read about you in the Oregonian, first timer and beginner at-home chef ;)
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Deanna | October 21, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Elissa, you are so sweet and genuine. Congratulations with all your success with 17 and Baking. I discovered you through Adopt a Bloger and have been hooked ever since. Your posts always put a smile on my face and your photography is beautiful. Keep it up!
Walnut Creek, CA (SF Bay Area)
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Nicole | October 21, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Elissa — I love this blog. Your hard work (and beautiful photos!) have been incredibly inspiring especially at your age, and I hope you’re enjoying your new internship!
Oh, and… Philadelphia, PA! Originally from Vancouver, BC. :)
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Lori | October 21, 2009 at 6:26 pm
These biscuits look amazing.
I am looking for the day when YOU are a top chef!
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Noelle | October 24, 2009 at 7:23 am
Vancouver, BC. Canada. (but am currently commenting from Hong Kong)
I found you on Tastespotting, through your delicious lemon thyme shortbread hearts! Made them for my friend’s going away to college party (shortbread is his favourite) and i think he ate just about the whole batch to himself! hahaha.
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Fatima | October 26, 2009 at 4:19 am
Johannesburg, South Africa!
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Kimberly | October 26, 2009 at 10:01 am
Heidelberg, Germany :)
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David | October 27, 2009 at 6:00 am
From your cousin and family here in Austin, TX and Houston, TX with love. You’ve got my girlfriend trying your reading your blog religiously and cooking me tasty treats now. I’m going to have to thank you double for that!
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Joanne | October 27, 2009 at 10:41 am
Deer Park, NY! Love your blog…and your photography. :)
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peiyun | October 28, 2009 at 7:12 am
Singapore! (: (Originally, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.)
I love your blog, and the first time I read your bio, I went, ‘okay, so i /can/ start applying myself more at school /and/ handle a consuming hobby!’ And when I think that school work (I’m a freshman) gets to be too much, and there are too many expectations to live up to, I think of that girl in Seattle who is a honors senior with one of the prettiest baking blogs on wordpress.
(: all the best in your college apps!
(P.S. no pressure was meant to be applied by citing all your perceived awesomeness! :D)
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Gen Guadalupe | October 29, 2009 at 9:59 am
Manila, Philippines
I love your cookies!
love chocolates and cheese..ill try this one!
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Sarah | October 31, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Long Island, NY
I love your blog, your stories, your recipes and your stunning photography!! Thanks for all of your excellent work!
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Andrea Meyers | November 2, 2009 at 9:18 am
I also like savory foods for breakfast, and your biscuits look like perfect comfort food. Thanks for sharing them with Grow Your Own.
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2frugalfoodies | November 4, 2009 at 8:02 am
Williamsburg, VA!
I just found this blog today through FoodBlogs… I can’t believe you’re 17 and juggling a food blog on top of all of the other things 17 year olds are up to! wow! We’ll add your blog to our blogroll so that our readers can see your great recipes!
Thanks!
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Nithya | November 4, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Mumbai, India :)
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Marian Cimato | November 6, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Wow, you are wonderful! I am so impressed, not only with your baking skills, but in your writing skills, and if you took the pictures, (I think you did), excellent. I love baking, am alwas puttering around the kitchen, and love the smell of fresh baked goods, and the warm feeling I get when people love what I do. Keep up the good work, and you have a fan in me!
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hipkip | November 8, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Just down the road in Portland.
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Nancy | November 9, 2009 at 4:19 pm
You’re amazing, I say, from my desk in Edmonds, WA.
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Teo | November 14, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Cluj-Napoca, Romania :)
love your blog :) I revisit often :)
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Joanne | November 16, 2009 at 10:47 am
Canfield, Ohio.
Your blog is wonderful and you are an amazing 17 year old!!
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Angela | November 17, 2009 at 10:42 am
Bellevue, WA
I just found your blog through Nancy Leson on the Seattle Times. Keep following your dreams. The possibilities for your future are endless.
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SeattleDee | November 17, 2009 at 10:58 am
(Another reader via Nancy Leson’s post on All You Can Eat) Your blog is such a joy to read! and now it’s going to be a joy to follow your adventures and to try out some of the recipes. More savory items, please.
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kim | November 17, 2009 at 12:05 pm
(Also from Nancy Leson’s article in the Times). You, young lady, are delightful … and so are your recipes. Can’t wait to try Cream Cheese and Chive Biscuits. Keep ‘em coming!
Also: Seattle, of course :)
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Nathalie | November 17, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Orange, Calif. (but Bellevue, Wash., is my hometown)
I absolutely love your blog. You’re quite talented and you’re always making me hungry!
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Catherine | November 17, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Renton, WA
Omg I work down the street from Seastar. I came across your blog from Seattletimes.com and your blog is very inspiring for people in the culinary industry. To be so young, still in high school and having such great talent…its amazing =]
I work at this little bakery/cafe in Lake City Way called Sugar Shack. They serve scones, cookies, cakes, muffins and other baked goods. Should come check it out sometimes =] but I’m sure your cooking is more awesome =]
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Kathryn Lambert | November 17, 2009 at 3:28 pm
I just found your blog today (thanks to Nancy Lesson at the Seattle Times — I enjoy her blog, All You Can Eat)
Your photographs are beautiful! I’m enjoying tooling around your website. Good luck with the college applications.
I live in Peoria IL and grew up in Washington, DC. I’m married and have an 11-year-old son who likes to cook and smell spices in the kitchen.
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brian grant evans | November 18, 2009 at 6:16 am
found you, thanks to Nancy Leason. from Seattle, but have lived in Minnesota for the past 10 years. went to le cordon bleu in mn for culinary, and am back there now for a baking/pastry degree. doing cakes- made a boston cream pie, pineapple upside down cake and tarragon scented chocolate cakes. (fridge is full!!!!) great blog!! thanks
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Lynn | November 18, 2009 at 11:19 am
Seattle
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mammalfish | November 18, 2009 at 9:35 pm
I’m in Massachusetts, 19 and I collect food blogs like trading cards (they keep me distracted from work). I just found your blog. Out of the twenty or so I have bookmarked it’s probably my favorite (no joke), and I am infinitely delighted to have found someone our age who’s a competent, passionate, intriguing food photographer and writer. Please keep doing what you’re doing <3
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Corrie | November 19, 2009 at 6:44 am
I’m from Mainz, Germany.
Your cookies look so good, I want to run to my kitchen and bake.
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Leif | November 19, 2009 at 6:46 am
Very nice website. Congrats, Elissa!
Leif
Lake Forest, CA.
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Anna Goren | November 19, 2009 at 10:36 am
Elissa–
I’m from Seattle, my little brother goes to Interlake.
Living in Montreal, a gastronomicly fabulous city, I still miss home and love reading little bits from people there—
Reading your blog, I’m thinking how much I love food, and people who put this kind of passion into their food really make it all that much more wonderful for the rest of us. Keep doing your thing, maybe well see you on Top Chef soon?
Anna
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Amy | November 19, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Campbell, CA – your photos and baking are awesome!
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Mary of Michigan | November 19, 2009 at 8:46 pm
What an enterprising and interesting young woman you are!
I’m a former English and Math teacher. I admire your use of the English language. Although, feel Math is important also.
I love baking also, so I’m interested in following your blog. I was visiting Kenmore, Wa. and read an
article that mentioned your blog.
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Jen | November 20, 2009 at 11:55 am
Washington DC
I’ve been reading your blog for months and I love it!
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Ben Lines | November 28, 2009 at 5:15 am
Brighton, England (UK)
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Malika | November 30, 2009 at 12:33 pm
I just started reading your blog, and I love it! I’m sure you’ve already realized by now but your photos and writing are amazing. I’m 16 and I love writing, (food) photography, and baking- basically everything your blog is about. I aspire to be like you, but I feel I just wouldn’t be good about keeping a blog up to date and writing every day.
Oh, and:
Dubai, UAE (though I used to live in Boston and still consider that home)
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Karen | December 1, 2009 at 4:00 pm
You are a very talented young lady!! I admire your gifts of baking, photography, and writing. I love to bake and take pictures, but I have no where near the talent you have. You have such a bright future ahead of you! I was turned on to your blog by a former high school classmate that lives in Washington.(we graduated over 30 yrs ago) She posted a comment about it on facebook a few months ago and I have been a faithful reader ever since. I look forward to each new post, anxious for you to dazzle me again with your tasty recipes, superb pictures, and heart filled stories. I’m glad your Dad posts comments too. He must be bursting with pride :) Keep up the good work. You bring joy to many!
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Sunny | December 3, 2009 at 8:38 pm
I love, love, love your blog. I’ve stumbled upon it a few months ago on Tastespotting. I’m a 18 year old in college, and dreams of going to culinary school one day (once tuitions cuts down). Any who, I’m from Brooklyn, New York but currently in long island. Keep doing what you’re doing, you have amazing talent.
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Patricia Bertola | December 4, 2009 at 7:26 am
São Paulo, Brazil :)
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elise | December 4, 2009 at 8:35 am
New York, NY
Elissa, I stumbled across your blog because I have been baking since I was a teen a couple decdades ago. Recipes were less innovative and great ingredients and equipment harder to come by, and I’m thrilled to live vicariously through your efforts. I’ve really enjoyed your writing, too, and wonder if you’d like to check out inkpop.com, a new teen writing community. I’m involved in it, but I didn’t show up here to plug it. Seeing your interest in writing, though, I think it might be something you’d like to know about. And I’m hoping to try your peppermint meringues with my niece tomorrow!
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Yumiko | December 4, 2009 at 12:15 pm
New York, NY
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bambi | December 4, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Los Angeles! Woo!
You’re so talented! Are you planning to bake for a living? Because you can come work at my restaurant/bakery if you are! You know, when I open it..
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Avvy | December 4, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Im in Mobile,Alabama.
I love your recipes! I bake too and later I’m going to try and make the Rainbow Pride cake.Hopefully it will turn out as well as yours did.
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Jazz | December 4, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Vancouver/Nanaimo/Protection Island, BC, Canada! (I get around a lot. :P)
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Karen | December 4, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Greensboro, NC… stumbled across your blog through I Heart Daily. I love baking though I stick to the basics, so it’s really cool to see everything that you make. It makes me want to get creative. And it’s really cool to read about someone else who is going through the stress of senior year.
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Eli | December 4, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Atlanta, GA
I love your blog!
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Colls | December 5, 2009 at 9:21 am
Green Bay, WI!!!
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Rachel | December 5, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Philadelphia, PA.
I’m 16, and love to bake, and you’re blog is an awesome inspiration- my sister’s birthday is coming up and I really want to have a go at one of your cake’s for it… I’m thinking the rainbow, or possibly a shaped cake. Thank you so much!!!
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Kerry | December 5, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Corvallis, OR
I love to read what you have to say. And your photos are scrumdiddlyumptious. I hope your December continues to be a good one!
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Marisha | December 6, 2009 at 3:10 am
Seattle, WA! We’re Seattle buddies :)
PS I love your Michelle Moore Photo, thats who I was going to get for my senior photos last year, but i couldn’t do it :(
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Daynita | December 6, 2009 at 9:25 am
Minneapolis, MN
A coworker introduced me to your blog. You’re a very talented writer & baker!
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Josie | December 6, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Adelaide Australia ;)
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Julie | December 7, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Warren, Ohio
Stumbled across this while looking for recipes to try with my mother. Also being a young (19, not quite 17 anymore) baker, I really enjoyed finding your blog! It made me feel more comfortable about perhaps sharing my passions about food with the public.
As a freshman in college (art school, actually) I like being able to relate to someone who tries to juggle school and cooking at the same time! It makes baking all the more enjoyable. :) Hopefully I can try some of these recipes when I’m home for the holiday.
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Trevor | February 12, 2011 at 6:54 pm
Warren! I’m from Bristolville, OH (which is like 15 minutes from Warren) I used to go to Warren Christian School, but that’s been closed for a few years now :(
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Kristie | December 7, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Muncie, IN!
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Shay | December 7, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Rural Southwest Missouri.
As a Foods teacher, I love the zeal you have for cooking and the sense style your with your photo presentation. Blessings!
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Ashlyn | December 8, 2009 at 5:20 pm
I saw your post on Girl’s Life.com. I think you have an incredible talent that will get you far in the culinary world. A lot of your goodies sounds absolutely wonderful! Keep up the work! =)
<3
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Ashlyn | December 8, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Ambler, PA :)
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Stephanie | December 8, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Wow Bellevue! What school do you go to? I used to live in Bellevue and I went to Interlake for my freshman and sophomore years but I moved to Seattle and went to Ballard for junior and senior year and now I’m living in Olympia and it’s my first year at Evergreen! :)
Keep up the beautiful work, you’re so talented!
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Lola | December 8, 2009 at 8:24 pm
San Jose, California
I just started reading your blog a few days ago, and I love it already!
I have a friend studying at Seattle University, and I hope to visit someday. It wold be cool if I spotted you somewhere in the city :]
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Jenna | December 8, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Saratoga, CA
I am 17 as well and in love with cooking and baking…you are so badass for this blog :D It’s inspiring me to start one, but most likely not until second semester when I have more time! Keep it up.
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Roz | December 9, 2009 at 1:42 am
NSW, Australia.
Hey
I found your blog through the “I Heart Daily” newsletter where they did the interview with you. I love reading your blog, it’s very inspirational. Good work.
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Keri | December 9, 2009 at 11:12 am
Salt Lake City, Utah
I love your blog!
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Eve | December 9, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Camarillo, CA
Beautiful stories. :-)
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p | December 9, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Just read about your blog through aol…like you i love to cook and have been collecting recipes for quite sometime and your suggestions in the blog are great, and the pictures are very enticing. Keep it up!!!
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Lauren | December 9, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Tucson, Az!
I love your blog! It’s an inspiration…although truthfully I’m not a good cook! :)
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Liz | December 9, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Mesa, Arizona
Love the photos, love the sweet yummies, and love what your write about!
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nj | December 9, 2009 at 10:54 pm
indore, m.p., India
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Bridget. | December 10, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Christchurch, New Zealand :D
I’m 16 and obsessed with baking. You only fuel my enthusiasm.
You’re such a baking BAMF so keep up the awesome work (:
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amelia | December 12, 2009 at 1:40 am
Singapore, but from Australia :)
i love baking….. i still have a lot to learn but i am getting quite good! i like making cupcakes, my wishlist includes red velvet cupcakes and gingerbread!
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Hattie DeRaps | December 12, 2009 at 6:20 am
I love your site! My students and I are reading your blog from Farmington, Maine. Thanks!
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Ashley | December 12, 2009 at 11:26 am
Have been reading for a few days now – the recipes look delicious! I think I’m going to try the cream cheese & chive biscuits.
Anyway, I’m from Ontario, Canada. =)
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notesonthelaudable | December 12, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Seattle
You go girl!
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Susan Schechter | December 13, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Cincinnati, Ohio
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Michelle | December 13, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Pittsburgh is addicted to your blog!!!
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swee | December 14, 2009 at 9:33 am
i’m from malaysia!
keep up with the good work :)
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aya | December 16, 2009 at 4:06 pm
portland, oregon!
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Krystie | December 16, 2009 at 8:07 pm
San Leandro, California :)
I’m also a high school student juggling driving lessons, AP Biology, and baking experiments! Your photos are so aesthetically pleasing, I bet they taste as good as they look :]
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Lisa | December 17, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Carrollton Texas.
You are such a talented young lady!
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Kate | December 17, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Lafayette, Indiana
I love your site!
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tess quizon | December 18, 2009 at 6:30 am
love reading ur blog…i hope i can try one of those recipes. Keep writing…keep baking! :)
btw, am from philippines. :)
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Wendy | December 20, 2009 at 10:22 pm
Hillsboro, Oregon
You sound a lot like me at 17, only there was no blogging back when dinosaurs roamed the earth! Cooking for other people is something you can enjoy for a long time, it is excellent therapy and it helps you make friends when you give away the things you bake so you don’t end up eating all of them yourself!
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Caroline | December 21, 2009 at 2:49 pm
The Netherlands!
Yummie……cream cheese bisciuts, I HAVE to try them soon.
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emily jane | December 21, 2009 at 4:49 pm
i live in augusta, ga.
i love baking too!
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stephanie | December 23, 2009 at 9:22 am
Snohomish, WA
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Sheila | December 26, 2009 at 10:12 am
Minneapolis
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PJ Tonkin | December 26, 2009 at 6:15 pm
The blog is great, and the cakes look out-of this-world yummy.
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Tracey | December 26, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Philadelphia, PA
You have a great site! I adore the recipes. You are a very talented writer.
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Anna | December 26, 2009 at 6:32 pm
I love your blog! Very fun and exciting… I live in Kingston, Washington
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Debra | December 26, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Love the blog…very cute!
Wonderful photography : )
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Angela | December 26, 2009 at 6:56 pm
West Orange, NJ
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Robin | December 26, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Suisun City CA – Just found your blog today – what wonderful stories you tell – I look forward to reading all your entries. You’ve got exceptional talent. Thank you.
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Coryonda | December 26, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Birmingham, Alabama
LOVE IT!!!!! Keep doing this!!!!!!!!
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Susan E | December 26, 2009 at 7:18 pm
I love your blog!
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Susan E | December 26, 2009 at 7:19 pm
West Monore, Louisiana
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Coryonda | December 26, 2009 at 7:23 pm
By the way, I am glad that I ran across this. . . . I am a huge fan of baking. I can not wait to try these recipes. Also, the pictures are just great.
That Boston Cream Pie is wanting to make me lick the computer screen! LOL!
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Marcia | December 26, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Sherman Oaks, CA outside Los Angeles, CA
Your writing is excellent and your pictures are beautiful.
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Lisa Edwards | December 26, 2009 at 7:39 pm
I noticed this recipe is from Martha Stewart, I think I’ll try it. There is another you should try it’s on her website and it’s delicious. I think it’s called Sour cherry coffee cake! I just found your blog and intend to keep reading it. I am 43 years old and the mother of four. I pride myself on being a good cook, and I am a self-described collector of recipes, if I taste something I like I ask for the recipe……..keep up the good work!
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joanne | December 26, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Waldwick, NJ (just outside NYC)
I just came across your blog. I started poking around and I LOVE it! Can’t wait to check out everything!
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G Stark | December 26, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Long Beach, CA
You’re Talented!
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Nancy | December 26, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Elissa,
Keep up the good work and follow whatever path “calls” you. I could bake in elementary school because of my father and his skills. . . Baking was what we did together when Mom was at work.
To make a long story short. I have trained for different careers. But, now that the economy is in trouble the only work I can find is using my baking/cooking skills.
So many girls your age are way too lazy to cook or even try. Keep it up.
