It’s important to speak the things that remain unspoken… or rather, type the things that remain untyped.
When you comment on my blog, I see you and I appreciate you. ย I know it takes precious minutes out of your important day to scroll down the page, type in your information, and leave a message for me. ย I know that you don’t have to do this at all. ย I know that you could easily click over to Smitten Kitchen (which would be awesome), that you could click the other tab in your browser and continue watching Bachelor Pad on Hulu (because that’s totally what I would do), that you could go make yourself another cup of coffee (duh). ย Instead you take the time to say hello to me. ย That makes you amazing.
I see you, and I appreciate you. ย I read your comments from my phone first thing in the morning. ย I read your comments when I’m waiting in line at the grocery. ย When I’m at a restaurant and my companion has run to the restroom… I’m reading your comments. ย Truth is… I love you in a weird way. ย I think we’re friends. ย ย Other truth is… I try my hardest to respond to all of your questions and concerns in the comment section, and I’m not always the best at it. ย Just as a tip: ย I’m pretty stellar at responding to people on Twitter. ย That’s true. ย Despite my flaws, I am indebted to you.
I’m here to graciously offer my gratitude. ย I really do appreciate that you come here and take the time to let me know that you are, in fact, here. ย It really means so much to me. ย Without your comments… I’m kinda just a weird girl that makes too many cookies and talks to her cat. ย Thank you for making me more than that (although I’d be totally fine with being a cookie-maker-cat-speaker). ย I appreciate you, and I don’t take your presence for granted. ย I find you to be a blessing in my life.
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Yes, I am here and your writing is awesome.
This paragraph is in fact a nice one it assists new internet people, who are wishing in
favor of blogging.
I ‘m relating to you. I get you! I’m sure I’d love you in the neighborhood too because you would put occasional treats at my door or just stop in.. Why not a “neighbor” blogger I say . Sweet! I’m soon to be 70 yrs. young,
I’m a long time follower, sporadic commenter (oh man, you are going to have to spend all weekend reading through these comments). It’s funny how I feel that ‘friendship’ with you even though I’ve only met you once at a book signing(is that weird?). Maybe its because we share similar thoughts/interests, but I feel like your stories about your life and your podcasts are the things that really make me feel like your friend. I’m not really, but I like the feeling of having another person out there that if I ran into, would easily become my real life friend.
Hey Joy,
Just wanted to say a really big THANK YOU for this beautiful little corner of the internet you’ve created. You were one of the first blogs that led me down the path of food-blog-addiction some 3 years ago and I am forever in your debt (as are those around me that get to eat the food I make!).
I have your cookbook and it is perfectly loved up with spots of flour and batter and scribbled side notes and ‘reviews’ of each piece. My favourite recipe has been the humble cream cheese pound cake – when I made it for my Granny one day she shared it with her friend (70+ years old) who later told me that it brought to mind the pound cake her mother used to make and she thanked me for it. That is one of my most treasured moments of baking and it makes me happy I get to share that with you who made that little moment possible!
Mucho love from Australia xx
I often enjoy your blog without saying a word when I should let you know how you inspire me with your recipes and thoughts. So I’m here to say thank you too! I’m cooking my way through your cookbook and eagerly awaiting your next one.
Hi Joy……………I love your blog and ordered your book on amazon yesterday so can sit down and choose recipes with my 8 year old baking fiend rather than read recipes on the laptop cos that’s what I always did with my mum or Grandma………………..can’t wait for it to come all the way to Scotland!! Your blog always reminds me to make some time for my wee girl or before long she won’t want to make time for me…..wish me luck as she is a much better baker than me…….thanks Grandma ……………………from a still excited Ann x
Thank YOU. Your blog is a blessing in my life. It’s something that I look forward to. It makes me feel like there are weird too many cookie making cat talking people like me too.
Joy,
I love your honesty and humility. I appreciate your blog because you are not just pushing some product or bragging about your fabulous swaggie life. Not that your life isn’t that but you let us know you are one of us and not the chosen one that has a popular blog because you pose wih your new outfit everyday.
You are funny and smart. I am so happy that I found your blog. I hop one day we can swap recipes and have coffee or something.
I am a new blogger so would love to hear from you.
Xoxoxo
http://www.professorvogue.com
I love how you blog and tell us about your day’s events, sharing with us a bit of your life. That’s what makes me feel like we know you too; its personal and really great. Thank YOU for sharing your lovely self with the world Joy…you really are a piece of sunshine. :) Hugs!
Your blog posts always brighten my day! I guess that’s one thing that tends to remain un-typed, too. Happy Tuesday to you! :)
I think this is my first time commenting on one of your posts, don’t know what took so long! But I couldn’t pass up the chance to say how much I enjoy the real way you write. The way you are totally you all the time, it is refreshing!
Way to be great Joy, way to be!
you are adorbz
Keep up the great work Joy! I love reading your blog because you are real with us and share yummy recipes but mostly I’m here for cat pictures. haha J/k but for reals, thanks for always sharing your life with us and being so responsive on twitter. Maybe one of these days when I go to Venice I’ll let you know ahead of time so we can grab a bite or something!
I’m one of those pesky lurker people.. But, please know that while you’re reading your comments (anywhere and everywhere!) I’m reading your blog, following your Instagram feed and listening to you and Tracy in the background.
Much love in this comment – because I never have that much to say otherwise!
You are just lovely and true and quite simply a joy to read x
You are one of the sweetest people in this blog world..thank you for reminding all of us a little kindness goes a long way
I had not read this post before. Not sure I’ve commented before. Just wanted you to know that your blog (with its great recipes, photos, and commentary) is one of the two reasons that I am staring to cook for enjoyment (no pun intended) again after a too many year hiatus. Thank you so much! Keep it up!
sweetly put, joy! love your blog, one of my favourites and one of the best out there, for sure! ^__^
Hiii Joy! :D
I don’t know at all if this is my first comment here in your lovely Blog. I must say to you that I love all your recipes, your photographies and a lot, your cat! I’d like to have also a cat -it’s name would be: Coffee, Macchiato or CoffeeLatte-!!! But I have no cats. I have two lovely rabbits and they are sweety enough for me.
I think you’re not the only one who appreciate to have comments on the blog entries, this feeling when you have a new comment, it makes me super happy! Hope you’re OK and someday I wish I could bake something that appears here!!
Kind regards :)
I think it’s a joy reading your blog and thank you for sharing so much of yourself and your cat-talking life.
man… so much cat talk.
Hi Joy! I never comment on your blog, or most the others I read. It’s mostly because I don’t feel I have anything very important to say, and you are so successful and get so many comments. It’s amazing to be reminded that every comment matters. Every comment has the power to make your lame wait at the dentist inspiring or fun. I like to think of the happy, supportive comments reaching you at random times. Thanks for the great post about why it makes sense to comment, even if what you have to say is unimportant.
i appreciate you!!
And we love you too! And your cookies! And your cat!
You are a dear-heart.
<3
And I feel I know you too! I write so you know I think you are special and so we get to know each other too!bless you cat speaker cookie maker
Let me just say, the feeling is mutual. We love you too.
And we are totally friends. This is a thing. You’ve given me advice when I turned 21 (many thanks for the lipstick & sunglasses tip), taught me how to bake an apple crisp that made my boyfriend’s mom love me, and you’ve shown me that growing up can be confusing and messy and fun and amazing. Thank you for all you do.
Long-time reader, first-time commenter. I’m 19 and reading your blog and listening to your podcast has given me so much more perspective on my life. I’m starting to realize (slowly, please, I’m 19) that I have so much time in my life and all I have to do is follow my intuition and figure out what makes me happy. My best friend and I admire you in the same way we admire Ina (I went there and I don’t regret it) and you have been incredibly inpirational. I appreciate you.
Aw, I love this. I feel like I should comment more often now ;)
I appreciate you and all of your lovely posts and beautiful photography. Thanks so much.
Jodi @jodifritch
You’re the reason that I enjoy cooking, bloging and noooow commenting :) Thanks a lot for bringing joy to my life!!! (:
We’re developing an online sharing platform… AND i plan to use some of your recipes at our first sharing party! Soooo excited!!! :D
Kisses from a co-working space in Istanbul – in case you wonder more about this new friend – i’m following for more than 3 years but this may be my second comment, sorry (i feel you’ll forgive me)
Your welcome, It’s kind of a win-win as you produce amazing food then we leave a comment. Kinda like a tip jar!
Love your blog! Thank you for the inspirational writing, the laughs and the awesome recipes. xo
just when i thought it wasn’t possible to love you even more. :)
you are a blessing to me too. thanks Joy for making the internet a more wittier place =)
Hi! im soo in love with your blog.. keep on writing.. please visit my blog..
HI!
I’m not a regular reader of your blog,but I’m a huge baking fan and often I go searching the internet for new recipes and today I happened to revisit your blog and I have to say that this message is one of the sweetest and most sincere “thank you’s” I’ve seen,it really warmed my heart so I just couldn’t help clicking the reply button and telling you that,even though i hardly ever comment.
I just stumbled across your blog and read this post, you sound so sweet!
I love your layout and your photos that you put with your recipes, I’ve book marked your page and so will be returning when stuck for food ideas.
I’m a fan already! Keep up the good work :)
Great blog! Enjoy your humor!
I just gushed about you and your blog this past weekend to an aspiring food blogger, so I couldn’t think of a better time to actually gush about you on your own blog. :) Joy, I think you’re freakin’ awesome. I love how you’re so down to earth, are talented at what you do, and inspire me to get in my kitchen and concoct something as amazing as what your pictures look like. You’ve become my favorite blogger that I never tire of- you keep things interesting.. and more importantly you keep it real. You’re right. I really do feel like I already know you!
Anyhow, thank you for doing what you do. You & your recipes are very much appreciated!
Very well written!
I usually dont bother commenting, just keep reading all the unread posts on my Google Reader. But with this post I want to let you know how I love your recipes and posts.
Thanks for acknowledging the love from your readers. We love you too! :)
That was sooo cute.
It’s been a while since I last visited your blog. I gained too much weight and had to avoid temptation. But today I mentioned your blog to a friend and promised to send her the link, she is also a baker. Very nice to see you are still here and sharing your goodies. Me, I have to sew more and cook and eat less, unfortunately….aging is not fun at all, it sucks.
Kisses from your Brazilian friend,
Priscila
On that note, hello :)
I am a new reader, from Saskatchewan, Canada.
Totally amazing. you. are.
You’re officially the greatest, Joy.
I DO think that “cookie-maker-cat-speaker” is, if i may say so, a F****G AMAZING way of life. As i adore and love baking with all my heart i definitely understand,appreciate and adore your page, your recipes, your writing and all the little special things on this Blog!
All my gratitude and love to you, wherever you are :>
that’s so sweet :)
your blog is one of my favorites!
xo, cheyenne
I don’t even know how I first found you (thekitchn.com maybe) but the first thing I noticed and knew I will come back to your blog is your love for biscuits. Man I love biscuits sooo much!!!!
