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CSNStores.com, which is made up of various online stores including AllBarstools.com (Home Bars) and Cookware.com, has sent me products for review are now letting me share the love with my blogging buddies and are giving away a $100 gift certificate! So what could you use in your kitchen? Your dining room? The contest is open to Canadian and American residents and so far everything I have seen has been top notch and I love that you can shop by celebrity!
To enter just leave a comment giving me some feedback about my blog and please make sure there is a way for me to contact you. This is the time to tell me what you think of my blog: has it changed too much? Is there something you miss? What would you like to see more of? Less of?
I am always trying to improve my blog so your advice really means a lot to me. So do you! I am so happy to be able to share some online shopping joy with you.
I love your new look blog Suzie – it’s so fresh and clean and inviting. I am not generally a fan of the light writing on black backgrounds but made an exception for you! This look reflects what I imagine you would be like in real life – bright and welcoming and fun!
Fun giveaway!
Besides all of your amazing recipes that I love to try, I really like product reviews and local restaurant reviews. It’s one of my favourites in my Google Reader 🙂
Great job on the blog! Of course I always love seeing seasonal fresh recipes–and the tutorials are awesome. =)
Nice look!! I just changed mine too. I would like to see product reviews and perhaps for restaurant reviews.
A note on your title. It looks a little too light. If it was a little darker it would give more contrast to the background photos. I like those photos!:)
Thanks for the giveaway!
I like the new look and have enjoyed your recent recipes – especially the red wine/strawberry mold!
I was trying to find a link to your strawberry rhubarb crisp but couldn’t!! Maybe, when you have some free minutes, you could send it to me?? If there is one of course!! 🙂
Amelia, you can find the recipe here. Happy baking! That recipe is real a winner. Enjoy!
Thank you and by the way, I love the new look. Much brighter and cheerier that the old black background.
Suzie, I stumbled upon your blog when I visited DivineCaroline.com and saw you had an interview about your adventures as a foodie there which was divine as well 🙂 I was hooked on your blog then and go everyday! I want to mention as well…that I believe some Divine intervention brought me there to that site for a number of reasons. I love to write, and have never known where to focus that energy. I am also a private Chef in my hometown. I was inspired by your interview and to make a long story short, my first ever food article was published on guess what? DivineCaroline.com 🙂 As a direct result of reading your interview (because had it not been for the interview catching my eye..not sure I’d have stayed on the site long…I was just surfing) I was inspired to write a creative food article (If a Chicken Could Think) and it was published straight away and I have not stopped writing since. NOR STOPPED FOLLOWING YOUR BLOG! Thanks so much for the inspiration and I’ve been meaning to write you anyway to say so..so now seems as good a time, as any, to publicly give you the Kudos!
Thank you for this blog. You inspire me to want to cook, to enjoy cooking and to be a better cook. 🙂
I love your blog and especially enjoy the way you interact with your readers – makes it all very personal and friendly.
Hi Suzie, I love popping by your blog to see what you’ve been up to in the kitchen. Always inspiring:)
We’ve enjoyed lots of new foodie experiences thanks to your blog! Thank you for sharing with us!
I enjoy everything about your blog — can’t think of anything to change or improve. Just keep on being your own delightful foodie self!
I must admit I have only stopped by your blog on occasion but I have always found your blog to be light and tasty!!It may have changed a little but I still find you to be the same so it’s all good!!!Thanks and have a nice week.
jacksoncrisman@yahoo.com
I love the new blog colors. Fresh, fun look and so much easier to read than the black.
Suzie – you know I’m a big fan! I love your new look too 🙂
My favorite posts are the ones where you post the recipe you’ve tried, with photos, and your review of the recipe. I have tried several – and one I keep coming back for is the pizza dough in the breadmaker! Just made it this weekend in fact 🙂
Great giveaway, Suzie!
I love seeing what you create in your kitchen. From reading your foodie blog, I find inspiration and courage to try new things in my own kitchen. 🙂
I LOVE your blog Suzie!! I came across you on Facebook, and promptly came here, and I am so glad I did! I love how your cooking and recipes are so good and soooo…..REAL! I read you daily and look forward to all your food adventures—thanks for keeping this blog so foodies like myself have something to feed our addiction!
I am a fairly new reader of your blog, but I LOVE it! I love it when you take recipes from the Food Network, make them and then tell us what you really think! As a foodie myself, it is really great to be able to read another foodie’s take on a particular recipe.
Thanks!
Megan Comin
mccomin@shaw.ca
I love that we’re both military spouses! Your blog is great, and I definitely love reading about your trials in the kitchen. I’m an attempted foodie, and love cooking & baking, and definitely love finding new recipes and reviews from your site!
erinmclaughlin982@hotmail.com
erinmclaughlin982.blogspot.com
I just found your blog a short time ago via Food Network Canada. It’s one of my favourite blogs now and I especially love the Canadian content!
