Friends and family whom I don't see on a regular basis might faint from shock when they learn I've recently acquired an avid interest in cooking – precipitated primarily by nearly 35 pounds of weight gain over 9 years due to eating Ed's delicious, yet oh so fattening foods. (I'm down 10, 25 to go.)
As I can't keep too many cookbooks in the RV due to weight considerations – I've added enough tonnage already – I usually try recipes I've found on a food blogger's site.
Being a blogger myself, I also enjoy checking out the workings behind a good blogger's blog, such as their:
- Monetization techniques. None, affiliate programs, own products?
- Social media strategy. Is their social media strategy successful?
- Google rankings. What makes their site come up in the Google listings ahead of others with similar recipes?
To that end, I thought it would be interesting for my readers (YOU!) to take a look at what makes certain blogs in the food blogging niche particularly successful.
My choices for this short list of food bloggers (no worries, there will be more) are based on some very simple criteria:
- The blogger is obviously passionate about cooking.
- The blogger must publish recipes on a regular basis.
- Their food blog is very popular, i.e. they've captured media attention.
- The food blog is a one or two person operation, i.e. not a magazine-style / corporate blog.
- The food blog is, in part at least, monetized using affiliate marketing techniques.
So, here in no particular order of preference is my first list of 3 fabulous food bloggers.