Now your blog is part of my life , love recipes, love your pictures and love your stories. I do follow you on your blog, FB and Instagram ( I do not use Tweeter – but if I did I would :)
YOu’re great! Don’t stop! Much love!
I love reading your blog quietly in a not-leaving-comments kind of way, I read it in bed in the morning while feeding my baby. I also bought your cookbook and made your banana bourbon chocolate cake/bread thing It’s made me hate all other banana bread/cakes, true story! Thank you for making your book available on kindle, such a treat for those of us that live in countries where books written in English are few and far between.
I love you blog as well….!I like reading your posts soo much…they are such good company to me! kisses all the way from Greece x x x
downloaded a ton of recipes from your site…makin them part of my life..thankyou for sharing with us…it makes a difference
I have been a fan of this site for years, however I find it interesting when I posted some constructive feedback on Lost Crates, my posts were deleted with no feedback received. I honestly do not feel like anything I posted was inappropriate.
With a toddler around my ankles, I don’t comment much, but there is much appreciation I have wanted to express to you, from the outrageously amazing cookie cake to your hash secrets…and all of the inspiring life insights that put a smile on my face, warmth in my heart, and confidence in my step knowing that I’m not the only one carrying on. Thank you for being such a culinary inspiration and soul cheerleader Joy!
hi, mi name is Tesa, i’m from Valencia in spain (Paella, sun and beach, jijijiji).Today i found u (sorry my english is horrible), and only i want to tell u, i fall in love with you and your blog! your recipes are incredible! and now i’m a follower.
Really, is so hard to me to understand everything, but effort costs a sorrow(do you understand me??? ;-D.
Nothing more today, only thanks a lot!. Kisses
Ups! i think i made something wrong….ups!
hi, mi name is Tesa, i’m from Valencia in spain (Paella, sun and beach, jijijiji).Today i found u (sorry my english is horrible), and only i want to tell u, i fall in love with you and your blog! your recipes are incredible! and now i’m a follower.
Really, is so hard to me to understand everything, but effort costs a sorrow(do you understand me??? ;-D.
Nothing more today, only thanks a lot!. Kisses
I’ve never left a comment before now, but I’ve been a long-time friend. Love your blog! I like your style, enjoy your perspective and well, you make me laugh. And so, thank YOU sweet friend and please keep doing what you’re doing and don’t ever change a thing!
Hi Joy. I don’t comment enough (read: hardly ever) but I always enjoy reading your blog and trying your recipes and seeing your perspective on the world so thank you too! X
Hi JOY, I’ve been reading your blog for quite a while now. I follow many blogs but your blog is my favorite and I always read it last when I’m cleaning up my google reader. I love your recipes and your reflective writing style is something that I will never have. I know this is odd but when I read your blog it’s like I’m catching up with an old friend. My cousin Stephanie (Lick My Spoon) had one of you cookbooks signed for me when she met you in San Francisco. Anyways, keep on writing and I do hope you come to Boston one day :)
Hi, Joy
I’ve been reading your blog for a while and enjoy both the recipes and the life reflections! Take care, I also see you as a friend or someone who would be one if we were face to face instead of face to screen!
Joy, i am a silent follower of your blog. i don’t comment often, i just relish in the wonderful recipes you share. i just wanted to say you rock! so sad i didn’t get to see you when you were in Brooklyn..
Often I have thought about posting, especially as I am listening to all the podcasts at once so you and Tracy are always with me in the car. I find your writing to be compelling, and you moved me to tears with your post about seeing your ex in a picture on facebook. You are able to be so vulnerable and awesome at the same time and I really appreciate your brand of nerdy cool. On another note, I bought your cookbook before I knew about the blog and I feel I know you because I have made the majority of the recipes in the book and almost feel like we are food soulmates in a way. You know what I want to make and eat. Your book is special, your podcast is special, and you are special. Now I am going to YOLO the heck out of ANOTHER batch of brown butter chocolate chip cookies!!!
Dear Joy,
It’s such a joy to read your blog. This post is just amazing!
Thank you for being you! xxx
Okay, so I have nine bookmarks and you’re one of them, actually, you’re the first one and the one most easily to locate and click… that’s all (in other words, thank you cookie-maker-cat-speaker for sharing your awesomeness).
Sharing your life in public is a scary thing, but you have taken that chance and we have all benefited. A blog can be many things – informative, entertaining, humorous, and reflective. Yours is all that and more. We should have no expectations of you, only that you continue to be who you are. Speaking for myself, I can say that your virtual presence has helped this guy through some rough times and expanded my food horizons. Just keep doing what you do so well and know that we all appreciate it.
xo!
Right back at ya! xoxo
But you do realize that those chili cheese fries are going to make me have to run extra miles this week to burn them off?! Hopefully you will be waiting with some tasty dessert at the end of my marathon next month. Right?
Awww, Joy โ thatโs so sweet! I love your blog and I love your authenticity. I find it a blessing in MY life to have a place to go and know that there will be great recipes interspersed with ex-boyfriend sightings and other tidbits that prove thereโs someone out there willing to admit that their life isnโt perfect and shiny all the time. Rock on, girlfriend! :D
Awww, Joy — that’s so sweet! I love your blog and I love your authenticity. I find it a blessing in MY life to have a place to go and know that there will be great recipes interspersed with ex-boyfriend sightings and other tidbits that prove there’s someone out there willing to admit that their life isn’t perfect and shiny all the time. Rock on, girlfriend! :D
Hi Joy,
I’m a day (or 5) late and a comment short… I’ve been a lurker/fan for a long time, finding spare moments between working full+ time and raising a rambunctious 4-year old and occasionally washing a dish or three, to read your blog. I want you to know that I honor the ways you share yourself here — you are colorful, honest, true, and weird in all the best ways. I feel lucky to have stumbled upon your photos, your stories, and the snippets of your life. Know that you have a fan in colorful, honest, true and weird me, living life in little ol’ Eugene, Oregon.
Aw this is a cute blog. I wish my blog had as many readers to actually thank likewise, but I guess you have to start off somewhere.
We appreciate you & all the cookies & pictures you share with us! It’s not easy to maintain a blog that has a reputation for greatness, so there’s always pressure on you to deliver! But I love all your posts regardless, so keep it up. :) I truly enjoy reading & staring at your pictures of food. So, thank YOU for being you. :D
You are so sweet, Joy! I think of you as a friend, too. Sending love from NOLA :-)
Thanks for the reminder; sometimes I unconsciously feel like commenting on someone’s blog is like butting into an overheard conversation — as if I’ve turned to the table next to me in a cafe or across from me in the subway and chimed in on their public/private conversation.
But of course, it isn’t. Blogging is a funny combination of public and private. You know people are reading, but without them chiming in, it’s hard to know what they thinking about what they’re reading.
Thanks for a peek into your kitchen and your life!
Hi Joy! I somehow feel like we are friends in a weird way too. I think it is because you are so down to earth and always keeping it real! I always look forward to reading your blog. Your posts always make me smile and your recipes are always so tempting. I also listen to your podcast, which I love. I imagine it must be kinda weird to be a blog writer because you are communicating with so many people that you don’t really know but they all love you. :) I don’t comment very often because I assume that too many people comment and that you don’t have time to read comments. But now that I know how much it means to you, Iยดll do it more often.
You are fantastic!! much love from Spain.
This post almost made me cry! You are so humble and all around awesome. I love your food posts and the glimmers into your life posts even more. Im a night shift worker so on my nights I’m off when I cant sleep-you have kept me company. Thank you for being you friend!
I think weโre friends as well. Weird in a way, right? But I love you. And I keep coming back. :)
Hi joy! These are the kinds of posts that endear you to me. I haven’t commented in a long while since life has been bonkers around here, and I play catch up on your posts and podcasts nowadays. But this post was so kind and reminded me why I was so glad to find your blog and why, like most people, I feel like we’re BFFs that just haven’t met yet!
Thanks for all you do and for keeping us in mind. You are amazingly thoughtful and inspiring. Have a wonderful rest of your week and I hope your enjoying your vacation!
Oh my! Typo…”hope you’re enjoying your vacation” Opps! Can I get an edit button around here? Lol how embarrassing!
ah, Joy, that’s sweet. I think your blog is swell. I love that you feature your normal, honest neuroses and your fabulous plans for making life incrementally better. I read your blog because that blend of honesty and optimism really resonates with me. So, I guess what I’m saying is that, even though we’ve never corresponded or met, I think of you as my friend too and I’d like you to keep up the being awesome.
Oh Joy…
You have no idea how much WE ALL love you, no idea how much time we LOVE to spend on your blog… Or should I say, over do it at times, and how much I WANT TO GIVE YOU A BIG HUG at this moment. Right now.
You’ve inspired me so much in this totes awesome baking world along with Tracy from shutterbean.com and I cannot thank you you enough.
I spend all my Sunday mornings dedicated to listen to your podcast with Tracy and yes… It always seems that i can never control my laughter when I’m in the train, on my way to church.
I would love to start a blog, but because I have to balance my school work out with MORE homework and exercise I’m not sure I’ll have the time to make one.
YOU INSPIRE ME EVERYDAY, and I’m sorry it took so long for me to write a comment down on your blog!
THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME TO DO THIS MORE OFTEN!
Lots of love from Hong Kong,
Joyce Au
x.
This anonymous internet world is so selfish. It is my first time writing to you, mainly beacause English is not my mother tongue, and I might be a little bit ashamed to write in it. I am grateful to you and your blogging, you are an inspiration for me, I am a father to little children, and the one who cooks at home. It is often hard to find out what youยดre going to serve them. When I do use your recipes, the little ones always eat until the last crumble. Thank You.
I’ve been reading your blog since last year and I never comment because who needs someone silly or weird to comment on their blog.
anyway, you’re amazing and I love you.
Oh Joy. I love you. So much. I’m sorry if my comments are missed (or even if you’ve noticed that my life got a tad crazy and I haven’t been on here as much. That’s totes my bad). But yeah. You’re steller. I can’t wait to meet you again. I’d love to bake with you. Or get drinks. That’s all on you? Maybe? Ok. Awkward moment over. Have a wonderful day!
awww i can’t read this and not comment. love you and this blog!
I’m not a baker. I’m hardly a cook. I’m mostly just a reader. Yet, I LOVE your blog. You have an uncanny way of making one feel CLOSE to you in simple words. Thanks for posting this and reminding me what it means to be honest, and open, and warm, and true, whilst typing love letters into cyberspace. Here’s some gratitude spinning right back at ya!
You are so good at responding on twitter! Getting your reply tweets literally makes my day, so thank you back! Let’s be friends.
Joy,
Is it just me, or have you been sad lately?
Cheer up, buttercup!
I have a fun quote (play on words) for you,
“Choose Joy.”