Nancy
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Jessica | December 26, 2009 at 8:24 pm
I just found this blog from an article that AOL wrote about you. I am hooked! I love your writing and your recipes and of course your photography! I’m from Vegas by the way and can’t wait to be a regular follower on here! Keep it up! :))
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happy mom of 3 kids!! :) | December 26, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Monroe Township, New Jersey
Loved reading your story! I made pizza with my kids tonight and am hoping to one day inspire them to experiment with cooking and food like you’ve done!! :)
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Pamela | December 26, 2009 at 8:31 pm
I too just found your blog through the AOL article. Keep following your dreams! I look forward to reading blog and baking some of your recipes.
Best wishes to YOU!
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Arlene | December 26, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Your blog looks like fun and I’ll pass on to my teen-age
grand-children
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Karen | December 26, 2009 at 8:32 pm
I found your blog via the AOL article. What an inspiring young woman. I hope your “deviled egg days” are behind you! The peppermint ganache meringues could not be more beautiful. I’m looking forward to trying the cream cheese biscuits. I hope to make them for a casual dinner party on Wednesday.
Karen in Sleepy Hollow
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Kelly | December 26, 2009 at 8:33 pm
I saw your article on AOL’s page. I rarely click on the articles, but since I’m an English teacher I was intrigued by your age and your willingness and excitement about blogging. I love the way you describe each moment and recipe. I mostly checked it out for the writing, but I think I might even try the rainbow cake for my soon-to-be four year old’s birthday. I can’ t wait to read more.
Keep up the great work.
Williamston, MI
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Michelle | December 26, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Loved the Swine Flu Recovery Cupcakes! Very creative!
I’m a little older than you and you inspire me to start getting original and bake!
Lots of Love from New York, USA
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Jeremy | December 26, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Im from NYC. I really enjoyed reading about the Ginger Bread Igloo. I could really relate to that story because I myself have just finished college applications.
Your writting is amazing. It is very poetic. I love it.
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Casey | December 26, 2009 at 8:46 pm
I have to say I found your blog from AOL. but I’m so happy that I did. I love to bake, I just can’t ever do too much.
These looks so great.
I love in Panama City Beach Florida. Spring break Capital of the US. *sigh* oh well. thanks for sharing all your stories and the food.
I’m going on 21 and I’ll need to learn to cook better then I can do now if I hope to make a good wife in the futture
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kitty | December 26, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Excited to keep reading you from Hilton Head Island, SC.
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julee | December 26, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Loved your blog, found it thru AOL. Very impressive baker,didn’t think girls your age did that anymore. From sunny Boca Raton Florida to you all best in the New Year.
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juliette bingham | December 26, 2009 at 9:20 pm
loved the website!
i’m a 24 year old wedding cake designer in NYC so i’ve had my fair share of baking haha, but i love all your recipes! innovative, fun, not too tragically difficult, perfect! keep it up!
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Kari | December 26, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Love your blog! Way to go Elissa! We’re proud of you back in WA State!! We are recent new residents of San Antonio, Texas after living in Seattle all our lives.
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amy | December 26, 2009 at 9:24 pm
just found out about your blog today. your food fotos are beautiful. my boyfriend loves to bake, so i sent him a link to your blog too :) he’s also from seattle (well, woodinville).
we’re both in san diego right now. best of luck with all your future food/photo endeavors!!!
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Tianna Jan | December 26, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Hey I’m from Sydney, new south wales, australia. I REALLY LIKE YOUR BLOG
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Terry | December 26, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Was introduced to your blog via AOL news. I’m from Oklahoma City and we’re socked in with this historic blizzard. Reading your blog brought me a lot of joy today. I am an avid fan of Ree Drummonds blog: Pioneer Woman who is also from Oklahoma. You should check her out. I love your blog and recipes. You’re great! Keep up the good work and stay on track for College…you’re going to be a tremendous success.
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honesty | December 26, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Illiniois
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CC | December 26, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Found your blog via AOL. LOVE!! You’ve inspired me to start my own, exlploring the elements of beads and polymer clay for teens.
-CC, Houston TX
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luisa | December 26, 2009 at 10:36 pm
lovely writing, photos, ideas. I am a fellow baker who started very early, but I am in my 50′s now. keep it up – it will sustain you! best wishes and happy new year almost
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luisa | December 26, 2009 at 10:36 pm
vienna virginia
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Tricia | December 26, 2009 at 10:53 pm
I live in Henderson, NV and I saw your story and looked at your blog, I love to cook and bake and I am very interested in some of your recipes. The pumpkin marshmallows look very yummy.
Keep up the good work and hope you get into the college you want.
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Grandma Gail | December 26, 2009 at 11:11 pm
I have just spent the last 30 minutes browsing thru your pictures and recipes. The pictures are beautiful and I look forward to trying a recipe. I will think of you the next time I drive thru Bellevue on my way to see my little granddaughters in Arlington.
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Carli from Bellflower, California | December 26, 2009 at 11:19 pm
You are a very talented young lady! This is my first time to read your blog and wanted to let you know how great you are at 17. People of all ages: grandparents, parents, and teens, as well as people around the world find joy in reading your blogs.You are a good role model especially for the teenagers in this country. Keep up the good work and stay humble. You are a blessing from above.
Your parents did an excellent job in raising you!
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lizzie | December 26, 2009 at 11:20 pm
…yummy!
Detroit, MI
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sheri | December 26, 2009 at 11:21 pm
new to you and will be back. I just printed a few of your beautiful recipes.
good luck from Orange Park (Jacksonville area), Florida
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Jei C. | December 26, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Thanks for this recipe. I am a foodie and a group of us regularly get together to share recipes by cooking the product to serve at a meal, if liked, then the recipe is shared. Know this, you are not alone … people like to cook. My children would take a meal prepared from scratch over McDonalds any day. Well done.
Jei, Victoria, BC. Canada
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luis | December 27, 2009 at 12:02 am
Great site, and cool pictures.
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Amanda | December 27, 2009 at 12:36 am
OMG!!! I love your Blog. I have recently taken a couple of Wilton cake decorating classes, and still have 2 more to go. I really enjoy decorating cakes and I love even more eating them. I am anxious to try your perfect party cake. It looks delicious. Thank you for sharing your recipes with us.
Amanda, Cathedral City, California
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rebecca | December 27, 2009 at 3:16 am
Camas, WA
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Ellen | December 27, 2009 at 6:38 am
Great work! Thought you should know you are reaching all the way to Cairo, Egypt.
Keep up the great posts!
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Leanne | December 27, 2009 at 9:24 am
Congratulations on finding your passion at such a young age. No doubt- you will go far. I share your passion for baking, although it was unrealized until a later age. Follow your dreams ;0)
PS this is coming to you from Roseville, CA
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Stacey | December 27, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Florence, Kentucky
Your blog is absolutely lovely. I heard about it through an AOL news link. Keep up the good work. :)
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Irene | December 27, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Congratulations…baking is such an enjoyable way to express yourself…I would hope that someday you expand your baking to the international qualities of European cookies, pastries, breads, etc. They are delicious, requires lots of patience and lots of exact measuring…which you seem to relish. My mom came to this Country from Hungary and throughout my childhood we were always in the kitchen together making and baking these wonderful European dishes and desserts that many people had never tasted, etc. and were absolutely in love with them all at their first tasting. Anyway, I sure hope that both your photography and love for cooking/baking brings your much happiness in the future….Land O’Lakes (just no. of
Tampa) FL.
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Jenn C | December 27, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Boston, MA
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Stephanie | December 27, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
I am a high school English teacher and I am incorporating blogging into my AP Lit course. Yours is such a delightful model — how you synthesize your passions and get at real meaning will be a tremendous inspiration to many of my students. Thank you!
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Terry P | December 28, 2009 at 7:42 am
Hello from Phoenix,AZ I just discovered your Blog and I intend to share it with my daughters and Niece, Keep up the good work.
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Beckii | December 28, 2009 at 10:33 am
Hello! London, waaay over here in England!
Oh and by the way, I only just started reading this blog and I am very nearly done reading all of your posts! Blog love (:
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Gina | December 28, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Hi! I learned of your blog from the Seattle Times RSS feed (Nancy Leson’s article) and enjoy reading about your experiences cooking, your beautiful pictures and your wonderful writing. You will do well in life, I’m sure!
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Gina | December 28, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Oops! Just realized I didn’t say where I’m from–Bothell WA .
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Lisa | December 29, 2009 at 9:13 am
Hi there! I’m chiming in from Cedar Hill (suburb of Dallas), Texas! I’ve been reading your website for some time now but can’t recall how I found my way over here.
Big hugs,
Lisa
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Haylie | December 29, 2009 at 1:41 pm
I love your blog, I get the best recipes, keep the good work up!
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Kirk | December 29, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Phoenix, Arizona here. Gotta say, new to your site, but I have been won over by your BACON BROWNIES!!! not to mention that you are an excellent writer as well. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work!
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Macey | December 30, 2009 at 4:50 am
Bonne Terre,Mo
I absolutely love your blog!
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S. | December 30, 2009 at 11:52 am
Võru, Estonia.
love, love, love your writing! keep it up.
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Hannah | December 30, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Hey there, I’m a fellow high school student from Providence, RI. I recently stumbled upon your blog and I was blown away by your photography. Absolutely gorgeous!
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Natasha | December 30, 2009 at 4:49 pm
I’m in love with your blog. Brazilian Greetings! :)
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milla | December 30, 2009 at 9:41 pm
swettie, your blog is on a brazilian website, here’s the link http://gnt.globo.com/Gourmet/Materias/Jovem-de-17-anos-une-duas-paixoes-em-blog–confeitaria-e-fotografia.html , i ‘m almost sure u don’t speak portuguese, but hey, that’s what google translator does! xoxo from BRAZIL!
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Vanessa | December 30, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Hi! One more reader to your blog from Brazil! ;D
It’s just amazing what you do… the baking, teh photos…
;D
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Carlos | December 30, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Your blog is amazing. The pics give it something special, you’re so talented.
Speaking from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
My comment is the fourth brazilian one in a row. Must probably because of the link that milla posted, I came here through it too. Good luck with your work
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Sue | December 31, 2009 at 8:56 am
Greetings from Kansas! I started baking early in life also, decorating cakes at 10, now almost 50 years later, I own my own bakery and still loving every minute of it. I just found your blog but I will be a regular reader from now on.
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Corinne! | January 1, 2010 at 2:36 am
I love your blog, being a teen baker myself, I find it lovely to see others enjoying the craft. =D.
Corinne From Atlanta, Georgia!
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~Issy | January 1, 2010 at 11:22 am
Love your blog….and your photography!
I’m from Nashville, TN
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Roscoe | January 1, 2010 at 12:21 pm
I don’t cook much myself, but I do find reading your blog to be relaxing……….from Oakland, California.
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Kelly | January 1, 2010 at 3:09 pm
I just found your blog and love it! I’m 15 and LOVE baking, and everyone thinks I’m going through a phase, but I really love it! Your inspiration!
Sacramento, California!
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Dyana | January 2, 2010 at 12:04 am
It’s (almost) never too early to get in the kitchen! Happy Baking in 2010! El Segundo, CA
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georgina | January 2, 2010 at 4:39 am
Love your blog and your photography…The Big Apple is in the house lol!! (NYC)…Keep up the great work!!!
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Marina | January 2, 2010 at 8:05 am
Greetings from Brazil! The recipies and the pics are amazing, I’m absolutelly delighted: congrats!
I’m taking note of so much, I hope I’m able to cook them at home ;)
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Amara | January 2, 2010 at 3:07 pm
Love your blog! I’m just a little north of you in Lynden, WA. Your talent is amazing!
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Paulina | January 2, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Your blog is awesome!! Keep up the good work! =)
I’m from Chicago, Illinois.
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Meghan | January 2, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Found your blog through another foodie friend! You have an amazing blog here, you’ve inspired me to make my blog better! Reading from Shoreline, WA.
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Carolyn | January 3, 2010 at 6:45 pm
You are an absolutely fabulous writer, baker, photographer, and person!! This is only the second time I have visited, but you have lifted my very aching heart both times. May God Bless you and PLEASE keep writing. I’m in Corrales, New Mexico.
Thank You, Carolyn
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Becky | January 4, 2010 at 10:03 am
Your passion for baking truly shines. I was emailed a link to your blog by a collegue that thought I would find it interesting seeing that I produce a large food, wine and culinary event called Savor the Flavor in Eastern Washington. Good luck on your college choices. Keep baking and writing!
Tri-Cities, WA (aka Pasco, Kennewick and Richland)
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Linda Dryer | January 4, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Elissa, you are a very engaging writer and a gifted photographer! I am sure you are a very capable baker as well, your photos look good enough to eat. I am happy I found your site, and I wish you all the best in whatever career you choose, but don’t overlook your significant skill with a camera when you ponder your options. Thanks for creating this blog! Linda from Southern California
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Valerie | January 5, 2010 at 5:08 am
Very impressive! Your skills as a writer, a photographer, and a baker are way beyond your years. It is evident that you have grown up in a positive and encouraging home. Cudos to you and your family. Keep blogging and I’ll keep reading in Central Indiana.
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Peggy | January 6, 2010 at 5:31 pm
I can’t wait until my granddaughter (5 months) is old enough to bake with me. You are a very talented young woman.
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Laurel | January 6, 2010 at 7:54 pm
I’m in Edwards, IL, which is just outside Peoria… and after scanning the previous comments, you already have a pin in the map there! Really enjoy your blog and share your love of putting foods together in delicious and beautiful ways!
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Tana Davidson | January 6, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Happy New Year from Pacific Grove, CA. You are a very talented writer and photographer, not to mention cook! I very much enjoy your blog! You have a very bright future ahead of you. Kudos for a job well done!
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Aji | January 6, 2010 at 8:58 pm
Happy New Year from Manila, Philippines!
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Maureen | January 6, 2010 at 9:47 pm
Happy New Year from Louisville, KY! Best wishes as you continue your baking advenures. I enjoy reading your blog.
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Marina Jorge Costa | January 6, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Hey, one more from São Paulo, Brazil!!
I love your recipes and photos. They are so delicious that I started again to cook my meals and take care of my health.
Thank you for this blog that I found on that brazilian website.
XOXO
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Amelia | January 6, 2010 at 11:21 pm
Monterey Bay, California! :D
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Rebecca | January 7, 2010 at 3:03 am
Canberra, Australia
I’ve just come across your blog recently… linked from another one but I can’t remember which now. I too am a little shy about my blog, which is still in it’s beginning stages… I could only hope to take such lovely pictures as you do. Just beautiful…
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Amber | November 4, 2012 at 12:15 pm
I started reading your blog when I was living in Singapore. Still reading even after I moved to Canberra, Australia. Love your writing and amazing photos! x
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Jenna | January 7, 2010 at 3:38 am
Hey from Bergen, Norway!
Love your site, you should be so proud of yourself! You’re an inspiration :)
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Natalie | January 7, 2010 at 4:18 am
Greetings from Samara, Russia. My sister stumbled upon your blog and told me to check it out. I am glad I did!
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Pam | January 7, 2010 at 7:47 am
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
I just finished reading “Adventure, Anticipation, and Appreciation”…
Good luck to you in the next chapter of your life. I look forward to reading about all the exciting things you’ll be going through.
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Kim C. | January 7, 2010 at 8:35 am
nashville, TN
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Gill | January 7, 2010 at 10:19 am
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Alyssa | January 7, 2010 at 11:05 am
New Orleans, Louisiana.
I’m not much a baker, but I just love your writing.
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Ceraphina | January 7, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Hello, I am from Calgary, AB, Canada. Good Afternoon! :)
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Ceraphina | January 7, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Forgot to tell you, I found your blog through a link on BodyBuilding.com I am still not quite sure the connection, but I’ll figure it out. It was on a thread where the young gentleman such as yourself Loves to bake & is currently experimenting with Bacon & Bean Brownies! ;)
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Wesley | January 7, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Phoenix, AZ
I’m 14 and I started reading your blog about a week ago and now I come back every day with a smile on my face, hoping for another post. :) I absolutely love it! Thanks so much for making my day just that more enjoyable!
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Helen | January 7, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Highland, California
I love your blog, and love the way you see things in your life, you have a natural flair with words and describe things so that we can see them also. I enjoy the picture, you can almost smell the food..keep up the good work…always follow your heart and be sure to do something every day that makes you smile…
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Jessica | January 7, 2010 at 11:29 pm
Seattle, WA
I found your link here working on the photo desk at The Seattle Times. Our food writer Nancy Leson reffed to 17 and Baking in her blog recently, and I am so happy she did! As a photographer, and someone who values people following their passions, I admire and applaud you! I wish you the best of luck with your college experience. No matter what, DON’T GIVE UP. Even if traditional print media fades away, a unique voice like yours will always have a place in this world. Follow your heart and keep writing/shooting, etc.!
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tara | January 8, 2010 at 4:27 am
seoul, south korea
love your blog! your writing is so touching and fun to read!
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melinda kumar | January 8, 2010 at 1:44 pm
i have been reading your blog from sydney, australia. but right now, a little closer in vancouver, canada…
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Pearl | January 8, 2010 at 7:58 pm
Snohomish, WA
You have a great blog!
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Katrina Bleyl | January 8, 2010 at 8:30 pm
I found your blog through an article on AOL. :) It is quite an accomplishment that you have done. You have beautiful photography and the way you write is absolutely amazing. You are truly gifted, and I am very glad to be able to know you through your blog. :)
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Marika | January 8, 2010 at 11:02 pm
Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Love your blog! I found you through Michelle Moores site! But your posts and pictures are great! Though, non of my treats ever end up looking as good as yours haha.
i enjoy your blog :)
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Carrie | January 9, 2010 at 6:11 pm
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Discovered your blog via Tastespotting.com for your crepes post. I fell in love with galettes (buckwheat crepes) when my husband and I toured Normandy, France. Especially good with the local Camembert. I hope you get to visit there someday!
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Lisa | January 10, 2010 at 1:21 am
I’m all the way over here in Carrollton, GA, and I also adore your blog and the food that goes along with it!
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Lakshmi | January 10, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Hi i’m originally from India, though currently I live in Bellevue, WA. I came to know of your blog through an article in Seattle times, which featured your blog. Being a 30 yr old SAHM who just ventured into the kitchen 2 years ago, a food blog by a 17 year old sounded fascinating to me. I decided to check it out and got hooked. If you read this I have a question for you…will you be changing the name once you are 18?
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Elissa | January 10, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Lakshmi – Thank you, I’m so glad you like it :) I am planning to keep the same name. It’ll be too difficult to change all of my links, and more importantly, I’m very attached to the name itself and am unlikely to “update” it.
