I went to the Foodbuzz Festival in San Francisco last weekend, and all I got were these silly photo booth pictures with my dear friend Tracy of Shutterbean.
Ok…. that’s entirely untrue.
I walked away from the Foodbuzz Festival with more kitchen gear than I could carry, pockets full of fellow food blogger business cards, and a belly full of incredible food.
A room full of food bloggers means a room full of cameras. So many. Rather than crowd around and take pictures of food…. I just took pictures of people taking pictures of food. Weird. I know.
This also happened…
…which was extremely surprising and extremely exciting. The fact that I ran off the stage after accepting this award adds to my charm, right? First I blushed. Then I stumbled a bit. I dropped my phone. I might have thrown in an awkward curtsy… and then I ran.
Thank you to every single one of you who voted for me. Seriously, friends. This means a lot to me.
Also… a big, fat, wet kiss to all of the darling people at Foodbuzz who put such a belly filling event together for us. I hella heart you Foodbuzz. And Tracy…. we’ve had heart-to-hearts at two different blog conventions…. we’re totally friends now, like it or not.
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Joy, please bake us something with persimmons!! they are such a beautiful fall fruit and my mother’s hachiya persimmon tree is overloaded as it is every year around this time, and i can find so few good recipes aside from the same cookie and same bread recipes over and over again! give me something inspired please!! I’ll be making this: http://www.slashfood.com/2009/06/26/lemon-bars-with-a-twist/ in the next few days, but what about the other 800 persimmons i have?? :)
thanks joy! keep up the good work
i know you’ve already given us persimmon bread and pudding, but more! more! more!
Oh, mama! You are the cat’s pajamas. Joy, you so deserved this and we are all so very proud of you!!!!
Now, are you working on that cookbook, yet?
~Kim
wow! congrats! that’s so awesome! so now you’re joy the best baker blogger…hehe
your fork picture is soo much better than mine! ahhh!
we must attend another food convention together. I think another one with free booze might be a requisite…I wonder if that bartender has a name for his boat yet?
Congrats (again) on the best baking blog, friend!
i just KNEW you were gonna win ;)
Congratulations on the win Joy, you totally deserve it. (I voted!)
There’s no fun blogger conferences here in Australia :( boo.
We knew you were the best. Now you know it too! Hugs from the peanut gallery
Congratulations!
Congrats! I’m so happy that you won!
Well deserved!
So good seeing you again!!! Congrats – you so totally deserve the fantastic award!
Congrats! Joy I’m so happy that you won!
I know that you might not even see this comment way down here on the bottom. But I wanted to tell you I am a new subscriber to your blog but I just enjoy it so much. Not only are your recipies great but your stories are so fresh and funny. Congratulations on your Award!
Analisa in Dubai
oooh tara with that many persimmons jam is surely your answer!
Congrats, sounds fun!
woohoo! you totally deserve that award! glad all our voting made it happen ;)
Shout out to Joy, from the East Coast to the West!! Woo Hoo!
This girl is still hoping for Joy the Baker aprons someday soon!
Nice meeting you! You definitely deserved that Blog Award! What a whirlwind of a weekend. So much food, booze and activity :D
Congratulations on your win, Joy! You totally deserve it, this blog is the (da) bomb.
Sorry, I couldn’t write ‘da bomb’ for some reason, unless it involved parenthesis and/or quotation marks.
You are not only a great baker, but a fantastic writer, and I love the little stories that go along with all your recipes! Thanks for putting such a great little space together.
Best wishes.
how wonderful, and very well-deserved!
Congratulations!!! You most definitely deserved it :D
You ROCK, ma girl!! It is so well deserved. You have such a lovely way of writing, I bet you make a good friend too. Joy from Joy, that just makes sense!
Hi Joy!
We appear to have a couple of things in common! My mom is also a serious scrapbooker, she even has that cricut thing that cuts paper into all sorts of shapes. I also received a childhood scrapbook, last Christmas, with all my school photos in. And last but not least, I also have dark, curly/straight hair that’s almost impossible to tame!
Great post, and I love the rest of your blog too!
Lisa
OK, so I just posted that on the wrong blog post…I can’t find a way to delete it so I’ll post it over there too! (Feel free to delete these if you like)
wish i hadn’t been to shy to introduce myself ;) congrats!!
Aw! That’s awesome, Joy! I don’t know WHY I didn’t know about this event (I live in SF and I am a member of FoodBuzz…), but it looks like it was a great event– made even better because you won! Congrats!! :D
Congrats! I’m not surprised in the least that you won the award. You definately deserve it!!!
CONGRATULATIONS, JOY!!! YOU DESERVE IT!! now perform another awkward curtsey for all your ravenous fans!!!
Congrats!!!! Way to go!
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