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A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY WITH… AN AWARD!

February 17, 2011 By Manu 16 Comments

As I have mentioned in the post Ricotta gnocchi with three sauces, yesterday was my birthday, so I was even happier when Elyse from The Cultural Dish told me that she had awarded me with the “Stylish Food Blogger Award”.  Getting my first award ever surely is a great way to celebrate!  Thank you so much Elyse!

I have only recently started blogging and I still have so much to learn, but I can tell you guys that I am having a fantastic time!  I had no idea I would meet so many interesting people who share my same passion for food and cooking.  There is a whole world out there I had no idea about… now I know why it is called the “blogsphere”!

Since I made ricotta gnocchi for lunch, I did not feel like baking a cake.  I preferred to sit back and relax!  So my loving husband went out and got me my favourite Lindt cake from the Lindt Cafe’ in the city: the chocolate hazelnut gateau!  YUM!  Here I am, sharing a virtual slice of cake with all of you to celebrate my birthday and the award! 🙂

Maybe not all of you know this, but when you are awarded the Stylish Blogger Award, you have to write 7 things about yourself and award 10 other bloggers you enjoy following… so here we go…

1. I love travelling and my biggest dream is to take a long road trip around South America and stop in Patagonia for as long as possible.

2. I have a master’s degree in Political Sciences (not quite food related I know!).

3. I love cold winters and snow… which is ironic if you think that I live in Australia!

4. My favourite writers are Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende, Marcela Serrano, Gioconda Belli, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and Vikram Seth (his novel “A suitable boy” is my favourite book ever).

5. I started cooking as a child and the first dish I ever made by myself was “risotto alla milanese” (I promise I will post the recipe soon!).

6. I love foreign languages and I used to have many pen friends around the world… that was at the time when you actually had to write letters by hand, mail them and wait for a reply!  The great thing is that I am still in touch with some of them and we have become real friends!

7. I am enjoying blogging quite a lot… I have a few ideas/projects for this site and I hope you guys will stick around to see them becoming a reality.

Now enough about me and let’s talk about some fantastic blogs that I have recently discovered and I love:

Elin at Elinluv’s Tidbits Corner

Hester at Alchemy – Simple Ingredients, Magical Food

Kankana at Sunshine & Smile

Paules at Spinneys Cauldron

Rach at This Italian Family

Skjerstad at There’s something about Norway

Steph at Steph’s Bite by Bite

Susan at Chocolatesuze

Tes at Tes at home

Tiffany at Como Water

Thanks again Elyse from The Cultural Dish and happy blogging everyone! 🙂

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  1. Elin says

    February 17, 2011 at 11:09 am

    Hi Manuela…so sweet of you to give me this award 🙂 Thanks for always dropping by my blog and for this stylish award. I shall treasure it as it is my first award for this year 🙂

    You have a beautiful blog too. Shall be dropping by often 🙂 Have a great day!

    Elin

    Reply
    • Manu says

      February 17, 2011 at 3:29 pm

      You’re welcome Elin! I really like your blog, I think you do a fantastic job! Thank you for stopping by and for your birthday wishes! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Elin says

    February 17, 2011 at 11:10 am

    Oh…btw Happy Birthday to you too….sorry to have missed out this greetings in my previous comment 🙂

    Reply
  3. Sophia Lee says

    February 17, 2011 at 11:57 am

    Yes, it’s a whole new world out there, this food blog world!!! I’m glad you’ve slipped in here…the community is just awesome, and inspiring, isn’t it? 🙂

    Reply
    • Manu says

      February 17, 2011 at 3:31 pm

      It sure is inspiring Sophia!!!! Thanks for stopping by! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Elyse says

    February 17, 2011 at 12:37 pm

    Ooo I’m looking forward to your risotto recipe. I love risotto! I’m going to be posting a lemon risotto soon so we’ll have to exchange 🙂

    Reply
    • Manu says

      February 17, 2011 at 3:32 pm

      Guess what??? I made it for lunch… so I will be posting the recipe pretty soon! 😉 Looking forward to yours!

      Reply
      • Elyse says

        February 18, 2011 at 8:32 am

        nice 🙂 I’m making the lemon risotto tonight!

        Reply
  5. Kankana says

    February 17, 2011 at 4:15 pm

    Congrats on getting the award (((hugs))) and thanks a lot for sharing it with me 🙂 I am really honored! It was fun reading about you and I am sticking around to see your project coming through .. all the best and happy blogging!

    Reply
  6. Hester Casey - Alchemy says

    February 17, 2011 at 7:55 pm

    Hi Manu, congratulations on your award, and thanks for passing on the honour – my first award too! A belated Happy Birthday and I’m looking forward to your risotto recipe. As I mentioned before, I would happily cook/eat every single recipe on your blog.

    Reply
  7. Mary says

    February 18, 2011 at 3:23 am

    Congratulations on your well-deserved award. This is my first visit to your blog and I have just spent some time browsing through your earlier entries. I really like the food and recipes you feature here and I’ll definitely be back to see what else you have been making. I hope you have a wonderful day. Blessings…Mary

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  8. Rach says

    February 18, 2011 at 3:57 am

    Thanks for the award! That’s so sweet of you. 🙂

    I look forward to seeing the recipe for the very first thing you ever made!

    Reply
  9. Spinneys Cauldron says

    February 18, 2011 at 8:08 am

    Aw wow, thank you, very kind of you. I’m totally new at this blogging thing & nit quite sure how it all works yet but like you I’m lovin it 🙂

    Reply
  10. Jill Colonna says

    February 18, 2011 at 8:50 am

    Happy Belated Birthday to you and well done on the award. That Lindt cake looked the ideal bday celebration. Totally agree with you – new to blogging myself and it’s amazing how so many people have the same tastes and it’s such a wonderful community. Cheers!

    Reply

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