Happy 2022! Another year has passed with not much travel and more of a focus on our local area, but still some great food. Total views for the year were 2,400,928 with an average of 6,586 per day!
The countries with the most visitors were the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, Philippines, Germany, Ireland, Singapore, and the Netherlands. Thank you all so much for your support and I am excited to see what new recipes and hopefully travel 2022 brings.
Here are the most popular 2021 posts:
- Banitsa (Bulgarian Cheese Pie) (updated post)
- Hertzoggies (South African Jam and Coconut Tartlets)
- Kıymalı Tepsi Böreği (Turkish Phyllo Pastry with Beef) (updated post)
- Peynirli Poğaça (Turkish Cheese Buns) (updated post)
- Sopa de Fideo (Mexican Noodle Soup) (updated post)
- Tsuivan (Mongolian Noodles with Meat and Vegetables)
- Blood Orange Vinaigrette (updated post)
- Tteokguk (Korean Rice Cake Soup) (updated post)
- Hong Shao Rou (Chinese Red-Braised Pork Belly) (updated post)
- Sweet Potato Caramelle (updated post)
And here were the most viewed posts in 2021 (none were actually from 2021):
- Garlic Butter Sauce for Pasta
- Pannekoek (South African Crepes with Cinnamon Sugar)
- Poffertjes (Dutch Mini Pancakes)
- Bún Thịt Nướng (Vietnamese Grilled Pork with Rice Noodles)
- Blini (Russian Crepes)
- Serbian Potato Musaka
- Lavash (Armenian Flatbread)
- Fatayer bi Sabanekh (Lebanese Spinach Pies)
- Macaroni Bechamel (Egyptian Baked Pasta)
- Maple Cinnamon Latte
My personal favorites of the year:
- Casunziei All’Ampezzana (Beet Filled Pasta with Poppy Seeds)
- Spaghetti Grilled Cheese
- Kniddelen (Luxembourgish Dumplings)
- Lort Cha (Cambodian Stir-Fried Rice Pin Noodles)
- S’mores Latte
- Lepinja (Balkan Flatbread)
- Homemade Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
- Tuxum Barak (Khorezm Egg Dumplings)
- Korean Strawberry Milk
- Schupfnudeln (German Potato Noodles)
Favorite Cookbooks:
I started doing regular cookbook reviews in 2015 and have come across some incredible books over the past SIX years! Here are my ten favorites from 2021 (not necessarily released in 2021, but reviewed):
Penang Local: Cult Recipes from the Streets that Make the City
¡Buen Provecho!: Traditional Mexican Flavors from My Cocina to Yours
Macedonia: The Cookbook: Recipes & Stories from the Balkans
Istria: Recipes and Stories from the Hidden Heart of Italy, Slovenia and Croatia
Amber & Rye: A Baltic Food Journey
Sumac: Recipes and Stories from Syria
Mochi Magic: 50 Traditional and Modern Recipes for the Japanese Treat
Baking Class: 50 Fun Recipes Kids will Love to Bake
Travel:
Not much travel happened again this year. We do have a big cross-country move coming up though, so there will definitely be more in 2022! Here are a few local posts for our area in California:
- Homemade Udon Noodles and Los Angeles: South Coast Botanic Garden
- Silver Dollar Pancakes and Hermosa Beach, California
- Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
- Spaghetti Grilled Cheese and Irvine, California
- Lort Cha (Cambodian Stir-Fried Rice Pin Noodles) and Aquarium of the Pacific
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