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Teresa | January 10, 2010 at 8:41 pm
One of my friends on Facebook put a link to your blog in his status update. I checked your blog out and loved the pictures, recipes and your writing style. Keep up the good work!
Much love from Norfolk, VA
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Lakshmi | January 10, 2010 at 10:50 pm
I think it’s great your keeping the same name. Saves me the bother of updating my bookmarks. Keep up the good work and all the best with your college selections
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Meredith | January 11, 2010 at 5:52 am
I’m currently living in Rheinland-Pfalz Germany. I found you through foodgawker. It seems like a lot of the photos I click are yours. :) Good luck on venturing out on your own. It’s not so nerve-wracking once you do it.
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jessi | January 11, 2010 at 8:44 am
stafford (staffordshire), england. i think i found your blog when i was googling for some recipe or other, and i’m hooked.
i moved away from home to go to university* in september ’08, so i know what a daunting prospect it can be. but everyone’s the same, it’s a natural feeling. you’ll be fine, promise. ♥
*in reference to your latest blog post.
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Katie | January 11, 2010 at 8:47 am
I live in Quincy MA at the moment, renting a room there while I go to school in Boston. I grew up in Glastonbury CT, though, and still visit my parents there often.
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c | January 12, 2010 at 10:31 am
bayonne, nj
I’ve been reading your blog for a short time now, can’t wait to attempt some of your recipes. Good luck with school, we’ve all been there, or will be shortly. Nothing can compare to that first day of college. :)
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Sarah | January 12, 2010 at 12:33 pm
Chapel Hill, NC
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Emily | January 12, 2010 at 9:48 pm
I am a recent college grad living in Madison, Wisconsin. I stumbled across your blog, and am so delighted I did. It is a real treasure. Keep writing, and don’t let the current state of journalism get you down. As a j-school grad, I know it can look dismal, but we need more people like you in the field.
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Maria Fernanda | January 13, 2010 at 10:15 am
Hey! one more brazilian pin for the map in your room!
You can put two of theme actually, the friend that told me about your blog was too shie to comment.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil :D
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confuseddaydreamer | January 13, 2010 at 6:02 pm
California :)
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taro | January 13, 2010 at 11:46 pm
You’re awesome! :)
Auburn, WA
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Beatrice | January 14, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Your blog is awesome and very inspiring!
Greetings from Vienna, Austria :)
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Katy Fox-Tarzian | January 14, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Love this…excellent job!
Gilroy CA
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sarah | January 14, 2010 at 6:53 pm
San Francisco, CA
i’m also 17 &i love to bake, though my greatest passion is dance. but with parents in the restaurant business who met at culinary school, i’ve grown up with a great appreciation for food. your blog is great! =)
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Mrs Ergül | January 15, 2010 at 1:59 am
I must have came here from one of your yummy food photos on foodgawker! And I’m from Singapore!
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Sandy | January 15, 2010 at 8:51 am
I can’t believe you are 17 years old. I love reading your blogs; you are very articulate, thoughtful and witty. And your photos are mouthwatering! I made your Bacon brownies to bring to a friends for New Years. I loved them! Some people were skeptical about the bacon, but I also had some fellow bacon lovers you thought they were quite yummy. :)
I am from Chicopee, Ma.
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Salama | January 15, 2010 at 11:36 am
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
I love your blog! Found it through tastespoon site. Good job in trying new things – keep up the good work :)
Good luck!
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kelli | January 15, 2010 at 5:10 pm
great website!!
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jacy | January 16, 2010 at 10:42 am
MALAYSIA!:D
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Mary | January 17, 2010 at 1:54 pm
Massachusetts.
I love your blog. The combination of your thoughtful reflections, brilliant photography and savory creations are so inspiring and enjoyable to look at & read :)
It makes me want to take up baking and hope that I can learn to create wonderful like you!
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Sera | January 19, 2010 at 2:52 pm
Auckland, New Zealand
Just discovered your wonderful blog today! Being a cellist, the cello cake made me swoon a little. Will definitely be reading for the forseeable future, hope your college plans run smoothly!
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Rachel | January 19, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Bellevue, WA, and though it’s hard to leave the “lush greenery and silver sleet of Seattle,” college will be amazing for you–good luck!
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Sandra :) | January 20, 2010 at 3:21 pm
Hi, Elissa – from Aurora, Ontario (just north of Toronto) :)
My sons have ordered me a fancy set of biscuit cutters so I’m going to try these biscuits as soon as they arrive, lol!
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Gillian | January 21, 2010 at 6:59 am
Hey! I found your blog through Baking Bites.
I live in Trujillo, Peru, and I wish you all the best for your upcoming freshman year!
Excellent Blog!
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joe | January 21, 2010 at 7:14 am
I was blog-hopping one night and then…I stumbled upon your site. lucky me:) I adore your posts and pics.
manila, philippines
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Jodi | January 21, 2010 at 7:48 am
Fabulous!
Renton, WA
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Ivona | January 21, 2010 at 9:20 am
Tallahasse, FL…. but originally from Croatia, Europe :P
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Julie | January 21, 2010 at 5:07 pm
You are amazing! Kent, WA
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Lisa Lint-Vander Zouwen | January 21, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Hi There,
I found your blog through another website(http://ediblecrafts.craftgossip.com) and I just wanted to tell you how much I love it! Your recipes look delicious. I am a chocolate lover as well and love to try new recipes. I’ve been making birthday cakes for my niece and nephews for the past few years so I love seeing other people’s decorating techniques. Keep up the great work!
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Ashley | January 21, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Hi! Phoenix, Arizona.
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Christy | January 21, 2010 at 9:20 pm
from Lacey, WA – I’ve been following your blog since NPR did a story a couple months ago but somehow missed the part where they said you were in SEATTLE! Some of your stuff is too complex for me but I have tried a few less complicated recipes and – so far so good!!
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Mandy | January 21, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Olympia, WA.. I love your blog! :)
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Kari | January 22, 2010 at 1:21 am
Sacramento, CA. Found you through the Bloggies–you got my vote!! :-)
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Jill B | January 22, 2010 at 8:39 am
Johnson City, TN
I found you through the bloggies, and I loved looking through this list of places – so cool and connecting – would love to see your map!
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Kristine | January 23, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Los Angeles, CA
I’m 17, a senior in high school, and I also bake!
But I don’t blog, nor do I have a Kitchen Aid stand mixer (which makes meringue and anything involving stiff egg whites quite a challenge for my right arm)
I found your blog on the Baking Bites site, and thought I might take a look.
Your blog is super neat, and the photography is lovely. :D
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Lost in Atlanta | January 23, 2010 at 6:24 pm
Mouth-watering photos! Very nice tone in your blog. I lived on Mercer Island for 13 years, was a newspaper exec, and know The Northwest School.
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Dana | January 23, 2010 at 11:36 pm
Seattle too!
I am seriously craving those biscuits. Biscuits + Chives seems like an excellent combination. *rummages for buttermilk*
Thank you.
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Ms. Newell | January 24, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Seattle.
What are you doing distracting students during Environmental Science, eh? :)
Love your blog. It makes me so happy when I see the amazing things students do outside of class. Keep up the fantastic work!
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Laura | January 24, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Minneapolis, MN
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DeluxeGourmet | January 25, 2010 at 3:38 am
beautiful!
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Layne | January 25, 2010 at 8:37 am
Orlando, Florida
Keep it up! Just found your blog today and I love the recipes and the pics. You’ve got a gift!
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Kristina | January 25, 2010 at 11:05 am
Gainesville, FL
Just found your blog on the Weblog Awards site and I love it! Everything looks so delicious and beautiful!
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Jodi | January 25, 2010 at 1:23 pm
I stumbled upon your blog months ago and thought that I had added you to my reader, but alas, I had not. I came upon you today through anouther food blog, but I can’t remember which one. I just have to say that I love your writing, your photography, and your willingness to try new things. I love it all!
Oh, I’m visiting from Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Ashley | January 25, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Rexburg Idaho!
You are just fabulous! :)
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susan@food.baby | January 25, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Brisbane, Australia.
Congratulations on your bloggies nomination!
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Tiffany | January 25, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Cottonwood, Arizona! I was just introduced to your blog from my Joythebaker’s blog. Love it and congrats on your nomination
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Meg | January 25, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
You rock!
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Debbi | January 25, 2010 at 5:16 pm
just found your blog (via Joy the Baker) and it looks awesome! are you sure you’re only 17???!
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Jenny | January 25, 2010 at 7:40 pm
I heard about this blog from Joy the Baker and I love the photos that you’ve taken. The cupcakes are so well decorated. I will be browsing her more often for recipes.
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Rachel | January 26, 2010 at 2:52 am
Blue Mountains, Australia. Awesome blog! Makes me crave delicious baking.
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Frances | January 26, 2010 at 6:04 am
London, UK here :o)
Congrats on the Bloggie nomination!!!
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Sarah Woo | January 26, 2010 at 6:36 am
Melbourne, Aussie. Absolutely love your blog! Keep up the good work. ;)
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Carina | January 26, 2010 at 9:33 am
Love your blog. Found it a couple of weeks ago, and now I’m totally in love. I visit your blog several times every day.
Greetings from Gothenburg, Sweden
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Nicole | January 26, 2010 at 9:34 am
La Crosse, Wisconsin. Your blog is adorable :)
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April | January 26, 2010 at 10:14 am
Monroe, Washington State
Thanks for the sweet blog!
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Caroline | January 26, 2010 at 10:36 am
I have to tell you that I am absolutely in love with your blog. All of your pictures and recipes look beautiful.
I’m 14 and unfortunately I’m not a very advanced cook, but I love to do it and I’m learning so much from reading your posts.
I have tried quite a few of your recipes, and while mine never seem to look as perfect as yours, they do taste incredible.
Oh, and I’m from Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Sara | January 26, 2010 at 2:03 pm
I´m 18 and I love to bake; have been doing it since I was 12 or so, and I just found you at Joy the Baker, and decided to place a comment on this post since you mentioned in one of your most recent posts… Everything I´ve read so far from your blog is really nice… I specially like this post… I´ve been thinking about writing my own blog for a very long time now, but I´ve had the very same fears that you talked about here… so, congratulations and good luck!
Sara, Guatemala
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tiff | January 26, 2010 at 2:05 pm
so much talent! hope you get a car soon.
vancouver, bc.
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Laura | January 26, 2010 at 2:08 pm
hi there!!! im from Buenos Aires, Argentina :)
just discovered your blog when i went to vote for the bloggies awards… and now i LOVE it!
keep it up!!!!
xo!!!
Laura.
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Katie Callaway | January 26, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Just stumbled upon your blog from Joy the Baker! I so enjoy your writing, as it just oozes love of food and baking! Keep up the good work and good luck in College-take time to enjoy it- it’s the most exciting time of your life!
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Katie Callaway | January 26, 2010 at 2:11 pm
OH, and I’m in Salt Lake City, Utah… :)
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Lexi | January 26, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
All of your creations looks divine! You are one very talented lady & you’re going to go so far!
Keep it up!! ^_^
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Erica | January 26, 2010 at 6:24 pm
Hello! Commenting from Los Angeles, CA. Just wanted to say that both your photography and recipes look phenomenal! I can’t wait to try making some of your creations.
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Lindsay | January 26, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Brookline, MA
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Charles | January 26, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Saint Louis, Missouri. And what a cool idea!
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Anna | January 26, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Right now I’m in college in NYC. From Austin though, and before that Krasnoyarsk Russia (it’s in the southern part of Siberia).
You seem so sweet and your recipes and pictures look great. Can’t wait to go through your blog and start making stuff!
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Katy | January 26, 2010 at 9:26 pm
I’m from Gorham, NH. But I currently go to school in Rindge, NH. Although I’m hoping it’ll be Providence, RI again soon! :)
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Su Bermingham | January 27, 2010 at 8:26 am
Palo Alto, CA
My brother in law, Mike Oliveira, directed me to your blog. He claims he’s responsible for your suberb writing skills, but I know better than that.
Your blog is wonderful and terrific, your writing far superior to many of the editors that I work with (shh, don’t tell them I said that) – I publish branded cookbooks for a living. I publish all of KitchenAid’s cookbooks (including the Use and Care Guide that you received with your stand mixer), so if you are in need of more inspiration and cookbooks, drop me a line, I’m happy to send.
Cheers and Happy Baking!
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Katy | January 27, 2010 at 1:02 pm
I just happened to read the posts about school size. And to me, your school would be huge! There are only about 300 kids in my entire school (that’s 6th-12th grade, by the way) and my graduating class had 48…
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Lindsay | January 27, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Great work on the baking, photography, and blogging!
I’m from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Alexis June | January 27, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Hi! I’m from Toledo, Ohio. I stumbled upon your blog somehow and am enamored. I love baking as well but didn’t start making homemade items until recently. I love your photos and your writing is equal or better to articles I read in some more prominent Food Mags. Happy Baking!! =)
AJ
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Rima Aue | January 27, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Singapore
One word… Awesome!
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Charlotte | January 27, 2010 at 6:47 pm
Hello from San Diego, CA! :)
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Sarah | January 27, 2010 at 8:29 pm
Medford, MA!
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Jan | January 28, 2010 at 7:13 am
Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada
I just found you through Joy the Baker, and I am so looking forward to strolling around your archives!
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Lynne Frappier | January 28, 2010 at 10:37 am
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
I heart your blog! You are so adorable… it reads well, your photos are amazing and you make me giggle. thanks for being such fun to “cyber visit”. Joy the Baker introduced me to you… and I’ve added you to my blog so that others get to meet you too.
Thanks!
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putingtikbalang | January 28, 2010 at 10:54 am
I saw your blog on the list of the 2010 Bloggies, and with some encouragement from Joy The Baker, here I am.
I’m a reader from The Philippines. I work in bustling Quezon City, but rest my head in rurban Cainta, Rizal.
I love your writing — how simple, honest, and earnest it is. No frills. No big words. There’s a good heart that beats in that chest, and your love translates beautifully in your words as it does in your baking. Keep true to yourself, no matter how you age with each day.
Oh my, you have great, great days coming for you. Yes, you do. :)
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Jenn | January 28, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Hi there! I came across your blog this afternoon while voting for How About Orange in the 2010 Bloggies – what a beautiful blog you have! Your writing is articulate and sincere, and your photos are gorgeous! It is blogs like yours through which I live my photography and writing dreams vicariously!
Coming to you from a very cold and blustery Hamilton, Ontario.
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Jaime | January 28, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Santa Cruz, CA (but was born in Seattle!)
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denise fletcher | January 29, 2010 at 2:13 am
Hi : )
Stumbled on your blog and had to tell you what a lovely blog this is. You write beautifully and the photos are something else! Can’t wait to try your recipes. I voted for you – hope you win!
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Carolyn | January 29, 2010 at 12:53 pm
This is a beautiful blog. I live in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Kimberly | January 29, 2010 at 2:14 pm
home is saratoga, ca but for now home is ithaca, ny.
my friend ashwin linked me to your blog asking me to vote & i love it! I don’t have as much time as i would like to bake in college but I can’t wait to try your recipes when I get the chance :)
keep sharing your talent for writing and baking with the world – i hope you win the contest!b
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Grace | January 29, 2010 at 9:31 pm
I love 17 and baking!
It’s such an awesome combo of writing, photography, and baking: three of my favorite things!
And by the way I live in Idaho
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shelly | January 30, 2010 at 1:36 am
just outside of Jerusalem, Givat Yearim to be specific, in the Yehuda mountains, Israel.
this is my first time leaving a comment on a blog, though i read and follow quite a few.
something about your innocence, both in your writing and in your perspective, is refreshing and endearing and i was hooked from the first time, and the lovely lovely buttercream flowers didn’t hurt either.
your dad’s comment up top brought tears to my eyes, you’re a lucky lucky girl.
you’re gonna do anything you want in this life, count on it.
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betchacanteatjustone | January 30, 2010 at 8:49 am
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Jordan | January 30, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Annapolis, Maryland!
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Evelyn | January 30, 2010 at 8:16 pm
From Calgary, Alberta, Canada (that’s above Montana, for you Americans, but we’re pretty much like the Canadian Denver, CO). Great photos, great work. So impressed with all of you young bloggers out there! You are so much better than this old gal…(okay, so I’m turning 26, but you know…).
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April | January 31, 2010 at 12:26 am
Hi! I just discovered your blog and I think you are so amazing! Keep it up…you have a bright future ahead of you! Your photography is beautiful…I can’t wait to try out some of the recipes you’ve posted. I visited Vashon Island, WA this past summer, so I got to see Seattle for the first time. It’s a beautiful city! I live in Austin, Texas!
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Ruthie | January 31, 2010 at 7:36 am
Found your blog through Joy the Baker – it’s great! Your writing is what makes it truly outstanding. So many people can make food and take pictures, but so few actually have something (interesting) to say.
-A college student in Middlebury, Vermont!
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YADIRAMAMA29 | January 31, 2010 at 1:30 pm
I LOVE YOUR BLOG.
MCALLEN,TEXAS
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Rhys | January 31, 2010 at 1:52 pm
South Wales, UK.
I really love your blog. Like you I am “17 and baking” and there really is something special about being known as the one who makes the cakes among friends. I bake mostly using the “Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook” (with my own variations) which has some pretty standard American recipes but considering the lack of a cupcake culture in the UK it’s definitely a baking bible to me. I wish you all the luck in your future and I can already see that yours is a bright one. x
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EmLue | January 31, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Your blog is awesome – I found it through the 2010 Weblog Awards and was totally thrilled. Unlike you, I am “Nearly 15 and Baking”, but your posts draw me in and I’ve been able to relate to a lot of things you talk about – unlike some of the “adult” food blogs I read, where I often find myself wondering, “Will my Friday nights ever be like theirs?” I often have to stop myself from scrolling through pages of recipes, wasting time that I meant to spend baking. Best of luck, from (oh yeah – this is what I came here to post) Minnesota. :)
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nina | February 1, 2010 at 12:37 am
hi :) i’m new to here, but i think i’d visit regulary :)
i’m form Krakow in Poland. Yeah that far :)
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Rachel O. | February 2, 2010 at 7:51 am
Excellent work. Keep it up!
Ephraim, WI (Door County)
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MacKenzie | February 2, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Seattle, WA! (Greenwood Neighborhood)
Thanks for the great Seattle representation in the blog world.
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Amber | February 2, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Eugene, OR :)
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Rhoda | February 2, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Amazing! Pursue your passions and be an unstoppable force. Maybe I can dine in one of your restaurants someday! From Vancouver, BC
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Sara M | February 3, 2010 at 1:50 am
I’m reading you from Uganda! Although it’s a bit of a cheat as I’m a Peace Corps volunteer. Otherwise back in the states it would be Kansas. But I discovered your blog over here in UG, so I’m claiming Uganda…for now :)
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Stacy | February 3, 2010 at 2:41 pm
Chicago here. Love the blog, wish I was articulate as you are at 17!