(Tasha Tudor)
I do, for my blog reading pleasure. And I hope you do, too, for every day life.
Joy, reading your blog is a slice of me-time in my busy day. Your blog is beautiful, and I look forward to every post.
I made your peach crumble last week (for breakfast nonetheless) and it was delicious! Thank you for bringing joy to the blogisphere.
Love from my kitchen to yours, Joy! I never let a week go by where I don’t check your blog and get inspired!
and I find you to be a blessing in mine <-:
I originally started reading your blog because I like to cook. However, I quickly came to really enjoy what you said and how you said it – your style. Reading your blog feels like getting together and chatting with a dear friend and it helped me get through some difficult days following a break-up. Thank you for being you and doing what you do.
P.S. Thank you also for not being married or pregnant or newly with child AND being okay with that.
in my list of food blog bookmarks, you are above Smitten Kitchen :) your food posts are beautiful, but it’s your non-food posts that really make me smile!
Hi Joy! I’ve been coming to your website and listening to your podcast for a good year. My first comment is because I hosted my 30th!! birthday brunch this weekend and made *3* of your receipes.
The gluten free spinach mushroom quiche, the Creme Fraiche quiche with bacon (rave, rave, rave reviews) and the Vanilla bean berry cake… I topped it with powdered sugar and more berries as the temps reached 108 in Phoenix on Sunday. The bruch was a success, in part thanks to you.
Keep on keeping on!!! You continue to inspire me to keep trying new things.
Joy, you are my absolutely favorite food blogger. I love the way you write and the way you share with all of us here on the interwebs. I love your recipes, too – don’t get me wrong! I come back to your blog again and again to not only look at your pics and see what you’re making, though, but to read your cute musings on life and relationships and health and yourself and all of us. The fact that you even wrote this post is a testament to how amazing you are! I read a lot of blogs and I find it’s rare for the creator to so openly and humbly thank his or her followers. It means a lot, Joy, and you mean so much to us! Glad we’re weirdly friends :)
We love you, Joy! You are really so nice to post this :) Really do feel like we are weirdly friends and so it makes me feel a little less weird when I see you say that too! I don’t even comment much but I always want to get in touch when I read your posts – to say you’re amazing, to say well done, and sometimes I want to reach out and just give you a little confidence, because you are awesome so why don’t you know it?! Hugs :)
When I first started reading your blog, I wasn’t much of a cook. I was, in fact, practically a baby; still in high school, terribly confused about what being a grownup would be like, and when I found your blog I stuck around here because you’re so comforting and funny and warm and special, and it felt like having the cool older sister I always wanted to show me how it was done. Now, I’m a big girl with a big girl apartment and kitchen and boy, and I cook every night, except for when I’ve had a bad day and then it’s froyo for dinner, let’s be real.
I read everything you post, and wish I always had time to comment. I do sometimes, but not nearly enough. I hope you know that for every one of us who comments, there are ten or twenty or a hundred more reading, nodding to ourselves and smiling. It’s strange in the world of blogging because we know you like a dear friend, but you don’t know much of us except for these few comments. So I’m here to say hi, you rock. We want to be your friend. You make us smile. And laugh. And sometimes cry a little because you say just what we need to hear. Thanks, Joy.
Ive been reading your blog for some time and this post inspired me to leave my first comment. Thanks for always sharing fun recipes and stories! I bought your cookbook soon after it came out and really like it–great job! (*^^*)
thank you so much for this sweet post, Joy. i love how involved you are with your readers and how you really make your blog a community. i look forward to every time there is a new post, and i actually cried about not being able to come to one of your book tour stops and meet you (i’m not a crazy stalker, promise!!) you just seem like such a genuine and honest person and everything you write has such a beauty about it. your blog has helped me through some tough times, whether it be when i really needed some real talk, or just some wicked good brownies. please keep doing you!
Talking to the cats is not bad ;)…sometimes they give the right answer!
I like your blog very much, but my english is too bad for oftener comments :)
Good morning! What a perfect post…so honest, open and warm…and I can totally relate! I love how you put this out there, it’s important for readers to know the writer would lo engage, to chat, to connect. I hope you have a chatty kind of day! With your cat, and many others :)
We know all that, though nice of you to say.
Joy you totally rock! Is it creepy/weird that I feel like you are my friend? Anyways, your blog is my ABSOLUTE favorite! Keep being you!!
You are the epitome of joy. Your parents knew it when they named you, didn’t they?
Much love! Thank you for sharing your amazing recipes and for all the life wisdom. I always look forward to reading your posts! Thank you!
Your blog is my homepage, and it constantly brightens my day. You are appreciated :)
Thank you for adding some goodness to our lives, too! When I need a bit of inspiration, I head over here and see what you’re up to. Just seeing you being creative helps me be more creative. My birthday is coming up next week, so tonight I’m drafting my X-Things for X-Years list. And when I need something to impress a boy, I swing over here for baking ideas. You’re like a friend I’ve never met. I’m so glad I found you. :)
So love your blog and all of your recipes. You make my day!
Hi Joy!
I’ve never commented before, but this post moved me. I love your blog and I have your book and I love that too. You are a gem.
Best
Beth
Oh Joy!
How could I not comment? You know I love your blog. You know that I am equally interested in your yabbering posts as I am your amazing recipes. You know I made that rootbeer cake for my family, and didn’t even take credit for it.
I just got my first teaching job, and as soon as they actually pay me- I want a copy of your amazing book- with a photo of an obviously awesome chick (with visible tatoos) holding a beautiful cake. This is how I see myself: awesome & a good mom & wife.
Thanks for your blog.
Carly
I love your honest talk and genuine appreciation – I can feel it over the web. I needed it today so thank you! Can’t wait until your next post.
The same goes for you, you don’t know how many times one of your posts has really made my day. And it’s totally weird (but not weird) how I think of you as my friend, even though we’ve never met! way to inspire, once again joy!
It’s so nice to know we’re not alone! <3
This is my second comment ever on your blog (my first being a week ago). We have a weird relationship, you and I. To you I’m this person who mainly shows up as just a +1 to your readership, but has (once, and now twice) spoken. To me you’re this friend in the kitchen. “This is delicious,” my partner will say. “I found out about it from Joy,” I’ll reply. It’s really quite one-sided. Not that I’m complaining; I’ll never say no to another friend with similar food tastes.
Hi Joy,
How sweet of you. Your kind words came on a day I needed to hear them. Thank you for your great posts and for sharing the tasty tidbits of your life! Jen
Thank you for being my cyber friend.
See!!! I KNEW we were friends!! :)
I really love ‘seeing’ you and ‘hearing’ from you daily. You brighten my day!
You’re just bomb diggity. As well as your book, blog, and podcasts!
Aww! This totally melted my heart! My mom and I love your blog and podcast and you are an inspiration to us both.
I just wanted to let you know that I have read your blog every day since I was in high school. I am currently a senior in college and have followed you in two states, to south africa, to france, and beyond.
you never fail to make me smile and your recipes are always incredible. thank you so much for your wonderful stories, advice, and cookies!!
This is absolutely fabulous! I love your blog so much, just as much as your recipes and I really, really like you! Although all the things I’ve tried hardly ever looked as good as yours, you turned out to be a really good motivation, because reeding your posts keeps me motivated. So thanks a lot for being honest, funny, kind and most of all for writing posts and sharing your recipes a bit of your life with me (and all the others). Lots of love from Austria xx
Hey Joy! I teach Kindergarten. I had a rough day today and read ur entry from yesterday, and it made me smile. I’m glad someone appreciates me. Ha! Thanks so much for your blog and your podcasts. I love them both.
I love your sincere & real talk!
gosh, i like you.
Are you finding it harder and harder to write about food when so many are going hungry? Just this year, 40 million more people went hungry due to climate change. I’ve made many of your recipes and enjoy your sense of humor and charming, sweet personality. I’d love to see more “real-world” awareness in your writing. You have a talent, use it for good!
Thank you,
Jean
You’re an inspiration! I love hearing about your treats and cat and what not. Your blog is a highlight of my day. Thank YOU!
i don’t know how i managed to avoid cooking most of my life, but there it is…i did. then this handsome guy showed up one day and i learned that he loved home cooking (nearly) above all else. so i have been teaching myself to cook. your blog is a delightful addition to my online sources for recipes. and i just love your sunny posts. thanks for sharing your joy and inspirations!
Thanks for the laughs, Joy. I’ve been reading your blog for over a year now. You’re wonderful… I just wish I knew you in real life. Come to NC on your next cookbook tour ;)
I’m not a blog responder. While verbal in person, I tend to keep my online thoughts to myself. However, you rock! Thought you should know.
Well said Kate :)
Joy- I’ve rarely commented, but like so many others here- I can’t help but believe that you’re just the type of gal I’d hold as a close friend if indeed our lives crossed. In the meantime, I love your blog. I love your podcast, I genuinely look forward to it each week. I hear your insecurities and relate. I take your advice “do one thing you’ll both love and regret this weekend”, and try to follow through. I don’t often comment, because I associated many comments as a burden for the blogger at hand, not a treat. But now that I know it’s not- I’ll always check in to say “hi. I appreciate what you’re doing for us. Keep on keeping on, Joy.”
Cheers- Kate
i too, like so many others, find your posts comforting. it’s a perk in my day to get your emails. :-)
and whoops typo (ack I am a journalist, so I am crazy about that) … *I just **love** reading it …
I have never commented, but I have followed your blog for years. I just reading it and seeing your love of food and how it is a positive part of our lives. My mother and grandmother are Italian and some of my favorite times with them are making homemade meatballs and enjoying their delicious meals.
So, you’re post about…EVERYTHING. Yes, I laughed out loud, and with all the online “lol” fakers out there, that’s saying a lot! Seriously, I was crying and heart-broken and then BAM! There it was. The part where the Moose says, “Bummer birthmark Fred.” That was the sunshine parting the clouds. Thank you for reaching through the sadness, this girl’s smiling.
In a lot of ways you are a blessing to me too! I don’t mean that in a stalker-y way, I mean that when I click over to your blog it brightens my day a bit. Almost every time I go to this webpage I think, “Oh, I love Joy the baker”. Seriously, you have a great gift for connecting to people through this space and I appreciate every word you write.
I think your blog is awesome and I hope your having a wonderful day even if it is just standing in line.
I love reading your blogs! They light up my day, I look forward to my mornings of drinking coffee and catching up on your posts!
Thank you for such a wonderfull site.Information and happynest all the time.
Okay… you ROCK. I’ve been reading your blog for a while now, and you’ve (of course) inspired me to write a comment. Although I’m pretty sure that was not your intention. you rock! I like you a lot a lot! I have your book in the mail, and I’ve heard (from my mom, who I told to buy it) that it ROCKS, too. Keep on rockin!
I’ve been looking for a while for another blog (I love Pioneer Woman) that has amazing writing and insight as well as awesome recipes. Yours is the only one that I’ve stuck with because I so enjoy reading it. Rock on, Joy!
