1st Blogiversary: one year in Juls’ Kitchen

OHMYGODWHATANEMOTION! One year has gone by, but it seems like yesterday… yesterday I wrote my first post after a whole week of trials on layout and blogspot, yesterday I was racking my brains trying to understand the proper tone of voice. After many photographic attempts (if I only look back at those first shots!) and culinary experiments, here I am to celebrate the first year of my little child!

I still can’t figure out the reason that drove me to this adventure: I suppose it’s not just my cooking passion, since it was strong and living long before I met the world of foodbloggers. I suppose it wasn’t my passion for photography, because I wasn’t so good in taking pictures before Juls’ Kitchen birth – my belonging to my own family has been questioned frequently since my skills are so different from my dad and Claudi’s ones!

I think it was just the wish to have something on my own: on the threshold of my thirties, almost all of my friends have weddings, children, solid relationships or satisfying jobs. I was in lack of all of this, and still I am, so it was quite natural to channel my will to make something, my will to be someone, into something tangible, something to look after, something to care about, something to define myself, something to be proud of.

So, since when I’m moved I run short on words, it’s better to use images! You already know everything about me and my family, you just have to have a look at Juls’ Cupboard, built by my dad to contain all my cook books, spices, plates and table clothes… I know, I know, maybe you have rooms full of objects and devices for your blog, but after all it’s just one year and so I managed to close all my passion and all my joy into four doors.

(*) thanks Claudia for your shots, since mine were hunted by ectoplasms, due to the dark evening kitchen!

To cut a long story short, a little gift for you all. I made a tiny collection of recipes (just 9) choosing the best of these 365 days, and I gave them a pretty layout, to have a tangible souvenir of my first year. Maybe it’s a bit conceited, but in between my projects – as for everyone who has a food blog – there’s a cook book, as well! OK, I said it! Just download it clicking on the orange button!