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Aislinn | February 3, 2010 at 7:04 pm
From Berkeley, CA! I find your blog quite inspirational :]
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sparky514 | February 3, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Singapore :)
Youre a pretty kickass 17 year old. Rock on, darling.
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Kirsten | February 4, 2010 at 7:03 am
I’m from the Niagara region of Ontario, Canada.
Great blog!
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Andrea C | February 5, 2010 at 4:00 am
all the way from Melbourne, Australia – great blog – so impressed. Congratulations.
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Iris | February 5, 2010 at 12:16 pm
I’m a government attorney in Sto. Dgo. Dominican Republic
Quite impressed with the quality of your blog, I can’t believe you actually have time to put it together and present such quality work aside from all your other responsibilities. Congrats!
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Nicole | February 7, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Hi from South Carolina, US.. I love your blog. I have looked for something like your blog for resources. I am young and the only one baking or cooking in 4 generations. I have used quite a few of your recipes. And they came out every bit as good as your pictures portrayed them to be. I am so happy that there are younger women cooking and that i isnt only reserved to the older women in church. Kudos to you and much success to your blog. :)
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Su | February 7, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Caracas, Venezuela!
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Lisa | February 7, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Hello from Richmond, VA. I love your blog, I’ll be coming back regularly! :)
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Mariana Favorito | February 8, 2010 at 2:07 pm
São Paulo, Brazil!
Everything that you do is sooo sweet and cute! greetings from another 17 year old girl that loves to cook!
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Michele | February 8, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Sammamish, WA. I’m a senior in high school, too. :D
I just made the peanut butter chocolate chunk muffins on Saturday and they turned out great!
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Katie Hoot | February 8, 2010 at 6:53 pm
Hi! I am currently living in the Dominican Republic. My family and I are missionaries here. I love your blog and was wondering if you would like some Dominican vanilla. It is really good and tasty!
Drop me an email sometime!
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Lily | February 9, 2010 at 4:34 pm
I’m 18, from Berkeley, California, and adore this blog to no end.
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Adrienne Lennox | February 9, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Hey!
I’m 18, and now living in Charlotteown, PEI, Canada though Manitoba, Canada is my real home.
I’m currently taking the Pastry Arts course here at the Culinary Institute of Canada, and stumbled upon your blog while doing some research for the kitchen tomorrow.
This is a fantastic blog, you have such a gift with words, a camera, and food.
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Vini | February 10, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Hai, I love ur blog.. ♥
I’m a mother of 2 little boys and i love to cook and baking..
I’m from Indonesia..
yup, it’s far far away.. ^^v
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Morgan | February 12, 2010 at 1:10 pm
hey! i read about the blog just yesterday in Justine Magazine, and since I just love baking and writing as well, I had to check it out! Thanks so much for exciting new recipes to try along with blog posts that describe things I can actually relate to. Keep up the great work!
By the way, I’m from Rockford, Illinois!
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Isabelle | February 13, 2010 at 3:52 pm
You are an inspiration!
Issaquah, WA.
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Clearly Dee | February 13, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Hello from Austin Tx
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Lisa | February 13, 2010 at 9:04 pm
Hi everyone from Cedar Hill, Texas! :) I love this blog and this precious young lady!!
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Warren Guykema | February 14, 2010 at 10:50 am
You are an amazing young woman. I’ve shared your blog with my family (and with my cousin Elissa in Philadelphia, who is a fine cook.
Warren in Olympia, WA
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Tanja | February 15, 2010 at 3:26 am
I’m 19 and baking :)
from Lucija, Slovenia
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Emily | February 15, 2010 at 9:47 pm
I admire you so much. Keep it up!
Bay Area, CA
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Connie | February 16, 2010 at 12:58 am
Your photos are great but it is your words that make each entry so vivid.
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Ellen | February 16, 2010 at 10:24 am
I bake it like my momma here in Richmond, KY (raised in Pauma Valley, CA!)
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Warm Vanilla Sugar | February 16, 2010 at 8:23 pm
I found your blog while browsing through the bloggie awards!
I’m from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Mina | February 17, 2010 at 9:55 pm
I love your blog! You are an amazing photographer and an unbelievable writer…. not to mention your baking skills! Thanks so much… keep it up!!!
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Tori | February 17, 2010 at 10:37 pm
Southwest Washington is where I’ma from.
I’m 17. I love baking. I like your blog.
(o.k. can I tell you a secret? I thought that my baking obsession was weird, too. You reminded me so much of myself that I’m starting to think it’s really o.k. :)
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Ema | February 18, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Belfast, Northern Ireland
sometimes I’m tempted to lick the screen, enough said
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Juliana | February 19, 2010 at 9:23 am
Juiz de Fora, Brazil :)
Just love your recipes!
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bakenshiz | February 20, 2010 at 12:11 am
A NJ kid who’s found on the computer or at the oven or both x)
and so inspired by this awesome and passionate baker!
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Mel | February 21, 2010 at 9:18 pm
Your site is wonderful!
Wellington, New Zealand!
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Sue Robinson | February 22, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Love your site!
Wake Forest, NC
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Hannah | February 22, 2010 at 4:39 pm
You are inspiring! I am 16 and I am considering starting a baking blog as well. Love your photos!
Saugatuck, MI
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Ania | February 22, 2010 at 4:39 pm
totally understand and share your passion :)
London, UK
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Marta | February 22, 2010 at 4:54 pm
You are one talented 17 y.o.!!! Don’t ever let bad critics put you down (you know, there will always be one or two of those…)! Even not knowing you, one can tell immediately you have it all to succeed in life – baking, photographing, writing, designing… You have it all, remember that! Congratulations!! I’m Marta, from Lisbon, Portugal :)
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Clara | February 23, 2010 at 8:30 am
Geneva, Switzerland
Just found your blog and it is great! I’ve already printed out a couple of things I want to try – well written and great photos!!
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Tami | February 23, 2010 at 4:47 pm
New Hampshire!
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Brooke | February 23, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Salina, KS
United States
You looks so talented im pretty sure your going to go far, i wish i could bake as well as you maybe someday. Good Luck on your future
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Debbie Gan | February 23, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Hi! i’m from Singapore! :) Your blog has inspired me to pursue my love in baking further, and i love reading your post :) They’re always so interesting!
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Misty | February 23, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Hey!
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Jenn | February 23, 2010 at 8:31 pm
Well I go to school in Findlay Ohio but my permanent residence is in Hamlin, New York.
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mgm | February 24, 2010 at 5:11 am
I’m from Barcelona, Spain!
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jels | February 24, 2010 at 3:01 pm
I stumbled upon your blog through the 2010 Bloggies and I’ve been coming back since… I wanted to go back to your very first post but I do it one at a time, day by day, page by page because I don’t want to rush it… I want to just sit back, read and bask in all the goodness that your writing brings.
I am not into cooking and most especially not into baking but there is something in the way you write that makes my soul crave to read more.
Anyway, I’d like to join the rest of the world and say Hi to you, Elissa… keep writing, keep baking, keep living beautifully.
– greetings from Makati, Philippines :)
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Katie | February 24, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Ft Wayne, Indiana :)))
i’m 15 and i love to bake too! unfortunately, i dont always have the time because im pretty busy with school and my social life haha.
anywho i just found your blog a few weeks ago because i was looking for a food blog that updates pretty regularly and one that isnt really lame or has poor writing you know, and then i found yours and i was hooked! i have to admit, im not really into blogging; i just use facebook hehe, but i honestly think yours is the best blog ive ever read =)
keep up the good work!
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Candace | February 25, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Bonsall (North San Diego), California. Good Luck with the Bloggies!
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Sarah | February 26, 2010 at 10:53 am
Phoenix (Gilbert), AZ!
LOVE you blog—your writing, your photography, everything!!
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Valeria | February 26, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Hi, I just couldn’t help but making a comment. I’m also seventeen, I’m studying computer engineering and like you, I absolutely love baking for my friends and family… To answer your question since you wanted to know where your readers are, I’m in Caracas Venezuela… very far from Seattle, but that doesn’t keep me from reading your blog that by the way is amazing…
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Paula | February 26, 2010 at 6:41 pm
Hi! I’m Paula and I love going to book stores and flipping through all those amazing and beautifully pphotographed books.Oh! By the way I’m from Brazil and I love reading your blogs,especially the one about brigadeiros.
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Carolyn | February 27, 2010 at 4:42 pm
I’m a Hollins college student from northern Virginia! All of your recipes look so delicious that I am definitely going to follow through and try some out. Baking for me is a passion too and its wonderful to find a young baker too! Good Luck in everything and keep on blogging!! :)
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Brianna | February 28, 2010 at 12:45 am
Hey :) I’m Brianna and i’m from Auckland, New Zealand, so i live pretty far away! Your recipes are amazing! I love baking myself, it’s one of my biggest passions.
Thankyou for sharing your amazing creations with us all :)
Keep it up.
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dimsum | February 28, 2010 at 2:11 am
LOVE this blog in Kailua, HI! Never enjoyed it before but now like to bake :)
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Miguel | February 28, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Hey Brianna, I really enjoy reading your blog so keep posting your recipes and stories. Greetz from Amsterdam, The Netherlands =O)
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Miguel | February 28, 2010 at 3:15 pm
Sorry!!!! I meant to write Elissa but the name Brianna got stuck in my head from post number 548. Sorry!!!!!!
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Andrew | February 28, 2010 at 10:51 pm
West Bend,Wisconsin!
I love your website. :)
Everything is so neat and really good.
Keep going strong! :D
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Heather Conroy | February 28, 2010 at 11:24 pm
Perth, Western Australia
Follow your bliss!
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Andrea C | March 1, 2010 at 4:02 am
East Bentleigh, Melbourne, Australia – congrats on your Bloggies win!!
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Kate G. | March 1, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Congrats on the Bloggies win! I’m from the small town of Blair, NE : )
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Samantha | March 1, 2010 at 5:44 pm
Congrats on the win! :)
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Samantha | March 1, 2010 at 5:44 pm
I’m from Victoria, BC – not too far from Seattle.
Congrats on the win! :)
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Karine | March 1, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Hi ! Just find your blog and I love it. I’m from Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Good luck in all your project.
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Connie | March 1, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Stanwood, Washington – love your blog!
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Shannon@Brownsugarandhoney | March 2, 2010 at 4:59 am
Hiii from Singapore. Love this space!
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Annie | March 2, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Madison, Wisconsin.
As a fellow lover of bakery and the written word, your blog is very inspiring! I just found it today and have gotten sucked in :) And the food looks unbelievably delicious. Congratulations on your success, I hope to start my own blog one day soon and it’s always inspiring to find young people like myself who write so eloquently about subjects they are passionate about. :) Take Care.
-Annie
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Fran | March 2, 2010 at 4:51 pm
I’m from Chile and I recently discovered your blog, it’s really inspiring. Please don’t stop! :)
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Hillary Laga | March 2, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Grand Junction, CO
but living in Utah (only two more years!)
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Laura | March 3, 2010 at 2:55 pm
NE Seattle (Roosevelt, to be exact)
Congratulations, Elissa. From your writing, to your exquisite photography, to your baking, you are amazing at any age. When will you put out a book?
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PlumGaga | March 3, 2010 at 4:48 pm
West Linn Oregon
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Kari | March 3, 2010 at 8:52 pm
San Antonio, TEXAS
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Tracie | March 5, 2010 at 7:12 am
Prospect, KY
Love your blog!
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Pogen1 | March 5, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Long Beach, CA
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kat | March 5, 2010 at 9:00 pm
philadelphia, pa
elissa, thanks for your blog! i followed a link on smitten kitchen.
you tell a good story, and the tone of your blog first put me in mind of another one, out of the seattle area, orangette: http://orangette.blogspot.com/
but your writing is no question your own, and it is so lovely. keep it up!
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Elisa | March 5, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Love your recipes ! Great blog ! I wish you all the best.
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Elisa | March 5, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Your Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are perfect. Thanks !
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Jocelyn | March 6, 2010 at 12:44 am
Melbourne Australia! Loving the designs :-)
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Amy | March 6, 2010 at 8:56 am
Warwick, Rhode Island
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Izzuddin | March 6, 2010 at 9:51 am
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Love the blog. You’ve inspired me to get into the kitchen and start baking. Thank you.
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Juliana Oliveto | March 6, 2010 at 11:33 am
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Loving all the shoots an recipes *-*
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Anna | March 6, 2010 at 6:48 pm
New York City ~ You are so inspirational! Keep up the good work.
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Vonny | March 6, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Gold Coast, Australia.
Much like you, I’m a 17 year old baking fanatic… except I would never come close to matching your skills! Your recipes and photography are all amazing <3 Thankyou!
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Zita | March 7, 2010 at 6:56 am
Hi,
I found your blog couple of weeks ago. Congratulations! Amazing! I’m Zita by the way, from Budapest, Hungary, Europe! :)
Keep up the good work,
Zita
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Samantha | March 7, 2010 at 4:03 pm
I found your blog due to your ginger snap recipe. I have been looking for one to make great ginger snap cookies for my boyfriend and was sold on yours. Then I skimmed the rest of your site and thought, “wow, she’s really talented!” I will definitely be following your blog. You might want to check mine out! I’m a college sophomore from Houston, Texas and I go to school in Nacogdoches, Tx. Keep up the great work
my blog is: samanthaandwill.blogspot.com
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Kristine | March 7, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Melbourne (Vic), Australia.
I love your blog so much. I heard about it from one of my friends who found your url in Girlfriend magazine.
Your photography is great and i love the way you write.
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Beam | March 8, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Hello I’m Beam. I live in Bangkok, Thailand. I totally LOVE your blog. All of your recipes look so yummy. I also love baking myself.
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Lacrema | March 8, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Hailey, Idaho! Just found your blog this last week through smittenkitchen. Your photography is wonderful, and I’m looking forward to trying some of your recipes.
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Kamille | March 9, 2010 at 12:23 am
I’m from Bellingham, WA. like I said in a previous comment, came via smitten kitchen.
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Maria João | March 10, 2010 at 1:18 am
Hello I´m Maria João, and I´m from Portugal. 17 and baking like this?! Congratulations and good luck.
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Olivia | March 11, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Hi! I’m from Los Angeles, CA. :) I love your blog!
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Sophia | March 11, 2010 at 5:18 pm
MIAMI, FL :D
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Cailin Marie | March 11, 2010 at 8:17 pm
Hey there, I’m from Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada!
I found your blog through the Rainbow Pride cake, and my girlfriend did everything short of demanding that I make it for her.
: D
I love 17 and Baking, you’re incredible.
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Andrea | March 12, 2010 at 10:45 am
What a fun idea! I love your blog, but didn’t start reading until a couple of months ago. I just stumbled upon this post in your archives, and love that people are still contributing their locations to the comments. So, here’s mine!
Charlottesville, VA!
And my little spot in the internet is http://www.bellaeats.com. :)
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The Fox Foodie | March 12, 2010 at 11:17 am
I’m a college student in Newberg, OR (near Portland). I love going to Seattle, have you ever done/thought of doing a post about your favorite bakeries to visit in Seattle??
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Elissa | March 12, 2010 at 9:22 pm
The Fox Foodie – No, but it’s a great idea that I might look into before I have to leave Seattle :( I feel like there is so much great food here that I haven’t tried yet, and then I’ll be gone… Gah! I get sad if I think about it too long.
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Autumn | March 13, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Tucson, AZ
I love reading about your delicious baking adventures!!
Wish I could join you with a big glass of milk just about any afternoon :)
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Kris | March 14, 2010 at 3:54 am
Hey! I’m from Malaysia! Literally halfway around the world! :D I love your blog!
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Carlene | March 14, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Pensacola, FL, soon to be Cape Cod, MA.
I’ve been getting into baking lately and have been using your pictures as inspiration!
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Heather | March 14, 2010 at 6:00 pm
I don’t know how I found your blog- probably through foodgawker. I have been reading it for quite some time, but never noticed this post for some reason! I read this and was inspired by the huge amounts of people still commenting.
So, about me: I’m born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. Currently studying in London in my first year of university. I used to be a baking/cooking fiend– sadly, residence has no kitchen where I can pour out my stress and make beautiful things. Your blog is a sunny highlight of my fridays!
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Ashley | March 15, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Long Island, New York!
Elissa you are such an inspiration! I’m 14 years old and am an aspiring baking/pastry art major in college and I can’t wait to start trying out some of your recipes for practice!
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Alexa | March 16, 2010 at 2:10 am
Nelson, New Zealand!
I used to live in South Dakota.
Your blog is bringing the world together with inspiration, beauty, and the joys of baking! It is so great that although people live over 20 hours apart overseas, we can all connect as we enjoy the same charming antecdotes, the same beautiful photographs, and the same wonderful food!
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Erin | March 16, 2010 at 3:05 am
sydney, australia!
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Heidi | March 16, 2010 at 8:04 am
Geneva, Switzerland
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julÄ— | March 16, 2010 at 10:53 am
currently: Nantes, France, but i still consider myself from Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Tina | March 16, 2010 at 12:51 pm
Arkansas
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Caroline | March 16, 2010 at 1:48 pm
Hello Elissa!!!
I’m Caroline from Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. I loved you recepies of Brigadeiros!!!!
rsrsrs who teached you this recipe?
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Denise Rambo | March 16, 2010 at 2:16 pm
I’m Denise from Bridgeport, PA. About 15 miles northeast of Philadelphia – 10 minutes from historical Valley Forge Park – and I drive right past the King of Prussia Mall on my way to and from work everyday (I could walk there from my house if was more ambitious!).
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Lookit me | March 16, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Frankfurt, Germany!!! Even though I have only a marginal interest in cooking, your site really inspires me. Keep it up!
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Danae (The Busty Baker) | March 16, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Columbus, OH. Keep up the great work. I always look forward to your posts.
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Leesha | March 16, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Hi Elissa!
I am reading your blog all the way from Queenslad Australia… I found you blog when I was looking through the blogroll on daring bakers…
I really love a good blog.. I am mainly captured by the photography in a blog but with you blog it’s more than just pictures.. Your writing is captivating!!
I look foward to each new blog.. Keep up this amazing work, you’re an inspiration!!
Leesha
xx
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Jiyeon Lee | March 16, 2010 at 3:10 pm
bellevue, wa!
los angeles, ca!
aww elissa im so happy for you!!!
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Alana | March 16, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Seattle, WA–one of my very favorite places. And I love that you and I eat for the season and the weather together; there’s something wonderful about coming across a perfect recipe for a big storm because someone else is stuck inside too. Thanks for all you do!