Your website lights up my day! :)
Hi joy…!
Really happy after reading this lovely post about our comments. Communication with others is always good. Thanks for giving this opportunity :)
Joy, we love you! You give us food love, life laughter and deliciously wonderful recipes… so thank you! :)
Joy, you are nice! I went paleo a few months ago and unsubscribed from most of the normal cooking blogs I read – too tempting! But you are too cool – you had to stay in the feed reader. You are about more than food and even a caveman can appreciate you. :)
You’re a blessing in my life too . . .
I love reading your blogs because you write in a way I could relate to you. And I feel the same way about people commenting on the blog. Although I am not a big blogger/foodie like you, just 1-2 comments brightens my day!
First time commenter. :)
I love, love it when people comment on my blog. It makes my whole WEEK! But I never comment on these bigger blogs because I feel like I’m just a little guy–one among many. But you made me feel individual today. So I wanted to tell you.
You bring a little “Joy” to my life, so thank you! I too bake too much and talk to my dog :)
I always read but never comment… you’ve inspired me to do ‘better’ and to start talking rather than just listening!
Your posts almost always make my day!
Hey Joy! I am that common visitor that loves blogs but almost never comments… Even though I know how bloggers love comments (’cause I love comments, I’m not gonna lie)! So here is a big big thank youuuuu for inspiring me or us or however, thanks for making me smile with your humor and thanks for making me and my family fat (we don’t care getting fat if it’s eating cake).
Soo yeeeees, thaaaaaank you :D
I guess I don’t have to mention anymore how much I like your blog, right?
And thank you, Joy, because you have now made me feel like less of a weirdo for laughing and nodding my head along with the majority of your posts as though I was reading a letter from my good good friend. (It is all too true.)
I always thought it was creepy I thought of you as a “friend” even though I only read your blog and follow you on Twitter. I feel better knowing you feel the same. I enjoy reading what you write as much as I enjoy your posts and I’ll never forget the Blackberry Pie Bars that first got me on this website….Thank you for sharing with us
Hi Joy!
I always look forward to your blog! It makes me happy whether you’re baking or making notes to yourself or just taking photos of your cat (ok – I especially love your cat). You’re awesome and I’m happy to be internet friends with you! :)
I rarely ever comment on blogs because, well, I rarely have anything fresh to add. Plus, I always feel like nobody reads my comments or cares anyway. So it’s nice to know that you DO read comments and DO care what your readers have to say. :)
I read your blog just about every day so even if/when I don’t comment, please know that I love and appreciate what you’re doing here.
It’s true, you are great at responding on Twitter :) Oddly, I think we are friends too… or just kindred baking “sister”… too weird? LOL, have a great week!
I love that you love everyone’s comments. Yay for Joy.
Joy,
you are so open and funny, it is wonderful and your blog is a ‘joy’ to read, truly.
i think we would definitely be friends if we ever met…..
& most of your readers probably feel the same way :)
keep on keepin on, that is all we can do……. but thanks for making the keepin on pretty interesting!!
Anne
I talk to my cat too. She acts like she’s listening and talks back. This is normal behavior, right? I also manage to spill wine all over hot italian neighbors who come over to borrow my corkscrew. Totally normal.
Joy,
You’re that badass blogger who inspires me to bake more cookies and also add more on my to-do list. I turn 25 this year and your 30 things for 30 years really inspired me.
So with that in mind, I plan on being creative and doing 25 things for my 25th year. Totally gonna be bold like you…though idk if I could do the awkward high fives with strangers.
Anyway, long story short, hope you know you’re awesome. Your cookbook is my birthday gift to myself and I intend on making everything on your cookbook this year.
Stay awesome.
Chrisan
I heart you, Joy!
Joy,
Such a sweet, thoughtful post. I don’t comment often but check/read yor blog every morning. Thanks for letting all of us “followers” that you love us as mch as we love you.
You’re the best. You’re honest and have integrity, two things that are in short supply these days. That is the reason, to me anyway, why your excellent recipes are extra special and your blog worth reading.
Hi Joy, I’ve never commented here before (despite following it for… ages? or at least three years), but today I thought it IS TIME. For what? Simply, the time to tell you that it’s a great pleasure to read your posts, your recipes are beautiful and your style of writing makes me smile. I’m miiiiiles away, but, hm, faithful and grateful :)
i think you are lovely!
Jump for Joy! I just love you!
Joy- you’re the best! I come to your blog not just for your amazing recipes (the combo of healthy and easy savory foods and delicious sweet goodies always gets me!) but for posts like these. Your honesty, silliness, and warmth come through in your writing so clearly.
Love your blog and you! And your cookbook which has made my daughters eager to bake and try new things. Made the whoopie pies with my youngest – rave reviews and she was so proud – and mom was too!
nealy panicked when I couldn’t find “Joy the Baker” but did find it and had the wonderful buttery biscuits yesterday
Hi Joy,
I’ve been following your blog a while now, but I’ve never left a comment.
Thanks for sharing your delicious recipes, crazy cat stories (my cat and your cat would be best buds for sure), and wise words. I sometimes re-read the post about your cat’s birthday and it still makes me laugh =)
I bought your book when I was in the US in May, and I absolutely love it, it’s a real inspiration to me.
Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you for this. It means alot to be acknowledged in such an eloquent fashion. Very few people could do this and really mean it.
Hi Joy, this is my first comment. I love your blog. Sending you a big hello from Australia! :)
Joy,
I am one of those people you and Tracy call the stalkers. I read the blog faithfully but I never comment. I would also most likely figure prominently into your blog math. But I thought it was about time you know, that to me, you rock. I love your cookies and your cat speaking abilities. Also you make me laugh on a regular basis and made me try new nail polish colors, inspired me to get a blazer and make homemade tasty treats. So thanks. And just so you know, no bigs if you don’t respond. One day I will try out twitter, (shh, it kind of freaks me out a bit) but I know it will be okay because you do it, and you haven’t steered me wrong yet.
You’re so sweet chica! You always inspire me to learn new things in the kitchen; and for that i’m always appreciative to you.
P.s. i baked my very first cake from scratch this past weekend :-) xoxo Thank you for the joyful inspiration!
you make my day at work when one of your posts pops up in my google reader and I can steal a few minutes after lunch to read it. :) love your blog!
Dear Joy,
Don’t ever change. Ever.
Thanks for giving all of us “weird girls” a voice, teaching me how to make peanut butter/bacon cookies, singing the praises of mixed prints and most importantly, a rockin’ blazer.
P.S.
The Joy the Baker podcasts helped me overcome my fear of flying. Having you girls in my ear balls made me totally forget that I hate airplanes. Cheers.
This is just the sweetest post ever, just like you. For those of us who are a bit awkward too, it’s a good reminder to let those people who we have occasional contact with (on the internets and such) know that they matter, that they have the ability to make your day and that it’s appreciated. Maybe spreading some thanks and awareness will make this a little bit more civilized virtual space. :)
Love your post as always and now I don’t feel so weird that I think of you and Tracy as my girlfriends. Also I really, really missed not having your podcast last week. It was like we didn’t get to catch up. I can’t wait until Thursday! Also my daughter says I’m to old for twitter:}
Hey joy! Just started med school a few days ago – its hard, but your blogs posts are the perfect way to cool off after some serious brain mushing :)
Looooove the blog, currently rereading your early posts, and you and Tracy make my earbuds happy while I jog!
Kisses from Paris
And you have blessed so many.
<3
Found your site a few weeks ago and it helped me successfully bake my first pie! Thank YOU for the help! *^_^*
See? Now THIS is why we love you Joy, you’re so much more real to us because you care and read our comments…Well that and you have a fuzzy lion who loves to crash your podcast sessions/photo bomb your food pictures, have some serious style, write like you mean it, and – oh yeah- are a stellar baker! Sometimes I comment, sometimes I don’t; but mostly that’s because you’ve said all there needs to be said and all there is left to do is enjoy!
awwww :) sometimes i feel like a weirdo for commenting on strangers’ blogs like we’re friends. thanks for helping me not feel that way :)
Joy, I appreciate you as well. Your realness is satisfyingly refreshing in this crazy world we live in. I pray that you continue to share your thoughts and keep cookie-baking slash cat-speaking becuz it really makes me smile inside:-)
Hi Joy,
I truly love your blog and your personality that just shines through each post. :)
<3
What a lovely post. I have a list of 5-6 blogs i follow on a regular basis and yours is one of them. I adore your podcast (which I listen to enroute to work), your quirky humour, the pics of your cat (i also have an orange tabby) and obviously your amazing and creative food that constantly inspires me in the kitchen. I have probably only left 1 comment in the two years I have been following your blog. But I want you to know that I think you’re awesome and that your posts always bring a smile to face :) Thanks Joy!
joy, you rock!!! :-)
Yup, I read your blog and even listened to some of your Joy radio ramblings. I am a recipe hoarder and sift through many e-mails daily; sometimes wishing that some of the e-mails were from some of my friends instead.
Joy, you bring joy to your readers, so never fear and keep up what you do and do WELL!
you are all love. thank you for bringing ‘joy’ into our daily lives.
xx, jill
I have been following your blog since dulche de leche cupcakes!!! {soo in love with those things} I have made so many of your recipes and enjoyed every one. But mostly, what keeps me coming back is the way you make people feel like they know you, and that they are your friend. Cause I totally feel like we are friends. :o)
Thanks for your friendship.
Aww this post is awesome and you are an awesome lady! I love reading you food blog everyday!
There really is nothing quite like a lovely comment on your blog is there? I really enjoy reading your blog, your stories are so heartfelt and your recipes so yummy. So thank you for writing for us!
and we love reading your blog! i am teaching girls rescued from the sex trade how to bake in cambodia for the next three months, and am of course bringing your cookbook to share with them. shall we call it baking class with joy? love love love you, your recipes, and your blog!
love love love your recipe and your awesome blog!
Joy, this was such a sweet post! I was at the bookstore today and saw your book on the shelves and was as excited as if I really knew you and it was my friends book on the shelf! I love feeling like I’m seeing a small piece of your life and love how raw and honest your posts have been lately. Thanks for all the amazing recipes that impress everyone I know, and helping inspire me to become a baker! I’m in baking school right now and never would’ve realized how much I love doing it if it weren’t for blogs like yours!
Also, I’m crazy about how gorgeous that photo of you is, the light is amazing.
When I first saw the title of this post, I thought someone had gotten out of hand and I was ready to fight them. I’m another one of those that doesn’t comment but watches for new postings.
I love your photos and I love that you have those measuring cups with the pouring spouts, because I have them too and I secretly get excited when we use the same kitchenware. I love that making your recipes makes everyone think I’m pro, but really I’m just following along with you. And I love the photos, which I have to say twice because they are the only way I know I’m on the right track mid-baking.
And I love that you essentially just sent us all fan-mail.