Hey Suzie, you know I love coming here everyday for fellow foodie inspiration. Your new look is awesome, very warm and inviting. And yes you do inspire, I love your step by step tutorials, all the great photos you include during the recipe making process, and of course the final product. It’s always so yummy to look at and very helpful. Proof-perfect meringues on my first attempt thanks to your blog.
Keep up the fantastic blogging, your honesty is always welcome and refreshing, even when things don’t always go according to plan. That’s what always keeps me coming here, you keep it real, honest and entertaining.
PS: I adore the new pic, with that bright and sunny cupcake to along with your bright and sunny smile. Thanks for the generous contest opportunity.
LOVE the new look! It’s so warm and bright and friendly. And the background of the butcher block is perfect!
How exciting that you’re reviewing chefs and products now! I may not post a lot but I love that I can follow my adventurous friend through her grand successes.
Lots of love to you Suzie! So proud of you!
I think your blog is great! I have a suggestion about your photos though – you may want to put some sort of watermark on them with your blog address and/or a copyright. Unfortunately there are a lot of unscrupulous people out there who like to steal photos for commercial use.
Suzie, it is so much fun and inspirational to watch you grow into your talents! I love your blog, your recipes, and you! Congratulations on all your successes and may I be as fortunate in managing to find my way into success! Cool Giveaway too! I LOVE hearing about all the new things you do and each new published article, photo, interview, are saved.
Desba
I’ve been following your blog for quite some time now and I must say my favorite posts are your tried and true recipes! I hate finding a recipe posted that is an utter stink bomb and no one tells you that!
Suzie,
I love your new blog, it is so warm and inviting. I really enjoy your review on places you have been to in the HRM as I live here too, and I have been to many of the places you mention. I always look forward to seeing the new recipes you have tried. Your photography is amazing, you really capture the beauty of your food. Your are doing an awesome job, I wouldn’t change a thing. It is much appreciated by your fellow foodies 🙂
Hi Suzie!
Great contest 🙂 I’m a huge fan of the change, honestly. The page is really warm and inviting, without being cluttered or difficult to read. My favourite thing is your recipes, though I’m always a fan of reading restaurent reviews, especially as I used to travel out east a few times a year.
Hope that helps 🙂
Heather
Hi Suzie!
Great contest 🙂 I’m a huge fan of the change, honestly. The page is really warm and inviting, without being cluttered or difficult to read. My favourite thing is your recipes, though I’m always a fan of reading restaurent reviews, especially as I used to travel out east a few times a year.
Hope that helps 🙂
Heather
I love how you have a wide variety of posts. Not just veggies or main dish but sides and breads. I love how you have pictures as well showing the steps for the baked good or the cooked item.
msgb245 at gmail dot com
I am a new follower of this blog and I have to say that I really love the food photography skills. Everything looks so delicious.
Annette, itsmyway, Wendy M and Beth, I do not see a profile or email address for contacting you so please, make sure to comment again with your email address or some way for me to connect with you, would hate for you to miss out on the prize if you win!
Hi Suzie !
I love your blog, discovered months ago thanks to Jamie.
I’m a foodie too, and Canada is the pays that adopted us so I’m glad to have some points I can understand in your blog 🙂
I love your recipes and we have a lot more in common that just food so through your blog, it’s like a part of me in someone else’s life 🙂
I hope you’ll be back on your feet soon !
Take care, and thanks for the opportunity in this giveaway.
Nolwenn, waiting for you in Vancouver !
I absolutely love the new look of your blog. It really shows off what your blog is all about. I look forward to trying some of the recipes you’ve shared and I’m sure will share with us.
morgaine.pendragon(at)gmail(dot)com
Suzie, this is Annette…You asked for an email address. I’m sorry 🙂
Annette.warner@gmailcom
You know, I always read your blog in my RSS feed so I didn’t even know about the design changes. It looks great.
If I have to make a suggestion, I would say to add more categories to the buttons on the right (currently cooking and baking). More like in a cookbook. It will make it easier for new readers to browse for whatever interests them. Honestly though, it is great as-is.
I, too, read regularly via RSS. Your blog is visually lovely, too, though … now that I’m looking at it.
I particularly love when you test recipes and report. I love the way your post your experience with lots of photos and the failures as well as the successes.
COOK ON …
You always give me good ideas for yummy things to make, or you remind me of things. I like the way this blog looks now too, much better than the dark background.
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I credit your blog with changing the way I cook my pot stickers. More of something?…more local restaurant reviews for unique spots, China Town is great.
I love your new look and I love your recipes. I’ve tried many… and the blog entry “how not to make waffles” really sticks out in my mind.
Keep it up… now I’m off to rewatch Julie & Julia… my favorite movie.
My email is angiedasner at yahoo.com
When does this contest end? Just curious..