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Joanne Geanoules | March 16, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Waldwick, NJ
We made the rainbow cake for a birthday party (with chocolate icing) & posted pics on your FB page. A BIG HIT!!! Keep up the great work- you are inspiring!
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Robin Jones | March 16, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Madison, WI
Must try the chocolate raspberry vanilla ice cream cookie sandwiches! Yum Yum!!! Love your blog – especially your photos!
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Ellie | March 16, 2010 at 6:09 pm
Irvine, California, USA
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Christine | March 16, 2010 at 6:21 pm
Tucson, Arizona ;-)
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Nancy Scarlett | March 16, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Your blog was passed to me by a friend. I have really enjoyed the recipes, the photographs, and especially your writing…three things I’ve always wanted to do better. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us.
Matthews, North Carolina
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Kathy | March 16, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Cincinnati, Ohio here (east side, Cherry Grove) — your chive scones look wonderful!
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Sheryl | March 17, 2010 at 5:59 am
San Antonio, Texas
I love your blog. You are an amazing baker, writer, and photographer.
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Karen | March 17, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Elissa,
I so enjoy reading your blog and just love your photos. I am from Long Island New York.
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Kelly | March 17, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Cambridge, Massachusetts
p.s. your blog is AWESOME!
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Joy | March 17, 2010 at 10:10 pm
I love your blog and am a keen baker/cook.
My son who is 13 also loves to bake and cook.
Your recipes are great and your photos very inspiring.
Adelaide Hills, South Australia! :)
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Carlie | March 19, 2010 at 6:11 pm
I love to do the same things as you. I think it is great that you share your talents and hobbies with others… I am from Troy, Idaho. :-)
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Ria | March 19, 2010 at 11:15 pm
Richmond, CA
You’re so inspiring! So young and talented! Thank you for making everything look so fun and delicious!
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Marsha | March 20, 2010 at 9:32 am
Collierville, TN
Really enjoy your blog, recipes and pictures!
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CONNIE | March 20, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Congratulations! On your 1st year Anniversary!
It’s wonderful to see such great talent at such a young age.
I wish you all the Best!
Connie
from: Montreal, Canada
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Shannon | March 21, 2010 at 6:41 am
Happy 1st Anniversary!!!!
Always love to read the blog
From: Seattle but now live in Hillsboro OR
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Jess | March 21, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Hi there. I love your blog. Im new to it but have nearly read every single post! I am from New Zealand.
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Heidi | March 21, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Reader from Twin Falls, Idaho–I found you thanks to becoming a fan of “Obsessed with Cookbooks” on Facebook. Elissa, you write a *great* blog and are as talented with your camera as you are in the kitchen. I don’t actually follow that many blogs–yours is the first I’ve read regularly. Thanks and keep up the good work! :o)
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Ayesha | March 22, 2010 at 12:51 am
Hello there. I’m from Islamabad, Pakistan. Love your blog and the amazing photography. I’m a baking buff myself and reallyenjoy reading what all you have to say. Happy First Birthday and all the best!
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mavibulutlugokyuzu | March 22, 2010 at 4:51 am
hey there! such a great blog you’vr got! i’ve found your blog through david lebovitz’s post on facebook. i’m from istanbul, turkey.
a question: would you consider going a little low-sugar or low-fat? i don’t suggest you use fake stuff, just adjust the amounts of fat and sugar. you know, with the amounts of butter and sugar you currently use, i only end up drooling over the photos cuz nobody i know, including myself, is willing to eat so much butter and sugar :( but anyways, your recipes and photography totally rock, i still luv it all and thanx for your efforts :))
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Christineb | March 22, 2010 at 5:09 am
I’m a (young) college librarian in northern Florida. I started reading your blog during the Bloggies, and I love your writing style and your recipes. It’s great that you’re so honest about the trouble you have, rather than always faking joy and happiness. Good job, and great luck!
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Anna | March 22, 2010 at 3:03 pm
I’m currently attending college in Boone, North Carolina, but I’m originally from a small town 4 hours away on the east side of NC. I love reading your blog and your photos are amazing. I’m starting up my own blog for the Daring Bakers challenges and I’m hoping to blog not only about the challenges but all of the other mishaps and triumphs I have in the kitchen. Congrats on your first year.
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Betsy | March 23, 2010 at 8:54 am
Seattle!!! I think I’ve stumbled upon your blog before, but I found you again through the recent Voracious post about Foodportunity. Go you!!!
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Stacey | March 23, 2010 at 1:01 pm
From Currituck, NC, now live in Northern Kentucky :)
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rachel | March 24, 2010 at 7:58 am
seattle!
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Shandygirl | March 24, 2010 at 12:15 pm
St. Petersburg, Florida, and I am thoroughly enjoying your blog.
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Victoria | March 24, 2010 at 5:21 pm
I’m from Cabot, Arkansas! I love you’re blog. I love baking, but I just wish I had your talent of journalism to go with it. :)
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Liz | March 25, 2010 at 12:44 pm
I reside in the lovely Adirondack town of Saranac Lake, NY. Love you baking and your pictures. Making my mouth water!!
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KB | March 25, 2010 at 4:50 pm
Burlington, Vermont!!
(but I have family in/around Seattle, wonderful city)
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Natalia | March 26, 2010 at 6:33 am
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil :]
i really want to try these recipes
every single entry i read makes me hungry lol
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Ainhoa Vega | March 28, 2010 at 6:14 am
From: Bilbao, Spain!
Love your blog and your photos.
Seattle is such a wonderful city, I wish I could visit again.
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Kylie | March 30, 2010 at 4:51 am
Melbourne, Australia!
I think I found you through Bakerella.com! She mentioned you I think, maybe she mentioned the bloggies? I don’t remember :)
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Hannah | March 31, 2010 at 12:38 am
Caloundra, (near Brisbane) Australia!
You wouldn’t believe how much you could inspire a baking obsessed 14 year old like me!
Wishing you all the best in whatever you do :)
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jess | March 31, 2010 at 9:21 am
sao paulo brazil !!
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Carol | March 31, 2010 at 3:07 pm
Seatte, Wa
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Kathy | March 31, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Akron, OH (home of the Black Keys, The Pretenders and Devo!
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Ella | April 1, 2010 at 1:32 am
I’m from Wellington, New Zealand!
I saw the URL for your blog in a magazine, I think.. Well anyway, I was at school and I wrote it on my hand so I could take a look – it’s even better than I imagined!
Keep baking!
xx
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Megan | April 1, 2010 at 7:28 am
Loja, Ecuador…..
you seem like such a sweet girl, and you have some very sweet concoctions :)
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Jackie | April 1, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Born NY, NY but currently at college in Ithaca, NY!
Loving your blog. Can’t wait to get home to try out your recipes!
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Jackie O | April 2, 2010 at 8:21 am
From Kansas City!
I “started” a blog called battersplatter a few months ago, but haven’t put any posts in! I am having too much trouble with the pictures… but I love your blog.
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Lily Batterham | April 3, 2010 at 4:57 am
From Townsville, Australia. I have yet to meet these Powerpuff Girls everyone informs me of.
I love your blog, but that’s not really new!
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Dubai Stylista | April 3, 2010 at 8:10 am
Love your blog, Elissa! The photography is stunning. Gets me hungry every. single. time.
Oh and I’m from Dubai in the UAE!
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Rieko | April 4, 2010 at 2:32 am
I’m from Hawaii and I love viewing your blog! Thanks!
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Angie | April 5, 2010 at 7:06 am
From Melbourne, Australia. :D
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Laima | April 5, 2010 at 7:36 am
I’m from Lithuania.
And I’m also 17 and love baking. :) Your blog is amazing, Elissa! All the best. :>
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Jessica | April 5, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Hi. I’m 12 and I found your blog through my magazine. I think your food and photography is absolutely amazing and my family and I love your gingersnap cookies. I’m from Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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Gabriela | April 5, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Minas Gerais, Brazil :)
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Bethann | April 6, 2010 at 11:40 am
Littleton, Colorado where it was 60 yesterday, and it should snow tonight.
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Kristen | April 6, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Burlington, Vermont- your blog gives me such inspiration! keep on being wonderful!
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Ashley | April 6, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Lynn, Massachusetts
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Shaheen | April 7, 2010 at 10:39 am
Bombay, India!!!
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Elise and Nallely | April 7, 2010 at 11:40 am
St. Louis, MO!
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Sarah | April 7, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Brooklyn, New York!
Elissa, I absolutely love your blog. It has become the number one most-checked website on my computer besides the NYT home page. Your writing is so beautiful and I’m continually amazed by your photography. You’re so wonderful!
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Yan Ee | April 8, 2010 at 5:24 am
Hi there, i am from southeast asia Singapore :D, happen to chance upon your blog. It is a pleasant find, i have already marked your URL :)! what a wonderful blog you have! Your pictures are fabulous, very inviting!
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Stephanie | April 8, 2010 at 6:06 am
Sydney, Australia
I heard of your blog through a magazine and I think I’m officially hooked! Your food loooks amazing and I’m going to try and conquer that rainbow cake soon! :)
Keep it up!
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Chantal | April 8, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Hey I’m from New Zealand!
I heard of this site through a magazine and I love it!
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Erin | April 8, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Milwaukee, Wisconsin!
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Nadia | April 8, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Great recipes, lovely photos!!
I’m from the Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
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Sarah-Jane | April 9, 2010 at 4:27 am
London, England :)
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sooyoung | April 9, 2010 at 8:43 am
my family is actually heading out to seattle this summer, any suggestions for good places to eat/see?
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Brianna! | April 9, 2010 at 12:34 pm
LOVE YOUR BLOG!
so glad I found it!!
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Deana | April 10, 2010 at 8:40 am
Nice blog. I’m from Broken Arrow, OK — just East of Tulsa.
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dre | April 10, 2010 at 11:52 am
orange county! and i love this blog…so much! The ginger carrot cake is amazzzzzing!
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hannah @ thepastrykook | April 11, 2010 at 7:58 am
singapore!
and i adore your blog! you’re really talented (:
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Hannah Elisabeth | April 11, 2010 at 9:03 am
Boston, MA! Home of baked beans & boston cream pie
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Maggie G. | April 11, 2010 at 5:35 pm
Jax, FL. I think it is definitely SO cool that you Blog. I love your photos. They remind me of paintings. Hmmm, Still Life with Biscuits
Maggie
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Ashley | April 11, 2010 at 10:57 pm
I’m in Shizuoka, Japan, but originally from Bellingham/Seattle. I think it’s great that you are doing something like this, especially at your age! Glad I found your blog. :)
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Sonya | April 12, 2010 at 8:20 am
Keene, NH! Only during the school year, though. Otherwise I’m just an hour or so north in Danbury, NH. Haha.
Love your blog. Your pictures are absolutely gorgeous!
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Taylor Shelton | April 12, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Fountain Hills, AZ
I just stumbled upon your blog today, but I am already very impressed and intrigued. I plan to check back regularly and try out some of your recipes. :)
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stephanie | April 12, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Hey,
I’m from Vancouver Canada. I just started reading your blog today and I really like your writing style and photography. Stunning photographs!
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Jennifer | April 13, 2010 at 9:18 am
Love this blog! I’m so impressed and very inspired!
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Zabwan | April 13, 2010 at 11:01 am
just found your site but i love it, and will be back to visit!
i write a foodblog in South Africa – pls visit!
I love to bake too, and have collected some wonderful recipes over the years. you might enjoy them!
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Alissa | April 13, 2010 at 10:03 pm
name: alissa (i find it funny how we have like, the same name!!!)
location: im a texas girl (:
mmmkay, here we go….
1) i loveeeee your blog title
2) im 14, and even though im young, i check your blog every 2 days and try one of your recipes every other week. im a die-hard 17 and baking fan
3) Could you, idk, design a t-shirt? because i would totally buy one.
4)I tried the almond biscotti w/o the chocolate. it failed, but my dog ate it! and thennn i tried again, and it worked. soo i just wanted to say, THANKS (:
~alissa
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Starting to Cook | April 14, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Syracuse, NY!
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Zas | April 15, 2010 at 9:17 am
Knoxville, TN
You have an amazing talent for writing, baking, and photography. I just stumbled upon your blog today (linked through Smitten Kitchen), but after reading only a few posts I knew I *had* to subscribe! Keep up the great work – can’t wait to see what you make next.
:)
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Deese | April 15, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Winston Salem, NC
Love your writing. You always make me feel like baking. I also feel like you give me a bit of insite into my little sisters life as you guys are the same age. So thank you for your awesome blog!
:)
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Zoe | April 15, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Plano, TX!
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mariamhansia | April 17, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Sausalito, California. I fallowed a link from smittenkitchen ive already bookmarked so many recipes of yours to try!
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Erin | April 18, 2010 at 3:16 pm
I’m 14 and I love to bake, and also enjoy reading your wonderfully written posts!
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Erin | April 18, 2010 at 3:20 pm
I love to bake! I love the recipes and your very creative posts!
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Juliette | April 19, 2010 at 1:44 pm
I’m writing from Italy (but I’m dutch), love your blog! If you want to try some italian recipes contact me ^^ I have a big big passion for baking, too!
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Brandy | April 19, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Albuquerque, NM
Love your 4th of July cake! :)
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Mara | April 19, 2010 at 7:05 pm
Palo Alto, CA. I made your gingersnaps for my english class and they loved them! Thank you so much for sharing your stories, experiences, and recipes with everyone. :)
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Olivia | April 19, 2010 at 10:29 pm
Auckland, New Zealand.
17 and baking too! Your blog is my favourite.
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Marcella Thompkins | April 20, 2010 at 6:16 pm
I am from LA but I am currently attending UCSB. I am completely obsessed with food blogs, haha :) Yours is wonderful!
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Patricia | April 20, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Just came across your blog!
Five minutes as a “17 and Baking” Reader and already loving it!
I am from Costa Rica but I read you from Atlanta, GA. :-)
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Cortney | April 20, 2010 at 9:59 pm
I truly enjoy reading your posts. Your eloquent words and amazing recipes that you share, and how you tie them together are wonderful to see from such an insight young lady. Good luck to you!!
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Lauren | April 21, 2010 at 11:23 am
Wonderful pictures, food and writing!!
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Lauren | April 21, 2010 at 11:28 am
Gosh, I forgot to leave my location!! Provo, Utah :)
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Stephanie | April 21, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Hey! Love your recipes, I am also 17 and love to bake! From S-burg, Pennsylvania! :D
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claire | April 21, 2010 at 6:22 pm
hi, i’m from singapore and my youngest son is 26yrs old and just want to say you inspire me a lot. thanks.
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Justina | April 21, 2010 at 8:33 pm
hello there im from Singapore!
like you, im 18 this year and i love baking. (but im an aviation student ^^,) you are really good and i love to read your wonderful entries. the words you write are always inviting and sometimes it makes me wonder how seattle looks like too.
ive never been there though. but one day! ;-)
thanks for sharing with us your wonderful creations, wonderful writings and most of all, your wonderful family/dad. keep up the good work!
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Hannah | April 21, 2010 at 9:26 pm
I found your blog last week via Smitten Kitchen. I’m a nutrition and culinary arts major in St. Louis and find your cooking and blogging inspiring and beautiful. Keep on bakin’…
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anne | April 23, 2010 at 11:53 am
I just found you and am so glad that I did! Coming from Minocqua, WI (Way northern WI). anne
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Jessica | April 23, 2010 at 12:33 pm
Hey! Your blog looks really nice I love baking ‘our age’ who have such a passion for baking! I’m 19 and baking lol, and I live in Kingston, Jamaica! Check out my blog! Its fairly new but nice content so far! :)
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Tegan | April 25, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Hi! I found your blog a while ago and love visiting it! I come all the way from Auckland, New Zealand!
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Juli | April 26, 2010 at 10:18 am
Amazing site and a lot of the yummiest recipes… thank you from Germany!
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bubu | April 26, 2010 at 8:40 pm
hi! I’m from solo, indonesia
do you know indonesia?
I found your blog in girlfriend magz *indonesia edition* and your blog is really inspiring.
keep bakin’ girl :)
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Clarice | April 28, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Jayne | April 28, 2010 at 9:02 pm
I’m from Selangor, Malaysia. I’m Chinese and live cooking + baking. :-)
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Heather Simons | April 29, 2010 at 7:00 am
Philadelphia, PA.
Your blog is an inspiration!
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sugar | April 30, 2010 at 1:15 am
so yummy :) sydney aus.
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micaela | April 30, 2010 at 9:08 am
started reading your blog in tallahassee, florida and have continued in chapel hill, nc!! love it, you have readers from literally all over the world!
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EdibLessons | May 1, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Just found your blog today! I currently live in Lynnwood, WA, but found your blog b/c a college acquaintance follows you, and we’re from Newport News, VA! The whole Seattle thing was a big coincidence!
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Alisa | May 2, 2010 at 3:04 pm
northern virginia, usa :)
burke, to be exact.
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Stacey | May 3, 2010 at 4:17 am
Grenoble, France… love your blog!!
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Jessica | May 3, 2010 at 11:09 am
Takoma Park, MD
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Julie | May 3, 2010 at 2:13 pm
I live in Fort Worth, Texas. Love your blog!!! I have a bunch of cooking blogs bookmarked but yours is one of my new favorites. You are a very good writer, photographer and cook. Amazing and can’t imagine what all is in store for your life being that you are just now 18.
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Maddy | May 3, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Nashville, TN
Go Music City!
I love your blog. I visit it everyday and reread my favorite posts!
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Party | May 4, 2010 at 9:07 am
Tel Aviv, Israel! Good vibes!
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Veronica | May 4, 2010 at 10:13 am
Aw.. you remind me of myself when I was young. I am twice your age now :-) ‘Groetjes’ from the Netherlands!
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Carly | May 5, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Hello, Elissa
Never before have I bookmarked a particular food blog into my internet’s tool bar. That is, until I came across 17 and Baking. I keep a small, ratty, old notebook in which I write down recipes that interest me. I have atleast 50 of the recipes posted on your blog written down. It must be the combination of your lovely photography (I have a Canon Rebel XTi myself), the impeccable, beautiful wording in all of your posts, and the flat out yumminess of your baking creations that kept bringing my fingers to type in the address of your blog time after time. You’re a sort of inspiration to me I think. I’m 18 as well, and I’ve been an avid baker for years, but never before have I spent so much time in the kitchen as I have in the past few months I’ve been reading your blog.
Thankyou for your words, and your creations, and the time and care you put into 17 and Baking.
Lots of love,
Carly (from Ventura, CA)
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chelsi | May 5, 2010 at 2:45 pm
I love your photos. I have been trying to find some food photos to put in my kitchen. Would you consider selling any? Thanks!