Will this post be the one with the most comments ? Think that it will, cause all your followers that โ like me โ have never dare leave you a comment will. I’m a young girl who loves read your posts. Your recipes are awesome. Your texts are awesome. Your pictures are awesome. Your blog is awesome. Even your cat is awesome. And I think saying that make of me a really weird girl. I’m from New-Caledonia. Even in New-Caledonia, there’s someone who follow you. Small french island in the Pacific. Yeah, that’s why my english is so wrong. Just hope you will understand something in what I said.
It is my pleasure to comment on you most excellent blog. I accidentally commented on Facebook…which was a total accident since I never use facebook…any way, I really like your pasts.
Karen
Your blog appears waaaay down at the bottom of my long scroll of blogs that I subscribe to via My Yahoo. That’s because yours was one of the first I subscribed to. I still find myself skipping most of the middle ones so I can get to the bottom and see if there’s a new one from you. Love your style, openness, wit, cat pics, and yes…your recipes.
Okay, Okay.
It’s now or never!
You are too sweet. I love your witty writing. You make deliciously yummy recipes. AND Your blog is my favorite among the 30 or so I try to keep up with…It’s like talking to a best friend.
Phew. I’m glad I got that off my chest :) Keep on keeping it real girl.
p.s. I just started following you on Instagram. Ultra creeper move.
is it weird that i totally consider you a friend too?? two of my friends were in Maine just before you were and i kept telling people i had so many friends who were going to Maine even though i *actually* only knew a couple of them. thank you so much for sharing your life!
Joy,
First, thanks for posting your recipies & blogging your thoughts & observations. Usually they bring a smile to my lips & a often a nod or two to go along with it. I have made several of your creations & gotten some really nice compliments-I always let people know I got the recipes from Joy the Baker & then I get to explain who/what that is. You now have several more readers I am sure!
Second…NO I am not a real judge.
Third…It never occured to me that you lacked for correspondence & that you were pretty busy & would have a hard time answering all your fan mail-so didn’t think to add mine. Major mistake on my part. I do apologize. The least I should have done was written & let you know that your recipes got me a lot of OMG’s & more than a few attaboys. Anyway, do want to pass on my appreciation for your doing what you do!
Sweetest post, ever! We love you, too, one million times over! Also, totes nothing wrong with baking too many cookies and talking to your cat…I mean, WHAT WHAT that’s all sane people do, isn’t it?
You are such a sweetheart!
joy, you are amazing and your blog is oh so special to me. i love your words, your honesty, and ALL of your cookies.
Hi Joy! Wonder if you are in line at the grocery store, or hope you’re not driving at least! I have never commented before, just made that tomato cobbler and I loved it, my kids not so much, but more for me! The kids liked the biscuit part, so I put leftover tomato mixture that was left naked over spaghetti with some chevre cheese, it was very good, too! So, hope you know you are loved, I check everyday to see what you’re up to, and I wish I could have read this blog in high school, I would have felt like I would turn out alright! I try to remember your comment about making eye contact, get into it or something, I also have a hard time with shyness at the wrong times! Stay cool Joy, thanks for brightening my day! Bet this will get you lots of comments, and I promise I’ll do it more!
Dear Joy,
You are totally amazing!!!. I want to be just like you.!
Love,
Brunie
You are amazing.
Just love this. :)
I only found your blog a few of weeks ago but it quickly became one of the ones I check nearly everyday. And everything I’ve made from here has been amazing! Love it :D
In many ways, but (hopefully!) not in a creepy one, I think we are very much alike. While I was looking for recipes for a get-together in the near future (a potluck celebrating the visit of a dear friend who left the country and won’t be back again for some time, and all she asked me for was something with “vanilla, and maybe berries”), I was struck by the single-lady-navigating-dating-with-a-cat-and-lots-of-baking. I’ve been inspired by your thought to bring dates cookies (I restrained myself for months, because everyone else in my life said it would be weird, but I knew that you wouldn’t think so). I’ve often thought that finding employment is better with a plate of cookies in hand, and I try to bring my office the fruits of my baking labor as often as possible. They always appreciate it.
And I appreciate you for all you do. And, in a not-weird way, for being a kindred spirit.
We have a kid book called The Cookie Store Cat. It’s a pretty sweet book, plus I’ve made more than one recipe from it. You’d like it. I owned lots of picture books before having kids.
Comments are good. Feeling connected is good. Everyone who reads here should click over to another blog from someone in the comments. Those of us with fewer than a dozen followers would love to meet the rest of you.
Joy, you truly are awesome :) I get your posts by email (so they are all saved: I have a special ‘Joy the Baker’ folder!) and on bloglovin and I am always so happy so see a new post from you. Thank you :)
It’s posts like this that make you stand out in this giant blog world.
Sending loads of weird-blogger-friend-love to you, Joy.
Thanks for writing this Joy. In all honestly, I don’t often comment because I’m not sure you’ll get the chance to read it. When I see 200 comments already, my voice feels pretty small. But, I do appreciate your blog very much and want you to know that. I read every single post with reverence and will likely continue to do so as long as you keep writing.
Aptly said. Many of us (your friends and fans!) are touched by your recipes and musings. What a gift technology gives us all. Keep on moving forward and thank you for your candor, observations on life and food! You are loved and appreciated. Thank you for reminding us that we need to stop and drop a line.
I’m glad that you appreciate all of us. We appreciate you, which is why we say anything. Your recipes might bring us here initially, but it is your personality that keeps us coming back whether there are cookies available or just chatter.
xo + infinity.
I love you and your blog Joy!! I hope to meet you one day!
How cool is that, thanks for being you. :)
You are loved, dear sister of mine. You inspire me every day.
i love this blog and really appreciate you writing it! keep it up!
PS – Just made your dark chocolate, pistachio, & smoked sea salt cookies…delicious!
You are such a gracious girl, you deserve all good things.
So we’re six-for-six on recipes from the cookbook. Banana bread with chocolate and bourbon is seriously ftw, especially when I couldn’t find Hubby’s cheap stuff and used some fancy, fancy kind. :)
You are such a part of our world, it’s kinda creepy. When I wanna bake with love, your stuff is the first stuff I check, whether blog or book.
Here’s to cooking (living) without fear. And while I haven’t met you, you met my cutie-pie sister in Austin at Book People, and that’s almost the same thing. Thanks for all you do, Joy. <3
Hi Joy! I really like your blog. :)
joy– while this is the first time that I have commented, I have been meaning to tell you for some time now that I think you rock. You and tracy were a propeller for me to start my own blog (https://frommpdaily.blogspot.com/) and I have so much fun reading your site. I am so impressed and feel lucky to have found it. Dude, you rock
Hello, hello……just back from the cottage and would like to say the strawberry vanilla bean jam was soooooo good. Amazing really. Not a drop left. Not a jar to be found. My friends and family took them all. Hopefully the little one in the fridge is still there. They were eating it by the spoonful, just by the spoonful. Best strawberry jam ever. Thanks for the recipe and all your lovely notes. I read and look forward to all your posts. I make many of your recipes and they always look and taste like your photos. I am the proud owner of your fabulous cookbook. Keep on shining. Peace and hugs, Carla
You know… like all people out there I get a cup of coffee in the morning and check my email at my desk before submerging in all the crap that’s there. And let me tell you that when there is a new post by you I start my long day with a huge smile and I plan to head to the grocery store and attempt your wonderful creations! Thanks for brightening my day with your weird cat-talking-ness!!!
Joy, You’re my hero :)
Just wanted to leave a comment showing you some love — I actually normally don’t comment, but I love and appreciate your recipes all the same. Thanks for vastly improving my cooking, and especially my scone baking, because, let’s be real, your scone recipes are KILLER. xxxxooooo Abigail
Leaving a message takes a little tiem and effort from us, but your work is bigger, tougher… you’re a wonderful girl and your cat is gorgeous ^^ (I also make too many baked gooides and talk to my 8 cats… lol)
Love your blog- I consider you one of the “big names” in food blogging yet you are the only one I read consistently. Some (most) others have a holier-than-thou, snobbish, etc attitude and I just can’t take too much of that. You, on the other hand, are “real”, and funny, and so down to earth. I love your writing, and your recipes. Keep it up! (Said with a cheesy grin, thumb stickin’ out of the air!)
Thank you for being so wonderful! love reading your blog :)
I’m here and I appreciate your clear voice, superb taste and hip recipes!
This is such a nice thing to know! In a world of so much anonymity and non-personal communication and information, it’s really good to know this. Thanks, Joy! <3
You have such fun recipes ?I do not often have time to make them, but when I do I have been so pleasedwith them. ?Your site is fun to read & makes one eager to get ready for the tempting of each recipe….thanks
I think your name matches the feeling I get when I go to try out your recipes. Whether I change them or leave them, cooking makes me happy (even when it isn’t perfect). And the best part is sharing your tips with my daughter and seeing her get inspired too. Keep up the great work and totally come down to Florida for some book signing…..
because we ARE friends!
I loved this post! So simple and sweetly put. I have to say that I don’t always cook your recipes as my gluten-free/vegetarian diet does not always match the amazing treats you make, but I always love reading your posts. I love your view on life and I too am “kinda just a weird girl that makes too many cookies and talks to her cat.”
I appreciate the hell out of you, Joy. that’s all. next round’s on me.
Aww, reading your posts always makes me happy, or encourages me to make yummy food, which my family loves, which then makes me happy. So, if comments make you happy, I’m totally leaving one now, and more in the future. You deserve it! Thank you for your beautiful blog.
We appreciate you too! I smile every time I read your blog. I love your podcast even more. You and Tracy just crack me up….you’re definitely a good team! I’m a little older than both of you (okay a lot older) but you both make me laugh every podcast. Keep up the great work!
Awww Joy you really know how to write form a heart. That it is beautiful. You made me feel special even though I’m just a weird girl, who doesn’t have a cat yet and feels she hasn’t been making enough cookies lately and is just one of many girls similar to her. Thank you Joy.
This was so sweet! A blog post has to be truly engaging to hold my interest and this post did just that (along with countless others you have written!). What a great post to start my day with! Thank you for blogging and know that you’re appreciated as well :)
Best,
Sapir
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First time comment for me too. I just had to write a comment after reading that last blog. It may come as a suprise, but guess what…. I LOVE your blog! I love your ideas, I love that you are so real, I love reading your blogs, I love looking at your photos, I love how you arrange things in your photos, and most importantly I LOVE your food!!
The recipes you share give me inspiration. Thank you for sharing them, and your own personal stories. I particularly liked your last blog called ‘notes to self: part 4’ – let’s just say it helped me that day.
When I grow up I want to have a cool blog all about food and life too!! (I am 29). You are an inspiration! Thank you!!
Joy! After watching hours and hours of Julia Child DVD’s on my day off, I have become obsessed with making poached eggs. However, I still really suck at making hollandaise sauce. I made it perfect once. That was by accident. Help a girl out?