This is my first time here, but I love your blog. Your header is great! I always enjoy finding new cooking blogs–can’t get enough of them. Thanks for the contest!
HobartsMama {AT} AOL.COM
Hey Suzie,
Love the new look and as always the content is awesome…I have tried several of your yummy recipes …thanks for sharing yourself with your friends…and the world!
Love You …Pam
Susie, congratulations on your blog’s new look. Your an inspiration to a newbie blogger like me.
I am new to your blog and upon finding it I have read every post. It took me awhile. By the way I am not so secretly coveting your kitchen aid mixer
btw you can find me at my non food blog
http://pursuingmydreamofwriting.blogspot.com/
Suzie, I love all your food tutorials. Your easy to read directions are great when I am trying out new recipes. Congrats on the new vision of your blog.
Hey Suzie, it is so great to see your growth in the foodie world through your blog and Canada Food Network. I think the new look is good, clean and bright.. the pics look a little different, are they bigger or longer maybe..
Great Giveaway!
Karen
Hey Suzie! I’m loving the new layout of the blog. I especially like that things are sorted. It looks very clean and tidy :3
My favorite part of the blog is the seasonal recipes. It gives me ideas to use up a lot of produce and the like that I tend to buy in bulk.
I’d like to see more product reviews, if that is an option. I’m always wanting to expand my kitchen goodies.
As a critique, I think your banner is currently a bit too light. Your name is lost against the background. If you darkened the title I think it would pop out a lot more.
Oo, fun! Contest entry for me here. 🙂 Thanks for such a fun opportunity, Suzie!
Argh, way to read the directions first, Kenora. 🙂
I love all of your photographs – you make food look luscious and fun, and your sense of humour is a necessary part of your blog, at least to me. I like your sense of adventure, tackling foods or styles you haven’t before tried, and your restaurant reviews are interesting as well.
I like it all, and keep doing more of it as long as you are enjoying doing so!
Just want to say how much I enjoy your blog and facebooking. Your food adventures are easy to relate to and so very often include things I’d like to use or do in my own kitchen. I’ve tried out several and will continue to do so.
After moving so far away from home your recipes and product reviews have been a wonderful help to me. They inspire my inner curious cook as I am sure you inspire so many others. Thank you for sharing your world with us.
Heidi
mistiblue9865@hotmail.com
Oops! Just realized I was supposed to comment here……I enjoy your blog because there is something for everything….from the novice gardener and cook to the avid foodie. And I love the new look!
tooluckyducky AT hotmail DOT com
That would be something for “everyone”!…..
Great contest.
I am fairly new to your blog but I must say that I really like it. You post regularly and supply us with lots of food pics. No complaints here.
I love your blog, and I love reading recipes that you have made. We are planning on grilling up some portobellos this week! Those look absolutely divine!
Here is my email- I look forward to hearing who wins!
eames(dot)cecilia(at)gmail(dot)com
I love feeling like I am right there in the kitchen with you. Love your photos. Best of luck to you in all you do.I am inspired by you that no matter what I keep going with my own blog as well. It’s fun to swap experiences. Thank you!
I love how bright your theme is but it is not overwhelming. It is welcoming and relaxed. I also notice that you are always so helpful and you make yourself available. Thanks for the great giveaway and for the great recipes and ideas.
mrsjohnson1982(at)yahoo(dot)com
This is the first time I’ve visited your blog. Your blog name is so cute!
mami2jcn at gmail dot com
My wife introduced me to your blog. Love your recipes ! The pumpkin fudge was mind-blowing.
socialtea@gmail.cm
Well, this probably isn’t the answer you’re looking for 🙂 but I wouldn’t change a thing about your blog! It’s great! Love the recipes but especially love the product reviews (and giveaways!) because I am one who always ALWAYS checks consumer reviews before deciding on a purchase. I respect the opinion of someone who has actually used a product (or even tested a recipe). Good job!
oh shoot, I forgot to leave my email address!!
tnshadylady at gmail.com
I love the looks of your blog and find the lighter colors much easier to read. They highlight your pretty photos really nicely, too.
cookincanuck at hotmail dot com
Love what you’ve done with “the place”, I could only suggest to change the colour of your header so it’s a bit easier to read (higher-contrast). Other than that? Keep it up!
reid.bee@gmail.com
Well Girlfriend – truly I love your foodie blog – and I love the lighter color in it – I would not change anything but you knew I would say that – I love everything you do and you know that—and food is my favorite subject – lol
this is a great giveaway – take care~!~
Love the blog Suzie – (and the fact that we mutually dislike crockpots!). I’d love to see the blog look a little more modern and hip. The current colors are a little blah and almost victorian looking. Keep up the cooking!
Nice!! I’ve been contacted by CSN as well to do a review and/or giveaway!! I’m excited about it. I love your blog. Especially in the “step by step” pictures. I love that because if I were to make a recipe, I am able to see how it should look during each step!