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Andrea C | May 7, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Melbourne Australia, think I clicked through first from Tasty Kitchen, maybe, or blogger awards??? great job! Andrea
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Pawadee | May 10, 2010 at 9:45 am
I’m from Phuket, Thailand but currently studying in the UK.
I absolutely love your blog
:)))
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ace | May 10, 2010 at 9:56 pm
VANCOUVER CANADA! :)
you’re such an inspiration to me.
I love to bake and I’m trying to get into a college/uni on the east coast too!
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Trevor | May 11, 2010 at 2:40 pm
From Canada but live in Hanoi, Vietnam. Hope you get the job and then use that experience to open your own awesome “homemade” cafe.
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Kate | May 12, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Pittsburgh, PA!
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Anna | May 12, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Keep up the GOOD work! You’re inspirational!
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Anna | May 12, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Keep up the GOOD work! You’re inspirational! All the way from THE BIG APPLE…. NYC!
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Shazi | May 13, 2010 at 7:31 am
Heya!
I’m from Birmingham, UK. I’m totally addicted to your blog, it has got me through many a lunch hour at work!
Keep up the good work Elissa, you have alot to be proud of at such a young age :o) xxx
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Rebecca | May 14, 2010 at 10:23 am
Just found your site – in Springville Utah – and can’t wait to get baking! You’re awesome!
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christa | May 17, 2010 at 9:02 am
i’m from your city – seattle. what a beautiful site. thanks for sharing your creativity.
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Michael | May 17, 2010 at 10:14 pm
Hi! I really like browsing through your entries, and the way you photograph those desserts make me drool. I’m a college student from Quezon City, Philippines. :D
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Deb | May 18, 2010 at 4:59 am
I just discovered your blog and I love reading your posts! I will definitely be trying recipes soon, as well! I’m from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
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Louise | May 18, 2010 at 5:18 am
I am from Adelaide, Australia! Love your blog! (:
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Tami | May 18, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Hi, I’m from Grand Rapids, Michigan and recently found you. I love reading all the back posts that I’ve missed. I have a “16 and cooking” daughter who also enjoys reading your blog. Thanks for sharing a little corner of Seattle with us.
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Sierra. | May 21, 2010 at 11:17 am
i was reading the recipe section on girls life, because i also love cooking, & i found some of your stuff. it all sounds delicious. (:
– can’t wait to use some of your recipes! :D
sierra; eastport maine. <33
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Pam | May 21, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Elissa! WOW!! Gorgeous! Our mouths are watering just from the pictures! They look delicious, we just know they are even more yummy to taste!! Way to go!! Love, Your Dental Office!!
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Jennifer | May 21, 2010 at 4:46 pm
The Bluegrass: Central Kentucky, small town! I was baking from an early age too and I adore you style!
Take care,
Jennife
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Debra | May 22, 2010 at 7:08 pm
Way down south in Alabama!!
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Anna | May 23, 2010 at 9:07 am
Lund, Sweden : ) Fun to see where everyone else is reading from !
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Georgia | May 24, 2010 at 4:05 am
Sydney, Australia
One word to describe 17and baking- A-FREAKIN-MAZING!
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Olivia | May 24, 2010 at 8:49 am
Flower Mound, Texas.
And yes… we do actual have a giant mound covered in flowers.
:)
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Lidia | May 24, 2010 at 10:28 am
Girl, you ROCK!!! You’re every mom’s dream!!! Wish you the best as you end high school and enter college. Go get em!! Greetings from Southern California!! GO LAKERS!!!
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Camille | May 25, 2010 at 8:43 am
Muncie, IN
I tried two of your recipes this weekend, Cold War Brownies and Bacon Brownies. They were both amazing, but unfortunately I only got to eat half of a Cold War Brownie before my boyfriend dropped the whole plate on the floor… oh well. The bacon ones absolutely made my day, though!
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Bonnie Riffle | May 25, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Your writing is amazing and very fluid. I am in awe of your maturity at age 17, now 18. The way you appreciate the details in life is not often found in someone so young. I see a little of myself in you. I have been baking since I was a child and I have always loved writing. You have a lot of talent…I am 39 years old, and you are an inspiration to me.
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Carla | May 25, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Whitestone, NY
Love your blog, the pics make my mouth water everytime. I love to bake but haven;t doen so much lately -( i am a new mom)
Good luck in college, u are an inspiration!!
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Mitch Smythe | May 25, 2010 at 10:15 pm
as a Cook, molded by my mothers hands, I never could bake, but I can cook just about anything & everything else.
I love your blog
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Awalia Prihantini | May 25, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Melaka, Malaysia.
I loved your blog! I find it simplistic, and the pictures are beautiful.
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Barb Dute | May 25, 2010 at 11:34 pm
St Petersburg , Fl
I enjoyed your descriptive writing, and your photos and recipes, are making me, so very hungry !! : )
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Julie | May 26, 2010 at 4:20 am
Boise, Idaho, but in Pennsylvania for another month. You are an inspiration! I found you via Poires au Chocolat via Tastespotting. Many happy recipes to you!
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Honorata | May 26, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Wroclaw, Poland.
I just found your blog about 15 minutes ago & love it. Good job.
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Emily | May 27, 2010 at 5:32 am
Evanston, Illinois
Great blog- I’m impressed!
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Louisa | May 27, 2010 at 7:54 pm
I’m in Ontario, Canada! And I have to say that I just stumbled upon your blog and being a fellow high school student, food lover and blogger I can so relate to this post!! I just recently started my blog, but I haven’t told anyone about it… maybe now I will.
Your post has given me a bit of confidence I never thought I would have! :)
p.s I love your blog!
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willoughbywhimsy | May 29, 2010 at 9:35 am
Greensboro, NC
What an accomplished young lady! Bravo! You should be very proud of yourself!!
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Katherine | May 30, 2010 at 6:04 am
Queens, New York!
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Elisa | May 31, 2010 at 5:46 am
I’m from Corvallis, Oregon but I live in Lima, PERU!!!
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Sara | May 31, 2010 at 8:53 am
Rochester, Minnesota! (Although I am originally from Seneca Falls, New York – the birthplace of women’s rights!)
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Kathleen | May 31, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Denver, Colorado! I happened on your blog while trying to find the recipe for Mexican Chocolate cookies. I didn’t find the recipe, but I’ve spent the last 30 minutes browsing your blog. Very nice work!
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Maja | June 1, 2010 at 10:35 am
Croatia, Europe ;)
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Sydney85 | June 1, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Austin, Texas. I am really enjoying your blog. I can definitely relate to your passion for Paris pastries. I am originally from Australia and have traveled to many countries but have never tasted pastries and food as I did in Paris.
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Jenny | June 2, 2010 at 5:58 am
VA Beach, VA. I found your blog through FNJ’s article on teen bloggers. You are incredibly talented, keep up the good work!
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Lizzle | June 2, 2010 at 10:07 am
Seattle! Hooray!!
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Timmera | June 2, 2010 at 2:31 pm
You are an amazing writer, photographer, and of course baker. I love reading about your baking adventures!
Sacramento, Ca
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Franziska | June 3, 2010 at 2:52 am
Hi there from Leipzig, Germany!
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Aubrae | June 3, 2010 at 6:42 am
HI, Elissa –
I’m a former Seattle-ite, currently living in Oklahoma City. I was shown your blog by another friend, also formerly of Seattle, but now in Atlanta… You’re world-famous, girl!
Your writing is captivating, your photos breath-taking… I’ve yet to try your recipes, but will, soon.
Thanks for doing what you love – you’re an inspiration!!
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Talita | June 3, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Hi, Elissa! I’m from Paraná, Brazil!
Your blog is awesome!! Really like your decadent cakes. The cello is gorgeous!
P.s. My husband plays it.
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Sue | June 3, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Hi Elissa, Your writing is inspiring! And your recipes are wonderful. Thanks!
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Kelsey B | June 4, 2010 at 12:08 am
NEW ZEALAND South Island :)
I saw your website in a magazine.
Your really really really good and i like to bake too – breads are my favourite to make but im not nearly as good as you…your amazing!
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Stephanie J | June 4, 2010 at 6:43 am
Calgary Alberta Canada :-)
found you through yeast spotting, great blog! Great recipes! I have bookmarked your blog for when I need inspiration :-)
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bel | June 4, 2010 at 11:22 am
a very far cry from Seattle, I read your blog all the way over in Ireland, where I was born, bread and frequently bake! I’m relatively new to your blog. I came across it as I was searching Google Images. Occasionally, I search the web for recipes (though I have an extensive cook book collection), to me, the aesthetics are very important, I can’t resist making delicious things look as delicious as they taste; I think I must be predisposed to this as I am an artist. Basically, I was looking for a recipe for a cake that was beautiful (inside and out). One of your photos came up on my search results and i visited your site where i proceeded to bake the cake much to the delight of my family and friends, as it tasted and looked great.
Since then, I have been back many a time to try out recipes, check out your photos (I’m also a photographer) and read your posts. It’s become some sort of escapism for me. It’s like a comforting little sanctuary that i visit every so often. I’m only 20 (21 in July) and a student at art college in Dublin and recently I found out that some of my art work had made the journey all the way to Botswana and Australia since my last exhibition. I know how great it feels to see your work travel, so I thought I’d just let you know that you have ventured all the way over to Ireland. Please keep on Bloggin’, I do love it. Thanks!
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MaryElise | June 5, 2010 at 8:05 am
Raleigh, North Carolina!
A friend of mine shares your recipes on facebook quite frequently, and I got hooked!
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Ros | June 5, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Round Rock (Near Austin), Texas. great blog!
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Meg | June 5, 2010 at 10:19 pm
the one and only….. Flower Mound, Texas!
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Cookie | June 7, 2010 at 4:15 pm
I’m nowhere as popular as you but I remember the first comment I ever received on my blog and it totally made my day! Glad you’re still baking and I’m gonna try this recipe using some Vegetable flavored cream cheese I just got. Thanks for the recipe!
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Cookie | June 7, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Oh sorry! San Francisco, CA!
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writer_shanaynay | June 7, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Kentucky!
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Lauren | June 7, 2010 at 6:22 pm
South Bend, Indiana!
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Jenny | June 7, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Los Angeles, Ca
I’m 17 and baking too :]
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Tiah | June 8, 2010 at 9:41 am
Portland, OR – I just love your blog!!!
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Liselotte | June 8, 2010 at 10:58 am
Hi!
I’ve been reading your blog for a while, and I love it! All the recipes look so good to me. I haven’t been able to try a lot of them, but the Buttermilk Pound Cake has been labeled ‘favorite’ by my family =]
I’m from Doorn, The Netherlands, so you do have fans on the other side of the world!
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Geneviève | June 8, 2010 at 11:46 am
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Keep it up!! Love your stories, recipes and photography! :)
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Ady | June 9, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Great recipes! I just started my own blog too because I’m inspired by blogs like yours.
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Shea | June 9, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Hi 17! Greetings from India. You have a great site. Especially love the pictures! Keep up the good work!
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Indigo | June 10, 2010 at 1:00 am
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
I’m 18 and I started reading your blog just over a week ago and have suddenly discovered a passion for baking though I’m slightly hampered by only having a microwave and no oven. I also have to adapt every recipe heavily as my mum is allergic to gluten and lactose. It’s fairly simple to find gluten free recipes but then I have to replace all dairy.
I have been inspired to start a blog about baking (though I haven’t quite set it up yet) after reading yours, it’s not just the recipes but also your amazing writing, I will be happy if I can make my blog even a fraction as good as yours.
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Sarah | June 10, 2010 at 10:28 am
Hi! 32 and from Queens, New York! I love your blog, your stories and your recipes! Keep up the great work!!
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Marley | June 10, 2010 at 11:02 am
Hi!
This is my first time on your blog, and it made me really happy to find it! I love to bake, and have wanted to do more of it than I have been. Maybe I’ll do something similar to keep me at it? I don’t know, but I’ll definitelty be coming back to your site!
I’m from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Marley
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Shannon | June 10, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Hi I’m Shannon and I’m from Ottawa Ontario Canada :)
Been reading this blog for a few months now and must say it’s a great part of my lunch hours. Loving the recipes and the entries alike!
Keep it going :D
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taylor | June 10, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Hi! I’m a college student from Oklahoma, and I’ve enjoyed stumbling onto your blog today! Can’t wait to try some of your recipes soon. :)
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Denise | June 10, 2010 at 2:41 pm
Great blog and amazing photography! Chicago, IL
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Gayle | June 11, 2010 at 4:55 pm
my 14 y old daughter found your blog and has made the crinkle cookies which we all enjoyed she made a second batch which I took to work they didn’t last very long they were great. I’m going to try the jam tart it looks delish! Albury Australia
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Jessica | June 12, 2010 at 3:20 am
I’m from Hong Kong and I just discovered your website today…its amazing!
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Marie :-) | June 12, 2010 at 1:01 pm
I’m from Chattanooga, TN.
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Kylie Foster | June 12, 2010 at 4:42 pm
I’m from Mesa, AZ- your blog is amazing! Keep up the great work!
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Misa | June 13, 2010 at 7:33 am
I’m from Melbourne, Australia. I’m 17 (going on 18) and am an avid baker too! I love everything about your blog; the photography and most of all, the way you write with so much ease and honesty. I can’t wait to see more posts in the future. Keep up the good work! :)
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Jeannie | June 13, 2010 at 7:49 am
UB, Mongolia.
I bet you weren’t expecting that.
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Alea | June 13, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Hey there! Ottawa, Canada…
looooove your photos. Just started a gluten free blog- hope you take a look :) happy baking!
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melissa | June 14, 2010 at 3:01 am
Eindhoven, the netherlands
love the photos and recipes, can’t wait to try some :)
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Tricia | June 14, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Manchester, CT – I remember being 17, about 30 years ago!
My daughter, who lives in Boston, sent me an email with a link to your “Lemon-Scented Pull-Apart Coffee Cake” that said “Make this for me”
It sounds delicious! We will make it this weekend for Father’s Day.
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David | June 15, 2010 at 12:27 pm
I’m a Canadian, but I live in Santiago, Chile.
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Honey | June 15, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Beautiful blog… unbelievable you are only 17.
I started 8 months ago and almost double your age.
keep at it… you are so talented and write so well, it is as though I’m reading a novel.
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Candace | June 16, 2010 at 3:31 pm
I’m from Florida, but I just moved to New York after I got an internship with a magazine in the city.
I love your blog, and your little vignettes about life. I’ve kept my blog a secret for so long, feeling the exact same way — that people wouldn’t understand it.
As you prepare for college, keep baking, and don’t worry too much about how life will change come August (or September) — your kitchen may not be the same (heck, it could be nonexistent), your family may be farther away, but your community is still here, and we’re all rooting for you.
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Shauna | June 16, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Berkeley, California!
I adore your blog. I only discovered it a few months ago. I’m 19 and a college student, and I love the way you write/bake. My baking was stifled my freshman year because of living in the dorms–I think I baked twice, with friends, and both times it was using something from a mix, which I never do–and coming home for various breaks allowed me a chance to bust out my “Things to bake” list that in my deprivation I gradually compiled throughout the semester. But making friends who have apartments helps immensely, so my sophomore year was filled with weekly (at least!) baking from scratch. I hope you’re able to bake more than I did (and things of better quality than I did!) in your freshman year :)
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Meaghan | June 17, 2010 at 7:56 am
From Cedar City, Utah! Your patriotic cake was featured on a news station in Salt Lake yesterday…I really enjoy baking and creating so a friend of mine suggested that I look into recipe, leading me to your blog. I am so impressed! I think that I will have a great time diving in and enjoying some fresh ideas! I also love the photos that you take! Thanks for sharing your talents! Keep it up!
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Robyn Davis | June 17, 2010 at 1:44 pm
I’m new to your blog, but your photography is gorgeous. I’m from Denver, CO originally, but I’m soon to be a junior at University of Puget Sound in the FABULOUS state of WA, just 40 minutes south of your hometown!
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Pam | June 17, 2010 at 5:20 pm
I’ve been enjoying your blog for some time now and continue to be impressed with your writing. As you start on the next phase of your life’s journey I hope that you will find a few spare moments to let us follow your next adventure and allow us to enjoy your recipies and photos.
Portsmouth, VA
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Jane | June 19, 2010 at 8:03 am
Stanwood, WA…about an hour north of Seattle. Hi Elissa, I’m an English teacher at a small high school and have to say that your writing ability is inspiring. Great job tapping into sensory details in all you do, whether it is the recipes you choose, the photos you take or the stories you tell to weave them together. Your parents should be proud, and from the comments they make on your blog, they obviously are. Congratulations on graduation, best of luck in college and with those future novels!
P.S.- Although I love teaching English, I would jump at the chance to teach culinary arts if given the chance…your site is the perfect mix!
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Eeva-Maija | June 20, 2010 at 9:50 am
Greetings from Jyväskylä, Finland!
What can I say, your style of writing and photography are really inspiring and inventive! I found your blog a couple of months ago and have been hooked ever since.
Might to sound weird, as I don’t even know you, but I am proud of you. All I can hope that I would’ve have found out my desire for baking at your age, I would probably be so much better at it now.
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Liana | June 22, 2010 at 12:45 pm
You are a true baking inspiration for me~! =)
I lov eto bake, and seeing all your treats/sweets, really makes me want to bake. =)
Tahnk you fore showing everybody your cerations…
Looking forward to more from Washington.
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Hanna Begic | June 23, 2010 at 12:56 am
Salutations teen wonder baker ;)
Needless to say from the previous 806 comments before me that your talent for both cooking, photography and writing is capitative.
I hope that as i am 16 years old i can make a blog worthy as yours.
Anyhow, not sure if you had an aussie so far, (no offence but 800 comments is a lot to read) QLD, Australia.
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Zara | June 23, 2010 at 8:33 am
West Bloomfield, MI
Saw your blog on the blog roll on a friend’s blog about a month ago, and have been following it ever since.
I am a 16-year-old who also loves to bake. Recently, a lot of pie.
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TriviumChick | June 23, 2010 at 10:44 pm
Okemos, MI! Saw your blog on Smitten Kitchen’s “Good Reads”… gook luck in college! You sound like a really determined girl, and I’m sure you will smashingly! By the way, your parents rock… Kitchen Aid, yes please!
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Bee | June 24, 2010 at 9:31 am
Boston, MA
I just discovered your blog today, and am so inspired – congrats, and I wish you a lot of luck in college and on this side of the country! :)
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Annice | June 24, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Vancouver, BC :)
Elissa, you’re my major inspiration. After I read your blog, I set my mind to start my own blog, only last week. Come visit me to give me some feedback, if you have time =D
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Shelly | June 24, 2010 at 6:34 pm
will be back….heard about you on fb. came to check it out.