This is a sweet post from one of the most endearing bloggers I’ve ever followed. Your recipes are amazing, but I bet lots of us visit your site just because you are so easy to like and root for :)
I’ve been reading your blog for awhile, but I’ve never commented, simply because I didn’t know it meant so much to you! But for what its worth, I think you’re incredibly talented and I love reading your blog. Keep going strong!
Ditto, Joy! =)
I had never read your blog until I bought your cookbook. I bought it ten days ago and I’ve made the brown butter chocolate chip cookies, gooey chocolate cake for one and the araby spice cake. I think I may be in love with you, and I’m pretty sure my husband approves. Thank you!
Now, how can we NOT comment on this post? ;) You so stealthy!
hahahhaa! you totally don’t have to! i just wanted to spread the love!
You are amazing! I love reading your blog, you are so honest and such a great writer. I too love to bake and have always baked pies that are actually quite good. But last week, following your advice, I put cinnamon on the top crust of a peach blueberry pie and it was the best pie I’ve ever made. Thanks Joy!
I don’t usually comment, but now I have to! I always smile when I see a post from you in my reader and click on it first. I appreciate the time you put in, the least I could do is comment :)
This is just about the nicest post possible for one that doesn’t contain a recipe or food photos.
I’m going to jump in and speak for all of your occasional commenters to say that we appreciate your appreciation!
guess what? we feel the same way. thank you for existing.
I do a lot of reading, but not a lot of commenting… I couldn’t ignore your request, because in a weird way I love you back. Why? Because, yes, I love your recipes, but mostly because you make too many cookies and talk to your cat.
Mwwwwwa!
Nicki
What a wonderful thing to say. I’ll have to think of you wevery time my children come into the kitchen and say, “Who’s all them cookies for?” at the masses I’ve just baked, just because and they’ll get eaten anyway.
You are amazing, your blog is wonderful, I have to read everything you write and not just scroll down cos it’s like you’re talking to me and I love it!
I’m loving your book, it gets drooled over a lot and by everyone else who comes to visit.
hugsxxxx you’d be a fun person to meet up with!
You are wonderful Joy! Keep baking delicious things and talking to your cat. I am grateful for your existence
I feel like we are distant cousins related by some brother of our great aunt. We are in the same circle of friends but we have different recess times and I just see you walking back to class. But I do see you, appreciate your work, humor, and silliness… I see you!
I appreciate you! Your posts are so funny and honest, and your recipes inspire me. I made your avocado and edamame salad for a Labor Day gathering yesterday, and it was a huge hit…none left for me. :)
Uh oh…you read these comments that we leave? Pressure is on to be much funnier and wittier than normal.
Pressure. Is. On.
Joy, It was so nice to meet you and spend time on the ‘Riggin’ with you and all the others, and especially great to find your cookbook in the bookstore – I can’t wait to try some of your recipes and I will be a regular on your site! Take care and be happy!
oh Gillian! you are so wonderful! it was so great to meet you.
An I really appreciate you because all you give to us. Ok, some times is not easy for me because English is not my first language, but I do my best to read you, which is more easy than write, believe me…!!!
Dear Joy,
Thank you! Your blog gives me inspiration, courage, and laughter. I feel you are also my friend.
I appreciate you!
Kat
what a sweet note! Joy, I appreciate all the work you do to keep this blog (and your readers) well-fed!
Love your comments, and admire you ability to do so. From one who was raised with “never write anything you don’t want to whole words to know” … has left me rather stifiled. And I love your cooking.
Hi Joy,
Such a wonderful post! And you have a great blog. Your words always make me laugh and I appreciate your honesty – you seem very real.
Plus, your recipes are fantastic! I got your cookbook the other day and it rocks. So far I tried Kettle Corn, which I need to try again because I burnt the sugar unfortunately! Next up, I want to try the coffee crumb cake…it looks delish.
Thanks for ‘giving’ all of us your blog. We love it!
Jessica
I left you a comment a long time ago about me being from cold (most of the time) Alberta, and I wished I could come and sit on the beach with you and eat cookies, or eat something (I don’t remember). I’m pretty quiet, and I thought it sounded really weird after I sent it, so I haven’t commented again thinking you might remember me as that weird Canadian. Well, since you’re usually so honest, I’ll go ahead and say it again. It would be a dream to come and sit on the sand in the sun with you and drink lattes and eat cookies, all afternoon. I already feel like we’re friends. You’re awesome!
Hey Joy,
I’ve been reading your blog for a while. In fact I look forward to the emails I get every week letting me know when you update your page. You’ve kind of been my inspiration in so many ways. I have to say I’m a serious adventurous foodie. But the thing I love the most is baking. I get this feeling of happiness and pride making something with my own hands. Most of those great feelings come from your blog or book. The way you write it’s not just recipes its a little more than that. This is honestly my first comment on your blog, and all I have to say is please come to NY specifically Barnes & Nobles in Union Square
Lady you are awesome! Just saying.
I come here everyday to get a smile or (like in post where you saw a certain someone in a facebook picture) tear up and and shake my fist at the computer and call some man I don’t know a jerk for hurting my internet imaginary friends feelings. I feel connected to this blog, and the recipes, and your sister Lauren and you. I laugh out loud at the computer and I share the recipes with others and I look forward to the next post.
i love reading what you write all the time it makes me smile never stop.
You’re a good one Joy!
You rock Joy! You really do. Just sayin’.
well your blog-your honesty and AMAZING food (and cook book, obviously!) brighten my day-so it is easy to write a comment to show some love!
Hi Joy,
I love your blog, recipes and the posts like today. They are so touching and honest.
I also made your vegan pumpkin bread from your cookbook with my fiancee last night and it was a big hit. I just thought I would let you know:)
Awee…I like that…you are an inspiration who brings Joy to the baking world!
what would life be without joy? easily not as sweet, not as sassy, definitely not as fun. I appreciate that you take the time to bake cookies and then tell us about them. your new posts are always one of the happiest parts of my day. :)
I’ve been meaning to send you iPhone pics of many of your recent recipes. Your banana walnut chocolate cookie cake is now my son’s favorite (made it four times already), but I just realized today that I have all the ingredients for your whole wheat corn, hatch chile and bacon pizza. Will send you a tweet if I get it done.
you’re just awesome.
Plus you bake.
Which is awesome, too.
Hiya honey! I’ll tilt it back in your honor today, because, you know, we’re besties. :)
A lovely human! That’s you.
Your blog is so sweet! Your baking is SO yummy! And your amazing, keep going Joy!
ditto everyone!
I dont usually comment, but thanks for your inspiration & beautifully written insights! Your posts always make me smile :)
I always look forward to reading your blog. I always do it when I have time & a cup of coffee or tea so, that I can really enjoy it. For being so young, you are so wise & thoughtful & caring. It’s great knowing that there are young people like you. One of the best things, besides the great recipes, is that you are so real. You share the good, the bad, the funny. I very often think how perfectly named you are. You truly are “JOY”.
I have only just discovered your blog and podcast and am loving both. I have started listening to the podcast from the beginning and feel like I “know” you and Tracey :)
Thanks for the laughs!
I love your blog! Thank you so much for your uplifting and inspirational posts. I should speak up and let you know that more often!!
I always mean to leave you a comment, but I don’t think I ever have. Thank you for being a bright spot in my day. Your posts are always so inspiring and come at just the right time, usually when I need a reminder to just chill out, be positive, and put some cookies in my life. Thank you for all your hard work! You’re the best.
Hi Joy,
Thank you for your lovely post. I’ve been reading your blog for years and it’s always a joy. I listen to your podcasts as well and now I’m a fan of Shutterbean too! I just came back from a vacation to the bay area / sonoma and stayed at an amazing hotel that Tracy had mentioned on her blog. So basically, I never would have known to stay there if it weren’t for you!
PS I am a 60something east coast mom with a daughter almost your age in San Diego.
I love your blog!
What….it’s weird if you have too many cookies and talk to your cat???? I guess I’m a bit weird too….minus the cat…I like talking to my lovely fabric stacks instead :)
I assure you…you do the same for us.
i love that you made this post. it makes us all feel really good… you know what’s important, and that’s what makes you such an awesome blogger. :)
This is so sweet <3
Few things brighten my day like seeing your blog updates on twitter or FB.
Thank you for being you!
=)
Really liked that you said (typed) this post. As a blogger, I am like you. I don’t reply to the majority of my comments.. but I love, love all of them and the people who leave them. And I try my damnedest to reply to the questions. I miss some.
As a blog reader (like your blog, I read all the posts) I don’t do much commenting. In fact, this may be only the third or fourth comment I have ever left you. There are blogs I have read for years and have never left a single comment on… but I appreciate their blogs SO much. So it goes both ways. Which is why I decided to leave a comment today, telling you thanks for blogging, even though I never give you any feedback!
Love this Joy, thank you! :-) …Susan
Hi Joy! I think I have only commented on your blog a few times, but I read practically every post…..cray cray! The big joke now with all my friends and family is that when I bake something, they take a bite and say “Joy the Baker?” I mean, I really bake your goodies, like, that many times.
Also- you are definitely one of my biggest influences to finish up this English Lit degree a semester early and kick it at some culinary school this coming spring, and I’m so pumped! Your recipes keep me in the kitchen and my neighbors fat :)
Thanks so much for caring and loving and baking and dancing! Keep on!
<3
Oh Joy! That’s a lovely post. It’s so personal, it’s so you. Thank you so much. I like that you are checking all the time your phone, our comments, just to stay in touch. My favorite one is the one in line at the grocery. That could be me.
You are amazing. I like your cat post most (I don’t have a cat but I’m a cat person).
Please, don’t stop blogging. It always makes me happy when I check your blog and find a new post. I’m checking your blog very often. I know I could do this RSS feed but it’s not me. I like to check it and than when I see that there is something new – OMG I’m so happy.
Sorry for the long comment – I will send an e-mail next time. I know I’m weird.
Anyway you are special.
Awesome post! So true. It’s what we are all thinking of our fans that comment (or don’t) on our web pages, Facebook pages, blogs, etc. That’s for being real :)
I am glad we’re friends. I believe that if we lived other lives we would know each other. Cheers and Blessings to you!
Made vanilla bean snickerdoodles this weekend, while marking my page in your book with my *signed* bookmark (a gift from my maj from your Austin book signing).
Love your site, Joy. I agree it is something special when those comments start rolling in. Makes you feel good and not feel like you’re just talking (typing) to air. haha. hugs!
Oh man. I do love me some jtb! Hearts and love to you, for endlessly filling my kitchen and earballs with warmth and laughter. Xo
Oh, Joy, with you is so much easier to love the life. Thank you for brightening our days with your posts and words. :)
And we appreciate you!! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve needed to make cookies for some occasion and I’ve come here.
Joy, if you ever come to the UK – I’d love to talk cute animals, lipstick and cookies with you over a nice cuppa tea. You’re ace!
