Popping back in to say a big hello to you again!
My new camera: I have been a delinquent blogger and there is no excuse for it. I’d like to think I have a good enough reason, but I’d rather keep it to myself. Why? Because every time I hear a blogger complain they don’t have time to blog, I wonder why they started blogging. To add to that reason, my long serving camera died (RIP). I loved my tiny P&S – it gave me results that look like dSLR quality, and for that I’m going to miss it deeply. Luckily, I didn’t spend too much time moaning over its loss because I got a spanking new Canon T1i / 500D just a few days after, much thanks to orangefoodie!
I’ve been playing around with it and it’s been incredible. Now I understand what people mean when they said that photos from a dSLR would be “something else”. If you have any suggestions/tips/tricks/favourite online resources on how you use your dSLR, I’d love to hear them!
Food Blogger Dinner: Friday night was the high point of my week. I attended this amazing dinner with fellow food bloggers and writers at a great new restaurant. I was looking forward to meeting them and discussing their blogs with much anticipation. I exchanged words with so many interesting people – some of whose blogs I read regularly, and others that I was only too happy to discover. You have got to read The Knife’s detailed commentary on the event. I only wish there was more time to chat up with everyone; for 15 odd food bloggers and writers, 3 hours just won’t cut it. And what made my evening was Vikram Doctor (yes, he was there too!), India’s best food writer, who works with the Economic Times, telling me that he reads my blog and was looking forward to trying my Hazelnut Cookies. I think I did a pretty good job at not looking too star struck.
Poonam, me and Vikram Doctor (Image courtesy Jyotika, more photos on Facebook.)
Indian Blogger Meetup: Today, I was at a huge blogger meetup hosted by IndiBlogger. I was pleasantly surprised at the number of people that recognised me at the event. More than a few came up to me to say that they enjoy reading my blog or that they tried a recipe from it, and I felt honoured. Thank you, guys! Felt great. :) Incidentally, The Purple Foodie is ranked the No. 1 food blog in India.
PurpleFoodie in The Hindu: Looks like the blog’s on a media roll, this time The Purple Foodie got featured in The Hindu on Saturday! The Hindu is India’s 2nd largest English daily newspaper.
Coming Up: I’m itching to get back to regular food blogging with photos and recipes of sweet goodies, and all the fun that comes with baking and writing. I think I’m going to read my favourite baking books tonight and bake something up tomorrow! It’s probably going to be something from Popina, my new favourite book. And I’m also going to write about this Spanish dish made of bread, tomato, and olive oil. Can you guess what it is?