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melissa | June 24, 2010 at 11:52 pm
i just found your blog tonight…
fort campbell, ky is where i call home!
do you have any suggestions on how i can prolong the shelf life of a cupcake in a jar so i can send them to my hubby overseas???
i’d love your expert advice!
melissa
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Gelene | June 25, 2010 at 12:35 pm
Bothell, WA
HUGE fan of Michelle Moore and found you when she posted a link to your TV Show appearance in Seattle, I can’t wait to make that AMAZING 4th of July cake and get caught up on your blog. Wow, so talented for girl so young! Keep up the good work!
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Nicole | June 25, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Hi!
I’m from the Dominican Republic and I am beyond enamored with your blog. I’m following you on facebook and twitter. Stalker-ish I know ^^; Keep up the excellent work!
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Xin Lin | June 26, 2010 at 4:48 am
I’m from Sydney, Australia. I share mostly the same passions apart from english which is a great nuisance to me. XP
I love your blog, please continue writing. Everytime I see one of your pictures my mouth salivates. I always get hungry reading your blog. I wish to be more like you and that sounds weird but yea. I’m only 13.
ON WITH THE WRITING :D
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Carrie Olsen | June 30, 2010 at 9:24 am
Bergen Norway but originally from the Tri-Cities in Washington…Just found your blog while looking for a 4th of July cake recipe and I love it! Can’t wait to follow along :)
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Rachel | June 30, 2010 at 3:26 pm
I currently live in Las Vegas, NV but am moving to SoCal 2 weeks from today! :D
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Hilary | June 30, 2010 at 8:26 pm
I stumbled upon your blog today when I was pursuing cooking blogs. I recently got married and the only thing I can prepare up to this point is oatmeal cookies! After seeing your blog, I’m inspired and can’t wait to try out the peanut butter chocolate muffins!
Twin Falls, Idaho :)
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Allison | July 1, 2010 at 8:16 am
Ann arbor, MI
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Ricki Langford | July 1, 2010 at 11:23 am
I am in Houston, TX. I love your blog! Your talents are beautiful :)
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Chloe | July 2, 2010 at 2:38 am
Townsville Australia!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE your recipies, you are truely amazing. :D
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Jackie | July 2, 2010 at 6:38 am
I stumbled upon your blog while looking of 4th of July desserts. WOW!! Your writing and photography are amazing. You have accomplished so much and at a young age. Kudos to you!!! I can’t wait to check back regularly – you have inspired me to try some new recipes.
Thanks so much–
Jackie
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Dan the Man | July 2, 2010 at 10:14 am
Checking in from Southern New Jersey!
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Julie B. | July 2, 2010 at 10:34 am
This is my new favorite blog. I love it and I love to bake!!
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Julie B. | July 2, 2010 at 10:50 am
Oh and I’m reading from Omaha, NE. :)
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DeborahB | July 2, 2010 at 11:57 am
Hello from Cincinnati, OH!!
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Sally | July 2, 2010 at 12:13 pm
You’re one of my favorites, been reading since the start! I’m in Chicago now, but last year, New York!
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Kandice | July 2, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Currently I am in Shreveport, Louisiana, but if it counts in 1 month I’ll be moving to Buckeye, Arizona. :]
I love your blog. I remember when I was 17 and in the middle of a culinary arts class that gave me a love for baking but helped me decide that I did not want to be a baker.
Anyhow, I read every chance I get and even put a few of your delicious recipes in my own recipe holder. You are amazing! Keep it up.♥
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Megan | July 2, 2010 at 5:21 pm
I’m a dedicated baker and just discovered your blog today. I absolutely love your voicce, passion, and results. I’m in San Francisco.
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Melissa | July 3, 2010 at 4:30 am
Thanks for the recipe for these – they sound really yummy. I can’t wait to try them :)
Oh and I’m from Glasgow, Scotland :D
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Caroline | July 3, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Hi from Austin, TX! I’m your cousin Connie’s friend, and I love your blog. Haven’t seen you since you were 13 years old, at Connie’s wedding, but very impressed by your accomplishments since then. :)
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sherry | July 3, 2010 at 10:48 pm
red,white,and blue cake we are going to have it for the 4th I think we all will like it thanks for it
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Sophie | July 4, 2010 at 2:21 am
Sydney, Australia! And yes we kids do ride Kangaroos to school! Lol
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Casey | July 4, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Orlando, FL!
Attracted to your blog after seeing a photo of your Red, White & Blue cake! Your EXCELLENT skills in photography and writing will keep me coming back for more! I’ll even try to replicate a recipe or two! Thanks for the inspiration and best of luck to you at college!
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Kathy | July 4, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Beautiful photos, love the recipes!
St Joachim-de-Courval, Quebec, Canada
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Mari | July 4, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Made the flag cake for today, Thanks so much for the instructions. It was a hit in cedarburg, wisconsin
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Jessica | July 4, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
these recipes are amazing~
^_^
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Do | July 5, 2010 at 6:38 am
loooove your recipes and epecially your photos
Zagreb, Croatia XD
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Sophia | July 6, 2010 at 11:02 am
nyc! I’m thirteen and also have a baking blog :)
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Georgia | July 6, 2010 at 7:58 pm
Central Coast, NSW, AUSTRALIA!
I absolutely LOVE everything about this blog- the photos, the recipes and mostly the mini stories that weave the two together and give it so much more depth.
17 and Baking is inspiring for teenagers like myself, and no doubt everyone else as as well. Keep u the good work :)
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Maya | July 8, 2010 at 8:02 am
Southwest Florida :)
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Adrian | July 8, 2010 at 8:10 am
I LOVE your blog! Very inspiring. My husband is a chef and even he is impressed with some of your creations! Can’t wait to try the 4th of July cake next year!
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Adrian | July 8, 2010 at 8:10 am
P.s. We are from Des Moines, IA
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peachyplum | July 8, 2010 at 9:48 am
Holy Toledo Batman, your creations look amazing! Greetings from Maryland
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Crystal | July 8, 2010 at 5:37 pm
I found you through iambaker blog!!! Stationed in SoCal w/ the military! My kids beg to make your recipes and we learn them together (I am 24 w/ an almost 7 yr, 3, & 1 yr olds). I can even integrate them into homeschooling!! My hubby is returning from deployment soon and we’ll be making your infamous flag cake as a surprise to welcome him! Thanks soo much, you are truly talented and I love your humble yet knowledgeable personality! <3
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Mirela | July 9, 2010 at 9:01 am
Your blog is amazing!
Brings together two things that I love too, cooking and photography.
By the way, I am from Brazil.
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Angie | July 9, 2010 at 1:59 pm
My husband sent me your blog with the 4th of July cake. I sent it out to co-workers (who ooh’d and aaah’d) but i was too nervous to try it out on such short notice. I may try it with my daughters this week.
I love your writing – very visual and emotional.
I’m looking forward to attempting some of your creations.
Happy baking -> Sidney, Illinois
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Michelle | July 9, 2010 at 9:37 pm
Auckland, New Zealand
I’ve been a silent reader for a while now, and i have the most shocking memory but I think I discovered your blog during the blog nominations?
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Jamie | July 10, 2010 at 7:52 am
Hi from Melrose, MA!
You have such beautiful talents – thank you for sharing them with us. I’ve only just discovered your blog and for the past hour, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed every post, picture, and recipe!
Best wishes for continued success! :)
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Kate | July 10, 2010 at 10:01 am
I just made these.I didn’t refrigerate them twice (only once) tasted amaaaaaaziing!!!
I am a young baker and I was totally inspired by you!! I also made your coffe and white marble cake with chocolate glaze for Fathers Day. My dad loved them!
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Val | July 11, 2010 at 7:33 am
Greetings from Evanston, Illinois (via Seattle, too :-)
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leslie | July 11, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Kingwood, Texas. Photography, baking, writing….and created at 17!!!!! I look forward to what else you have to offer. Keep up the great work.
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Karyn | July 12, 2010 at 7:50 am
Hi from Orrington, Maine!
My daughter & I love your blog.
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Nancy | July 12, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Compton, Callifornia =)
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Kelly R | July 13, 2010 at 11:47 am
Waukesha, Wisconsin!
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Hannah | July 13, 2010 at 1:18 pm
Hillsboro, Illinois.
Its a little tiny town.
i love reading your blog. you’re a huge inspiration for me, since i’m 14 (going to be a sophomore in high school), and have a passion for food, cooking, and photography. its nice to have a well-written blog to read by someone only a few years older then i am. thank you!
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Amy | July 13, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Hello from Denver, Colorado. I’m bookmarking the July 4 flag cake!
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Rose | July 13, 2010 at 7:00 pm
NYC
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Hannah | July 14, 2010 at 8:18 am
Merrill, WI
I just discovered your blog, and as I’m 17 and on a baking binge this summer it was only appropriate I add your site to my favorites. :)
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Sonia | July 14, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Wow, I love reading your blog.
You’re a talented writer, don’t stop. :)
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Sara | July 17, 2010 at 4:35 am
Dublin, Ireland
Hi, Your blog is sensational, you should be so proud- the recipes a relovely and the photos really beautiful. Your checkerboard cookies are on my to-bake list. I’ve been blogging about cooking and baking for about two months and your blog is a wonderful role model!
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Garrett | July 17, 2010 at 6:47 am
Hi, I stumbled across your blog and I love it! I can’t get enough of your incredible recipes and pictures. In all seriousness, this site is fantastic. I’m 18 as well and I’m as obsessed as you are with cooking and photography :) and I’m from Boston!! Thanks for posting and keep up the good work.
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alana | July 18, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Curitiba/Brazil
Great blog!! Very good writing and amazing pictures….
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Mel | July 19, 2010 at 5:44 pm
Wooster, Ohio
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outsideoslo | July 19, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Seattle (specifically Ballard)
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Martha | July 20, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Melbourne, Australia. A friend made a version of your rainbow cake for her daughter’s birthday (it was a huge hit!) and sent me your link. Love your writing. Good luck at college, I’m hoping you manage to keep baking and posting periodically.
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Jaime | July 22, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Corona California!
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Madeline | July 23, 2010 at 4:24 am
Been reading for awhile and really enjoying! Keep it up!
Originally from Minneapolis, MN but now living in Nottingham, UK.
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Rachel | July 24, 2010 at 1:03 am
Tel Aviv, Israel.
Beautiful blog and delicious recipes!
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Leslie | July 24, 2010 at 10:02 am
Wow! From WV
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Kristy Dunnigan | July 26, 2010 at 8:45 am
Farmington Hills, MI USA
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Lynsie | July 27, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Highland, Utah
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Georgina | July 29, 2010 at 5:54 am
Singapore!
And I have to say, yours is one of the nicest, most engaging food blogs I’ve come across.
Looking forward to the next post =)
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Salena | July 29, 2010 at 10:06 am
Memphis, TN
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Kelli | July 29, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Port Washington, WI !
I love your blog. It is one of my favorites :)
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Joanne | July 29, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Cambridge, MA! Originally from San Jose, CA
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Gina | July 30, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Christchurch, New Zealand
Just stumbled across your blog. Looking to do some baking today and needed some inspiration. You have given me loads! Not sure what I will bake first!!
Thanks!!
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cherubskiss | July 31, 2010 at 8:38 pm
Brisbane Australia!!
Love your baking!
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Michelle | July 31, 2010 at 10:15 pm
love your blog! just found it yesterday and made your banana bread last night ~ loved it, and can’t wait to try many more!! keep it up!
vancouver, canada
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Bibi | August 1, 2010 at 1:28 am
Just found your blog and can’t stop reading it: you are an inspiration!
From the Netherlands
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Shannon | August 1, 2010 at 3:10 am
Metro Detroit Area of Michigan!
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selina | August 1, 2010 at 11:28 am
Leicester, UK soon to be Bergen, Norway :)
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Megan | August 1, 2010 at 3:43 pm
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Just found your blog but it look great!
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carolina | August 1, 2010 at 9:22 pm
i use to live in florida but i moved back o my homeland Colombia….im also a teen who loves to bake..congrats on your amazing baking and writing skills!
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Lily | August 1, 2010 at 9:25 pm
Burnaby, British Columbia
Everything on your blog is soo delicious looking!
I’m currently trying to make the orange-cinnamon buns (:
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Yael | August 2, 2010 at 1:02 am
Love your blog! I’m from Herzylia, Israel.
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nikki | August 2, 2010 at 11:15 am
I am 36 and from Michigan. Great blog sweety.
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Riddhi Gandhi | August 2, 2010 at 5:15 pm
I am 27 from Texas. You rock!!!
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Sara Smith | August 3, 2010 at 4:24 pm
19 from Cocoa, Florida.
You’re awesome.
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Lyndsey Gray | August 3, 2010 at 5:13 pm
I think what you’ve done is fantastic. I can only hope that my own blog, which has just started, will one day be as accomplished as this one. Best of luck to you!
~ Lyndsey
Columbus, IN
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Melanie | August 4, 2010 at 7:07 am
This is my first time visiting your blog. What an accomplish writer and baker you are for such a young age. After reading your blog today it inspired me to bake my cinnamon caramel rolls for my two children who will be soon leaving for college. It is one of their favorites and after reading your blog it made me think about the connection we make with people and the food or meals we share together. Best of luck to in college and I look forward to reading more of your blog.
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Renee | August 5, 2010 at 7:30 am
i love your blog!! Lindsay, CA
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emily s | August 6, 2010 at 1:55 am
Love your blog! Reading it all the way from Minsk, Belarus : ))
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claire gleeson | August 6, 2010 at 9:57 am
love the blog, from Claire. Dublin, Ireland x
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Nalena | August 6, 2010 at 2:50 pm
Elissa!
I live in the lovely neighborhood of Capitol Hill in Seattle, originally from Puerto Rico. :) For some reason I recall somewhere in your blog you stating that you live in Issaquah, I commuted to Issaquah Highlands everyday this past year (working at the Habitat for Humanity site). If you ever have some free time I would encourage you to go visit the four lovely homes that are almost completed!
Anyways, I have been following your blog religiously for over a year now, and have made your sugar cookies twice!
You are an extremely talented individual and I look forward to your future posts.
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Laura | August 7, 2010 at 9:57 am
Your blog is completely fantastic. It makes me so happy to see someone my age so eloquent, talented, and excited to share what they love.
I’m in Philadelphia, PA and Cincinnati, OH.
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Janelle | August 7, 2010 at 10:21 am
Pittsburgh, PA :)
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Nicole | August 8, 2010 at 6:54 pm
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Love your blog!
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Maryann | August 9, 2010 at 8:29 pm
GUAM, US minor outlying island
Always checking to see what new wonderful recipes you have tried! Thanks for writing and sharing!
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Tami | August 9, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Very impressed with your blog. Your writing and photographs are wonderful and happy to see a teen engaged in something so creative. Good luck in college. I hope you are able to find some space to still create wonderful, edible art!
Twin Cities, MN
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Jessiebelle | August 10, 2010 at 1:22 am
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
I’ve been reading your blog for a year or more now. I always enjoy it and I can’t wait to see how far you go in life. I know it is going to be a long, long way.
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Sara | August 11, 2010 at 1:31 am
Hey Elissa,
This blog is really lovely, hopefully some day I’ll be able to get proper camera and take some amazing pictures too!
Good luck at college and don’t forget you don’t need a Kitchen Aid to do lots of recipes, I mostly use a big bowl and a spoon and had a box with tupperware jars of flour and sugar under my bed!
Sarah,Leeds, England
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Rachel | August 11, 2010 at 8:45 am
Orange County, CA
I am SO excited to try these biscuits. They look absolutely amazing! I love, love. love your blog, keep doing what you’re doing!!!
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Flora | August 11, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Hajduszoboszlo, Hungary :)
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Liz Martin Ishimoto | August 12, 2010 at 6:23 pm
l just love your blog. Love the recipes, pictures, and the writing.
Honolulu, HI
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Tanya | August 13, 2010 at 9:28 am
I’m 14 (15 next month!) and I absolutely love your website! :)
good luck with your website and your amazing baking/ writing/ photography skills!
Knoxville, TN :D
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Jessie | August 13, 2010 at 8:55 pm
Victoria, Australia
Keep it up,
love.love.love
912.
Jessica | August 15, 2010 at 7:04 am
Seattle!! :)
913.
Kayla | August 16, 2010 at 1:14 pm
I’m from Florida!
I’ve been reading your blog for a long time now and I love it! You are so talented! Your photos are stunning and your recipes are divine!
I think it’s amazing how there are TEENS that love to cook and take the time to share it on a blog! I am a fellow teenager but I’m really into health food. They should have a TEEN FOOD BLOGGER CONFERENCE! Don’t you think? I vote for you to attend if they ever have one! I know they do them for the adults! What makes us any different?!? :)
914.
Elise | August 19, 2010 at 1:06 pm
I live in Richmond, Virginia. Your blog is great!
915.
Melissa | August 20, 2010 at 8:20 am
Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia!
916.
Dawn | August 20, 2010 at 11:54 pm
I live in Hawaii, but since my husband is in the Navy, I have followed your blog from Bahrain, Spain, Japan, Rhode Island, Florida, California and Australia.
917.
Sam | August 21, 2010 at 6:23 am
Hi. I’m Sam. I’m 13, live in New Jersey, and I looove baking,
writing, and animals!!!
Baking is a real passion to me. I really enjoy making up recipes
and trying out new ones! One of the most recent things I made
were PB cups! I didn’t make up the recipe (T-T) But the way I
make them, they have to be my recipe! (Secret ingredients) >.>
<.< Don't tell. XD I live w/ my family, mom, dad, sisters, and my best friend, Maddy the Maltipoo! ^w^
918.
Eva | August 21, 2010 at 4:50 pm
Auckland, New Zealand!
Just found your blog through Sophisticated Gourmet’s blog, which I found through Pioneer Woman’s blog, which I found through Bakerella’s blog… I like me some food & baking blogs! They make me *smile*. Looking forward to having a good look around & trying out some recipes. YumYum!
919.
Kirsty Heaton | August 22, 2010 at 10:17 am
Amazing food and photography – love it!
Pembroke, Wales
920.
Sarah | August 22, 2010 at 6:37 pm
I live in Beaverton, OR (a few hours drive from you!) and have just discovered your blog!
I have been thinking about making a blog for a while, but never really knew how to get started. After reading through yours though, I realized I could make a baking/cake decorating blog!
I’m 17 too you see, and I too thought blogs were uncool until I realized my best friend has a famous fashion blog and I realized how wrong I was.
Thanks for the inspiration! :)
921.
stephanie | August 22, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Tasmania, Australia
I love love love your blog!
922.
karla ramirez | August 22, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Hey Elissa, I love your blog. Are you in college yet?
A fan in Columbia, Missouri
923.
lynne | August 23, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Your blog is soooo yummy and I totally love your blog!!
oh and honolulu, hawaii
924.