Aw, this is so sweet! I’ve always wondered if big bloggers like you read all the comments. We appreciate you right back Joy!
Keep don’t what you do joy! You’re inspirational in so many ways!
You know there are tons of us out there that read your blog and never write. Thought I’d come out of the shadows to let you know how much I enjoy your blog… and your cat. Thanks
Lisa
thank you Lisa! that means a lot.
I love your blog! It encourages me not only to try new and fun recipes, but you inspire me with your kindness!!! And I agree with the previous comments – you can’t have too many cookies.
love you joy!
hello joy: i came across your blog browsing for recipe on the internet (where else?) one day then i subcribed to your weekly posts, and i confidently filed them away each week, into a folder named “joy the baker – recipes”, through my work day and my train ride home, i would go in that folder and take a look at my collection – it’s weird it’s like a treasure chest of recipes then last week i told my boss i am going to take the week off and i never do that, and i told him that i’m not going to check my email (and i NEVER EVER do that) the past seven days have passed by with lots of melted butter, brown sugar and happy hours with my kitchen aid mixer and happy neighbours that have been savouring dark chocolate, pistachio, sea salt cookies, strawberry banana loaf, smashed raspberries pancakes … endless joy, i’ve not felt this happy in a long time – thank you, thank you for sharing yourself your recipes and being there in my treasure chest
Leigh xoxo
this is so sweet Leigh! i’m so glad you’re taking time for yourself. sometimes it feels impossible but i’m so glad you’re doing it!
Do what pleases you…I love your blog in a weird way. Lol!
love your blog, and I love this post.
I wonder where you are reading my comment today? Wherever it is, have a wonderful day.
on my couch, right before i make granola.
And you are a Blessing in our life, as well, Joy! Hope you are out, enjoying a day off, today! XO
Cute! Good reminder that blog-reading shouldn’t ONLY be one-sided.
I appreciate you, Joy!
I also make too many cookies and talk to my cat.
Joy– You really lighten up my day. Thank you for being an inpiration to myself and many more. Keep doing what you do. I appreciate you
We love you in a weird way too, Joy. Thanks for making our days more delightful!
Your name says it all because that is what I feel when I read your blog and cook your receipes!
You rock therefore I comment. Plus I want you to keep telling me about cookies, cats, crushes, biscuits and nailpolish and also donuts.
Real life: I’ve followed your blog for over a year and never left a comment. Thank you for your honest and beautiful post. Also real life: I found your blog last summer when I was miserable on the sofa with mono and strep throat. Ever since then (and after getting healthy again), I have fallen in love with baking because of your recipes. I am in ministry, and a lot of times I am called to sit with someone in uncertainty or after something terribly sad happened. After those days, there is something calming and totally necessary about measuring a cup of flour and adding too many chocolate chips to cookies. Thank you for being my baking inspiration and for bringing a ray of joy and comfort into my week.
I absolutely love reading your blog, I just love the way you write and your humour…not to mention the amazing recipes that you have.
P.S. I made my friend and I the summer city sparkle shoes! Love them.
that’s so rad!!
Ahhhhh Joy you’re the best!!!
Ive never left you a comment before (!?!) but when I read your blog and your cookbook – I feel like we’ve been friends forever!!
Thanks for the cookies, the cat-talking & for being you!
-Lacey
About 2 years ago I ran out of brown sugar. I thought o myself there must be something I can do other than run to the store, not to mention it was 11;30 pm and I was in my pjs. I headed to the trusty internet to do a search and there you were! How to make Brown Sugar – Joy the Baker. I loved your blog right away and have been reading it consistanly since. You crack me up, I love what you cook and I truly look forward to reading it every morning. We are friends, good friends. You rock, Joy! Thanks for you what you do, Sister.
what a nice thing to say! i’m a long-time creeper/daily reader but i’m not sure i’ve ever commented. just letting you know you have lots of other invisible internet friends who appreciate you and your yummy food things/cat pictures/inspiration even when we don’t make our presence known via comment! keep up the amazing blogging — we all think you’re kinda cool. :)
I love your blog. Can’t clean my house without You and Tracy in my ear. Love the behind the scene feel of following your instagram feed. When I met you in person at one of your many book signings, I felt like I met major celebrity. A celebrity who was real, humble and unscripted. I sat in the front row and watched your hands shake when you spoke to all of us, your adoring fans. I found that so endearing. I couldn’t do what you do for so many reasons, but you inspire me to be Brave and Real everyday.
Thanks Joy.
What a lovely tribute to your readers! Thank you :-)
Please also know that although some of us – cough – may not always take (have) the time to comment, we do take the time to read your post and test (and taste) them!
If you ever decide to start a “cookie-maker-cat-speaker” club, I’d be glad to join, by the way :-)
Have a wonderful Monday and thank you for sharing your recipes.
Such a cute post,..:)
Yours is the blog I go to when it’s been a hard week (like this one). Your love for life & food & pretty things reminds me to keep looking for the joy & the beauty. There is a chance I make one of your recipes every week :). And my friends have stopped asking where the recipe came from bc they already know. Keep using your gifts well.
As a fellow cookie-maker-cat-speaker, it’s a pretty okay existence as far as possible life styles go.
Aww, Joy, I appreciate you, too! It always makes my day when I see a Joy the Baker post in my reader. I save it for a time when I can read and *really* read, you know? Be fully present. Because that’s what you deserve!
And there are never too many cookies, and why wouldn’t you talk to your cat? They are totally listening.
Keep rockin’, Joy. We love you for that and much more.
Joy, your blog was one of the first blogs I started following. I kind of pretend that you’re my real-life friend (which was easier when I was living in Santa Monica), which I hope isn’t creepy.
And for reals, if you ever find yourself in Paris, I’d be happy to give you a pad to crash in and tours of all the best cheese and chocolate shops.
Joy- I would love to comment. I read your blog everyday. I wrote you a very long email when you were in London. I know it was a little crazy….offering to have you over for dinner…I know…. but I was just so excited! You see, I totally admire you. Anyway, I never comment because I never heard back. Not even a ‘what’s up’ or ‘go away.’ I’m a cancer so perhaps I’m just too sensitive. Regardless, have a nice holiday- I made Suzanne Goin’s plum tarte tatin (used 1/4 of the butter and double the sugar) it’s awesome- I recommend it.
very sweetly said.
I read a lot of blogs but yours is the only food one. You always seem to make me laugh or think or remember some dumb thing I did a hundred years ago PLUS the wonderful recipes! My mom and my sister-in-law read your blog too. And this Christmas- Joy the Baker cookbooks for everyone!
really enjoy your blog joy, and your attitude of thankfulness.
new fan alert! i just discovered your blog a few days ago (and started following you on twitter!). i’m so excited to start trying your recipes, and i’ve already been enjoying reading your posts. you have the gift of putting words together beautifully (and obviously baking delicious treats!). the fact that you love cats is just icing on the cake as far as i’m concerned. :) xo
How kind of you to post this message to all of us.
You are a blessing in return!
Roz
We appreciate you as much as you appreciate us!
P.s. Too many cookies? There is not such a thing ;)
Aww, I totally appreciate you and your blogging! In a very strange way.. (even though I’m pretty sure we live on other ends of the north american continent and have never actually met..) we are true friends. Period. You have this gift of expressing exactly what so many other people are thinking all the time. We all feel like satellites lost in space at times, but your blog reminds us that we aren’t alone. True, we may be a little weird, but thats the beauty of being human and living life… :)
Keep Calm and Carry On!
Oh joy! You are sweet. This made me smile. :) you are very welcome and these precious minutes spent leaving you a note is not wasted because i know it is appreciated. You don’t know how many times you have made me and dinner companions so happy with all your delicious recipes. Thank you for that! The tomato cobbler, orange chocolate chip cake (Which I’ve made twice), and the roasted strawberry buttermilk cake. Also, even though I don’t all the time follow your recipes to a tee, I use them to inspire me to create something. Thank you! I think we are friends too. Yay!
we are so thankful for you, Joy. not only are you a constant food inspiration, but a personal one too! you have a great outlook on life and you tell us things in “Note to Self” posts that I need to remind myself of daily.
thanks for being true blue and handy with rouxs (I tried to rhyme here).
its symbiotic. thank YOU so much for all you do and all you share.
Hi there!
Despite having a very particular diet and not being able to eat most of what you cook here, I’m still addicted to your site. It’s so nice to know that someone out there shares the same cravings, cat obsessions and worries that I do. Thanks for your beautiful photos, your witty posts, and for just being you.
<3
I don’t have many things I can eat on here either but I always adapt them to my allergies (gluten/wheat/dairy). I’d be happy to show you how because her recipes are amazing! just shoot me a comment on my blog
Joy, thank YOU for sharing your life and kitchen awesome with us. You are incredible!
P.S. I’m taking your class at Teahouse and I can’t wait to hang out with you and Tracy! And Michael, of course :)
oooh this is going to be fun!!
You are too sweet Joy!
O.k. truth be told…I’m totally that person who never replies and clicks over to Smitten right after yours! But I’ve been religiously following you for years and enjoying all the scrumptious things you have to offer. Thanks Joy. I promise to drop a line every once and awhile so you don’t feel like some crazy cat lady.
i’m glad you’re here!
You made my day, Joy! Coming to your site is very much like having a phone chat with a girlfriend. It’s nice to know that you like all of us, too!
I suppose that when I read a blog entry about the meaning to you when your readers leave comments, I feel compelled to leave only my second comment ever to a blog (I think the first one was to you as well). I thought I’d tell you a little story. My niece just got married this weekend and for her shower, along with a Cuisinart, I gave her a copy of your cookbook. I myself had gotten a copy from my best friend Robin. We all love your blog and my niece was thrilled to receive it–she is a big fan and squealed “I love Joy!”. My sisters chimed in–“oh, is she the one who did the dark chocolate, pistachio and smoked sea salt cookie recipe you forwarded-we love her too!” So, just know that, even though we don’t all comment but twice in a decade–there is still a lot of love coming your way. Great blog, great recipes–you remind me of one of my nieces too!
i can’t even tell you how happy this makes me! thanks, susan!!
You make me smile Joy, and sometimes tear up too. I enjoy reading your blog, trying out some of the recipes, and just watching you cook <3 have a great Monday!
-gayle.
I, too, love reading all this goodness. I should say so more often !
Truth is, I also kind of think we’re friends. And please know that you could never, ever make too many cookies. Thanks for the reminder to reach out and make connections–I appreciate it, and I appreciate you.
<3 <3 <3
Aw. Happy Labor Day. You remind me of my time living in Southern California.
Thank you Joy! This is also how I feel about you and your blog! I am always reading your blog, in many places I go. Getting a pedicure, waiting in a Doctor’s office, standing in the line at the post office etc…. I love you and your blog!!!! Thank you for being you!