Andrea | August 27, 2010 at 1:26 pm
I’m enjoying looking through your yummy blog, and I’m in Eugene, Oregon.
925.
Sara | August 27, 2010 at 4:48 pm
London, England
926.
Morgan | August 28, 2010 at 2:37 am
Melbourne, Australia!
927.
Sandra | August 28, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Right now I living in Issaquah, Washington, but I am from the Adelaide area of South Australia. I really enjoy your blog, and have tried several recipes – my husband loves your Tangerine Meringue Tart and Double Chocolate Cherry Truffle Cookies!
928.
Isabelle | August 29, 2010 at 7:38 am
Aarau, Switzerland!
929.
Ana | August 30, 2010 at 5:34 pm
I’m from Spain but living in San Diego, CA
930.
Melissa | August 31, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Easton, Pennsylvania!
931.
Melanie | September 1, 2010 at 2:36 am
I`m living near Cologne, Germany
932.
Daniela | September 1, 2010 at 3:49 am
I am in Fortaleza, Brazil
933.
Heather | September 1, 2010 at 4:48 am
I was born and am currently living, in Seoul, South Korea but have lived most of my life in Bellevue and Seattle, WA ^^
934.
Nina | September 1, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Warsaw, Poland
935.
Lydia Jibaja | September 2, 2010 at 4:45 pm
I’m from Iquitos-Peru in South America.
You’re blog is really cool.
Saludos!
936.
Julie | September 3, 2010 at 3:51 pm
McLean, Virginia
937.
Joanne | September 3, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Coram, New York.
938.
chloe | September 5, 2010 at 1:15 am
Finally I found your blog today…and I got someting to ask you regarding my daughters birthday please email me then I/ ll tell you details..
939.
Sallie | September 5, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Raleigh, North Carolina.
940.
Heather | September 6, 2010 at 3:59 am
Salt Lake City, Utah
941.
Amanda Abby | September 7, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Bentonville,Arkansas
P.s. I love your blog! It’s nice to see there’s another teenage baker out there besides me :)
942.
Hannah B. | September 8, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Fayetteville, Arkansas :)
943.
Debbie B. | September 8, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Just found your blog! Keep it up – can’t wait to read future posts!
Arlington, VA
944.
Sheena | September 9, 2010 at 8:38 am
Sydney, Australia
945.
Vanessa | September 10, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Hello, Elissa! I’ve been reading your blog for a little bit now, and I love it! Thank you for sharing such wonderful stories that are accompanied by fantastic pictures that make me salivate!
I’m a reader all the way from Honolulu, Hawaii! :)
946.
Annika | September 11, 2010 at 10:16 am
What a beautifull blog!
Tampere, Finland
947.
Joolzmac | September 11, 2010 at 8:17 pm
South Australia
948.
nicola | September 11, 2010 at 11:30 pm
elsia,
how sweet of you to share your love of baking with the world and others who have the same passion C:
nicola, south australia, australia.
949.
nicola | September 11, 2010 at 11:31 pm
**elissa.
SOZ.
950.
Heather | September 12, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Love your blog! I’m from Vancouver, BC, Canada. Pretty close to your hometown!
951.
Xinmei | September 13, 2010 at 6:22 pm
I love this! I can’t believe that you are only 18, your photos are amazing and your baking is even more (if that’s possible) amazing. Keep on baking!
Oh, and I’m from the UK, somewhere near London :)
952.
Samantha | September 15, 2010 at 1:45 pm
I’m in Southern California, but I wish I was in Seattle…..
953.
Alba | September 15, 2010 at 3:08 pm
I’m from Valencia, Spain. I loooove your blog, your recipes and your nice pictures. Keep up the good work! :D
954.
Tina | September 16, 2010 at 4:43 pm
California
955.
Noelia | September 17, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Estella, Navarra, Spain
956.
Bethany | September 18, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Los Angeles, CA
957.
Violet | September 19, 2010 at 12:51 am
Vancouver, BC
958.
mayjin | September 19, 2010 at 4:39 am
Malaysia!
959.
Ruby | September 19, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Tampa, Florida
960.
Anna | September 23, 2010 at 12:54 am
Portland, OR
961.
Britney | September 23, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Knoxville, TN
962.
Sioux | September 23, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Everett, MA
I like reading you – hope classes are going well.
963.
Heather | September 24, 2010 at 12:27 am
I love your blog! Keep Baking(you make me hungry!)
Oh, and im living in East Timor :)
964.
MaryO1230 | September 24, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Great blog! San Pedro, CA
965.
Laurel | September 24, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Aurora, NE
966.
Laurel | September 24, 2010 at 10:24 pm
I’m 17 and I love to bake and I enjoy photography. I just found your blog and I felt a connection because you’re young.
967.
Aunt Lollie | September 26, 2010 at 11:23 am
Wonderful food, stories and photos!
Los Angeles, California.
968.
Ruth | September 27, 2010 at 9:38 am
Love all your pictures and receipes. I really need to try a few of them out ;)
Dublin, Ireland
969.
Addy | September 28, 2010 at 2:19 am
How blessed you are be to so young yet so talented! I look forward to seeing wonderful things from you in the future.
Lynchburg, VA, USA
970.
alifoodie | September 28, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Norwich, England (although in 5 days this will change to Madrid, Spain!)
971.
Lynn | September 28, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Love your blog and applaud your talent!
Houston, TX
972.
Ellen | September 29, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Your blog is so lovely and always makes me want to run into the kitchen and start baking.
Thanks!
Nova Scotia, Canada
973.
Marga | September 29, 2010 at 8:55 pm
Trenton, Ontario, Canada
974.
Nina | September 30, 2010 at 11:33 am
Tegucigalpa, Honduras! :)
975.
Kirstianne | October 2, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Love your website and all of the yummy looking food! also love the photography you include – inspires me to want to bake constantly! ^_^
Cornwall, United Kingdom
976.
Linda Robinson | October 2, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Love your blog and all the wonderful pictures.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
977.
etudiant | October 3, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Wonderful blog!
Your parents must be very proud of you.
978.
Debbie in WA | October 3, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Greetings! I live in Edmonds, a little north from your home back in Washington. The article in today’s Pacific Northwest magazine about the trunk you and your family refurbished in order to take all of your essential baking items to college with you is what caught my attention. Had to come and check out your blog and so far have been delighted by your talent. Once I catch up (based on how much time I’ve already been on your site today that won’t take long) I know I’ll become a faithful follower! And, yes, would definitely enjoy your pictures of Boston along with your stash of baking photos!
979.
Christina | October 3, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Bellevue, WA
I love your blog.
980.
deborah | October 4, 2010 at 12:18 am
I too found your blog through the Seattle Times this morning. Mmmm! Keep up the inspiring photos, writing and recipes!
Bellevue, WA
981.
Sharon | October 4, 2010 at 1:34 am
Here in Palatine Illinois, a Northwest Suburb of Chicago.
I’m 50 and started baking at 11 and still love finding new ideas and techniques. I follow you to be inspired to see it all with new fresh eyes.
982.
Diane Tulalip,Wash | October 4, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Great blog.
983.
kate | October 4, 2010 at 5:41 pm
seattle, washington newbie
(recent transplant from chicago)
LOVE your blog – though i’m not much older than you (22), i wish i had done something like this when i was 16. i admire your passion for food & photography – keep it up, & enjoy college – i would give anything to have those years back – they’re a blast.
984.
WhoDuh | October 4, 2010 at 8:24 pm
Hi there,
I just started my food blog and I simply lurrrve the way you take ur food pics. Mine still needs major editting with a capital M!;p
Anyhoo, love what you are doing , press on and can’t wait to drool at more entries! ^_^
985.
Cyndi Parisu (Ok, fine, it's an alias.) | October 5, 2010 at 12:54 am
Vancouver, Canada!
Hiia! It’ been…a few weeks or so since I first stumbled here, and I’ve come back a few times to look around, it’s fun reading about other people’s baking and food and lives, too, I guess. Um, first review, so I tend to blab, but your blog’s great, and I’ll be sure to try some of the recipes soon!=)
986.
Tracey | October 5, 2010 at 8:51 am
I love your blog Elissa, it’s always a pleasure to read.
Melbourne, Australia
987.
Megan | October 6, 2010 at 11:11 am
Bigfork, Montana.
988.
Julie | October 7, 2010 at 12:45 pm
Seattle, WA
989.
Kristi | October 9, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Cleveland, Ohio
990.
Becca | October 10, 2010 at 1:02 am
Montreal, Canada
991.
ell.uu | October 10, 2010 at 1:55 am
denver/boulder, colorado
992.
Kelsey | October 11, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Bellingham, Washington
Read your story in the PNW magazine about your trunk and going off to college, such great writing, I really look forward to reading your blog each week, such a treat! :)
993.
tori | October 11, 2010 at 9:49 pm
maine/vermont
It’s so wonderful to know there are other college students out there who Love baking as much as I do!
994.
Michelle San Agustin | October 12, 2010 at 6:17 am
Hafa Adai from Agana Heights, Guam!
995.
Gustavo Fujimura | October 12, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Your blog, your photos, your recipes are incredible!
i’m from Florianópolis, Brazil
996.
Meg | October 13, 2010 at 5:13 pm
I’m a Coloradan, but I’m going to school in Walla Walla, WA (hi from the eastern side of the Cascades!)
997.
Lynn | October 14, 2010 at 2:34 pm
I recently stumbled upon your blog and have to say I’m a fan :)
I am Indian, grew up in the Middle East, Catholic by religion, educated in British schools (by Italian nuns), and now live in Houston, Texas.
998.
Kat | October 14, 2010 at 3:54 pm
Hey Elissa :)
I been following your blog for nearly a year now and I just have to say I love your writing and photos!
I’m from Cebu, Philippines but currently studying in Switzerland^^
–Kat
999.
Amy | October 20, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Gaithersburg, Maryland
I’ve been following your blog for awhile now….I’m amazed with all of your yummy recipes!
1000.
Lori Paulson | October 21, 2010 at 1:18 am
Hi! I’m from Seattle. I found you via links from Facebook. It just so happens that you went to the same high school that I graduated from in 2006. Crazy!
1001.
Rikke | October 21, 2010 at 3:23 am
Hi Elissa, I followed your fabulous baking blog and am now keenly checking for your updates on college life :-) Both are very different from life in Copenhagen, Denmark where I live, cook, bake and work.
1002.
Julie | October 22, 2010 at 7:58 pm
Hi Elissa,
I found your website via the EpiCute blog by the Cheezburger network (your Swine Flu Cupcakes made it there). I clicked on the link beneath the posting and there was the blog entry on the Swine Flu Cupcakes. I started reading and found myself lost in the eloquently frank way you described your feelings associated with the cupcakes and the reason for making them. I am an amateur writer, I mostly write for my own pleasure and not really intending it for anyone. One of the best classes I took in high school was a creative writing class senior year, it was there I grew as a writer and honed my skills.
Your writing is very heartfelt, beautiful and triggers memories, some happy and some not so happy. As a former college student, I remember the days of living in residence and being away from home for the first time. It was scary at first, but I formed strong bonds with the people there. You definitely start to find out who you are there and your beliefs and convictions are tested, sometimes harshly so.
I am also a big foodie and adore baking. There’s nothing like staying indoors on a harsh, Canadian (Southeastern Ontario) winter day and baking a fresh batch of raisin scones or cookies. I am more of a baker than a cook, not as confident cooking meat as I am whipping up a batch of chocolate chip cookies. I’m working on it though, when I have the time. Full time work kind of kills you on that front.
I hope you are enjoying your time in school. Keep on baking! and writing!
1003.
Hannah Tubbs | October 24, 2010 at 9:38 am
Stuttgart, Germany
Just started reading your blog today, gotta say I’m in love.
You are very inspiring, don’t ever stop. :)
1004.
Sarah | October 24, 2010 at 11:28 am
New York, NY
Hey, Elissa, I don’t think I’ve commented before but I’ve been reading for a while. I really love your newest posts about the beginning of college life. It’s such a wonderful time — savor every moment. (Cliche, I know, but true.) I also want to say how impressed I am that you are planning on continuing to blog throughout college. It seems daunting, since it can be such a busy time, but I’m really happy with your decision. More great posts for me to read!
1005.
Michelle | October 24, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Minneapolis, MN
I love your blog and have been reading for some time now. I’m new to the blogosphere and and am still having learning how to take great pics like you do. Everything on your blog looks amazing.
1006.
Rebecca Nelson | October 26, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Love your blog
1007.
Christina | October 27, 2010 at 9:17 am
Los Angeles! Loved your post regarding variations on the traditional brigadeiro – brilliant!
1008.
emily | October 27, 2010 at 5:20 pm
atlanta, ga! : ) I love love love your blog. you remind me of myself, three years ago. i’m a senior now, and it’s funny how far away freshman year seems…
1009.
Ben | October 27, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Great pictures and great blog. I’m living and working in MA too and looking for a job in Boston
1010.
monica | October 28, 2010 at 9:48 am
hi im from San Diego California and i gotta say i love your blog
1011.
Rose | October 31, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Love your site. I’m from Indianapolis, IN
1012.
Pricila hernandez | November 3, 2010 at 4:27 am
San Luis Obispo, ca. (california central coast)
i love your blog (:
1013.
Pricila hernandez | November 3, 2010 at 4:27 am
San Luis Obispo, ca. (california central coast)
1014.
Fatema | November 5, 2010 at 5:35 am
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Stunning Photography.
Lovely Voice.
Fabulous Food!
Love ♥
1015.
Leslie | November 5, 2010 at 7:25 am
Enjoyyed your blog from Philadelphia
1016.
Amy B | November 5, 2010 at 9:27 am
Found your blog a few days ago and have been reading every entry from the beginning (while at work! hehe). Keep up the good work :)
1017.
Amy B | November 8, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Oh, and forgot to mention I’m from Manhattan, New York. (Well, technically I’m FROM good ole NJ, but I currently reside in the Big City!)
1018.
Kat | November 5, 2010 at 4:33 pm
From Chicago! Your site is awesome! I found you off smittenkitchen. I know how it is to be super busy in college and miss baking. I wish dorms had better ovens and emergency cupcake tins. Keep it up!
1019.
Rogiegirl aka Alexandra | November 6, 2010 at 5:12 am
Erkelenz, Germany
I really enjoy reading your blog and looking at the lovely pictures.
Found your blog through several links at other blogs and EpiCute.
Keep up the inspiring work :-)
1020.
Victoria | November 6, 2010 at 2:44 pm
I really love your blog. It’s so great to see someone so young baking. In Canada it seems like it’s a died art/science. I’m starting from your 1st entry reading and making your creations. I will work at getting to your most recent one. I love your pictures too. Keep up the good work.
1021.
sudhakar | November 6, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Stockport, England. Your blog is fantastic. I’m a qualified pastry chef but only do it for fun as well. It’s good to see a youngster getting into it.
1022.
Nikki | November 7, 2010 at 12:59 pm
Milton, Ontario, Canada here!
I’ve seen your blog on the daring kitchen, and just wanted to say how well written and interesting your blog is!
It’s hard for food bloggers to really stand out, because we all write about food, but yours is great! The photography is stunning, and your recipes posted are unique! :)
Keep it up, you’re good at this!
-nikki
1023.
Lindsay | November 7, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Originally from Texas, raised in New York, but currently in college in Marquette, Michigan at Northern Michigan University. I found your blog when I was back home, and loved it because you were my age and so much more skill than I did. Hope you’re having fun in college (I know I am!)!!!
1024.
kimbyy | November 7, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Grew up in Saratoga, Calfornia & now in college in upstate New York. My friend (and your friend who moved from seattle to california) asked me to vote for your blog and once i started reading, I loved it (and voted for it) and haven’t stopped!
1025.
Jennifer H. | November 7, 2010 at 11:15 pm
Austin, Texas
1026.
vivvles215 | November 9, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Atlanta, GA I wish I had your talent. Such a wonderful blog!!
1027.
Katie | November 10, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Lexington, MA
I love your blog!
1028.
Tara S | November 11, 2010 at 9:11 am
Portland OR! Your blog is amazing. I love your food & your photos!
1029.
Sarisa | November 11, 2010 at 10:54 am
I’m from Bangkok Thailand, I love your Blog very nice!
1030.
mrozek | November 11, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Gliwice, Poland :D
I absolutely love your blog! I’m 16 and keen on baking too.
Good luck!
Marta :)
1031.
teresa | November 12, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Cheney, WA.
I wish you the best in your adventures.
1032.
Jansie | November 14, 2010 at 12:53 am
Pampanga, Philippines :)
Found your blog site through dessertscomefirst. Don’t know which i love your better, the recipes or the stories. You have a very positive, inspiring – and delectable – site. All the best :)
1033.
Catarina | November 14, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Hi! I’m Catarina from Lisbon, Portugal. I’m 18 and I also used to bake a lot ever since I was 11yo. It was really a passion of mine (I also was known in my year as the ‘cupcake/cookie maker’, I never thought cooking would be popular either, but apparently it is!), but some things happened in my life and I haven’t baked since last year, I’m going to try and get into it again now… Your blog really inspires me :)
1034.
Trevor and Kristen | November 16, 2010 at 8:06 pm
We are living in Arequipa Peru as missionary’s and stumbled across your website looking for bagel recipes as we don’t get bagels down here (sad day). But we plan on trying your bagel recipe very soon! We will continue to check out your blog for more yummy ideas to create a taste of home so far away.
Kristen & Trevor
1035.
Jen @ bluecheeseandmangoes | November 17, 2010 at 10:47 am
I stumbled upon your blog when link hopping from another foodie favourite. I confess I have yet to try one of your recipes, but you never fail to make me hungry, and I suspect there may well be peppermint meringues in my future (they look so GOOD!)
I’m based in London, England, and can’t wait to read more.
x
1036.
alyssa | November 17, 2010 at 11:31 pm
elissa – I must say I’ve fallen in love with your blog! I live in the North End, and I’m glad you’re starting to love Boston!!! keep up the amazing writing/photography/baking!!!
xo
1037.
lindsaysoulfood | November 18, 2010 at 1:10 am
I am very impressed with your photography and your blog! You take amazing pictures, the light, color and crispness. Blessings!
1038.
lindsaysoulfood | November 18, 2010 at 1:11 am
I’m Lindsay and I live in Costa Mesa in Orange County, CA. I am very impressed with your photography and your blog! You take amazing pictures, the light, color and crispness. Blessings!
1039.
Caitlyn Worland | November 18, 2010 at 1:49 am
I’m not gonna lie, I do stalk your page quite often and am always llooking forward to your page loading to reveal some scrumptious baked goods with beatiful photography and writing to mat