Your post today sounds an awful like the sentiments of the Meg Ryan character in You’ve Got Mail. And I love that movie and her pixie hair cut of which I haven’t yet had the nerve to copy. The cat I can do without but you had me at cookies :)
did i just quote You’ve Got Mail without knowing it!?
Gee, how awesome are you?
This is beautiful and has just my day soo much better :)
Thank YOU!
Thank you for your gratitude. We all should remember to stop and tell people that we appreciate and love them <3
truth!
You are so amazing Joy. Thank you for recognizing us in this beautiful way. Peace.
I’ve been reading your blog for years but I never.comment. it might sound weird but you’re like a good friend I’ve never met. Thank you for being that person. Please don’t ever stop being you.
thanks for being here!
Why thank you, Joy! Though we’ve never met, I love reading your words, and look forward to your blog every day! You’re a beautiful soul!
Hi Joy,
Love your website. Glad you like cats too. The pictures are very nice. Someday I’ll get to try out the recipes when there is more time. I’m so glad I have a job, but the bus ride take 31/2 hours a day of my time. Take care.
That was so nice to read! I personally comment because I think YOU are awesome! And sometimes I think you need to know that your recipe rocks my world!
I love your blog. I love love the podcast. You and Tracy have helped me embrace how in-between and unsure this late 20s/early 30s time feels, and to do it with confidence.
Also, your recipes are flawless. Everything I’ve made with the help of your site results in perfection. Oh, and I’m telling all my friends.
Too many cookies? no such thing! And at least your cat can make noises back-I’m still waiting for my plants to answer me…Thank you for your writing. You inspire me in so many ways :)
I know how you feel! I love comments on my blog letting me know the traffic isn’t just coming from my mom. I can also concur, you are pretty stellar at twitter.
You’re a blessing to me, Joy! Thanks for being you.
Love reading your blog! There is something so familiar about your style of writing……..sort of like I’m sitting here with a friend. Thanks for that, Joy!
Anne Marie :)
I love you and everything you do! I never really was much of a commenter on anybody’s blog until my own started to receive more comments. Now I totally understand how it feels to get them! It’s proof that you’re doing something right; that you should keep on truckin’.
*hugs*
That’s all.
This is such a sweet post! We love and appreciate you as well. I used to try to respond to all of my comments individually but I decided I’d rather spend the time visiting other blogs and returning the favor. This is such a wonderful community.
See, this is just one more reason why you are so awesome. How many bloggers with large followings take the time to do this? And you bake all sorts of deliciousness? And you take great pictures? Dang. That’s why you have more comments than any human would have time to answer (unless theyre in prison) and why i peppered all my conversations at BlogHer with “Do you read Joy the Baker?” and why so many said yes.
Joy love reading your blog! Just suck at the comment thing! I feel that what I might say you might laugh at! So I read lots and lurk lots! I will make more of an effort to comment! Goodness knows I really love comments on my blog too! Happy Labor Day! I think I rambled too much! Sorry!
How nice !
I know that something like this would make me feel good, when I post comments on a blog that I really enjoy and never get a response… sort of like sending happy notes to the tooth fairy and they just drift off into the atmosphere..
I reply to every person who comments on my blogs / mostly by email and it can be a full time job but that is my choice.
I am sure some people put a lot of store into hearing back from a blogger that they follow.
You rock!
Joy, thank you for the daily ray of sunshine into my life! Also, thank you for bringing together generations of woman through your blog. My mother, my sister,my daughter and her friends, my friends, my friends kids. It goes on. We all have your cookbook, bake frequently from it. Talk about your newest post, eat, enjoy.
Enjoy-Joy I just got it!
Anyway, thank you…
I never commented on your blog but today I wanted to say that I read all your posts! I’ve been following you for years, in the beginning I would occasionally go to your blog when I wanted to see something pretty or just trying to find a good recipe then I started following you via google reader.
Since I never commented on your blog I think it’ll be good to say what I like about it: I feel that you’re very honest here, you seem to be a down-to-earth person, I admire how much work you put in the blog, I love how you insert something from your life and come up with a great post plus all your photos are really amazing (I hope one day I can take pictures of food like that) and I love to look at the recipes. I don’t think I made many of your recipes (I’m sorry!), while I love to bake I’m not a sweets person neither is my family.
I love to see comments in my blog too (mine is super super small) and I can see why you love the comments. I love them too. When people comment someone’s listening. I feel super motivated to get things done!
Just wanted to say that I’ll keep reading! Even though probably not commenting as much as you deserve but I’m reading.
I don’t just talk to my cat. I talk to the chickens, the guinea pigs and myself, for that matter. The mobile phone revolution has saved me from the asylum. Now everyone looks like they’re walking around talking to themselves, not just me. Keep up the great work. :)k
Dear sweet, beautiful, lovely Joy…
You took the words I’ve been longing to say straight out of my mouth and put them onto your fingers. I’m forever indebted to you for that. I owe you. BIG time. xo
What a great post…as a blogger I totally understand but it isn’t something that I’ve posted in awhile on my blog so thank you for inspiring me to do so.
This is totally a thing I feel and a thing I agree with.
Hurray! This is so sweet. Thanks for taking the time to be thoughtful. Love your food and your style of writing!
you’re super woman, joy!
I am so touched by this. Thanks Joy, you’re super xo
Gratitude is the heart of a beautiful person. Thank YOU for being that person, and of course, Joy the Baker.
xo ~Liv
thank YOU for your amazing blog. it’s an inspiration to those of us who are just starting the blogging journey, and I love reading your posts every day!
You ask for it, so here’s my comment. I haven’t cooked any of your recipes yet, but I always come back to your blog to read you. Your thoughts, your life, your feelings and your fears. You write in a really honest way. I apreciate it. It makes me feel that I’m not the only weird girl in the world, despite we are and live too far away and have really different lifes.
Keep on, I’ll go on reading.
Lots of kisses from somewhere in the South of Spain.
Hi friend! You got it! I don’t watch bachelor pad so more comments coming your way :)
Happy Labor Day and big hugs to you. You’re very important to us, too. :)
Joy! Your blog brings light and inspiration into my life every day. It’s delightful to know that you’ve opened your life up for all of us to see every day, and I’m always excited to see what you’re up to. I think the only person who is that excited about my blog (right now) is my mom…
Also–It’s totally okay to be the lady who makes too many cookies and talks to her cat. I’m still pretty sure that my dog is going to talk back one day.
Thank you for reading our comments! I love reading your comments on our Sundays with Jot posts. Your posts mean a lot. Thank you for the sweet email when my mom passed away! Prayers and blessings,
Gigi
each time i read your blog i have this wish that we lived in the same city and could be friends in real life! your sense of humor and your love for cooking & baking & all things food & sarcasm are just right up my alley. and i love the times like these, when you write about non-foodie things and you show the other sides of who you are because they are beautifully written & often how i’m feeling about things in my life too. keep doing what you’re goin because it is awesome & so are you!
I have been reading your blog for quite a while now, and it’s always a great read, I shall try and talk a bit more to just rather than just let you do all the work ;)
you’re such a doll, joy! and it’s true about twitter…thanks for the portland tips!!
Aww even from the perspective of a long time reader and a first time commenter (me) this is great of you to say!
I love love love your recipes and your style of writing. So good, please keep doing what you do.
It’s nice to know you read our posts. Thank you for brightening my days when I read your blog. Wish you lived in PA we’d be fast friends. Hug your cat today for me. Had to put mine to sleep recently. Miss her. She was 18 couldn’t hear, skin and bones, couldn’t eat much except for the gravy in the pouches. But she’s in kitty heaven I’m sure. Happy Labor Day.
Your welcome. Thank you for writing such a wonderful,warm blog.
You are a friend to all of us who read it.
To give you an idea of traffic I only have 32 followers and even then it’s pretty hard to keep on top of responding to comments and reciprocating visits. I think considering the scale of your success you do a pretty amazing job! I’m sure I speak for thousands when I say we appreciate your appreciation :)
Lovely little t-y, Joy! And I know exactly how you feel. I have a very modest little blog, but I thoroughly enjoy the little community that has grown up around it and the folks that I’ve had the privilege to meet as a result. Their comments are an intrinsic part of the joy surrounding the blogging experience–the way we connect through the ether, if you will! :-)
Have a lovely Labor Day!
Lori
Hi Joy! I love your blog. It’s one of my favorite places to be in the morning. I love seeing what you’ve come up with food-wise, word-wise, and photo-wise. Thanks for continuing to create such a pretty little place for us to come to a few mornings a week. If comments are the fuel that keeps you motivated and inspired, I will keep on commenting – b/c I sincerely hope you just keep going and going and going!
You are a talented person and have an EXCELLENT blog, among the very best of the best. I love your recipes, as they turn out every single time!!!! I love your style, funny, stylish and hip.
When I read the title of your blog in my email I expected to receive a warning to be polite / respectful as you do read the blog. I am from Sydney, Australia and this weekend a local “personality/ celebrity” was hospitalised as she was so traumatised by what people wrote on twitter about her. There are some nasty people out there hiding under the anonymity of the web. I was shocked to think it could happen on joy the baker. Thankfully I misinterpreted your blog topic. Only happy thoughts and comments here………
That’s very sweet of you, Joy! It gives me incredible joy to see readers comments on my blog! It gives me even greater joy to see a blog author respond to my comment. Your gesture is very graceful and sweet!
I love your blog and read it for ages, but most of the times I don’t comment, because I don’t know what to say not to sound weird. But I get you, totally get you. I’m very grateful for every comment on my blog too.
Hello, I’ve been reading your blog sometimes and am very amazed by how you can bake so well. I can’t cook properly, so I really feel amazed by you. ^^
Thank you for appreciating your readers and commenters! You’re a wonderful individual!
what a lovely post. lately I found myself writing a response to you and then deleting it thinking ‘aw it’s not like she has time to read it’…but this post of yours makes me think – well even if she doesnt read it at least its there and she will know that I love reading her funny, cute and quirky ramblings! brilliant :)
I always look forward to your posts. Even now that I’m vegan, I still read because I enjoy your perspective on life. Wish we were close enough to be girlfriends :)
HI Joy, I love your blog too. Not just your recipes, but your clever, funny, sincere and opinionated voice. I also really enjoy your podcast. You and Tracy keep me company while I sew on Sunday afternoons, so thanks for that!
That is so sweet. I love that people can feel so connected without having ever met. Thank you for your time – I love getting my Joy the Baker email notifications, and I love that you and your recipes are so real. Thank you in return.
Gosh I love you Joy, please come to Australia.
Hi,
Just came across your blog because I was searching for ‘what to blog about’ for my new blog and saw your post with 10 very useful points. Then I saw this and thought I should say thank you.. So THANK YOU!
Just a quick hellou from another cookie – maker – cat – speaker from country far far away! :) Your posts always make my day but I just didn’t have a habit of commenting on blogs, I see now I should change that!
Thanks Joy, I am sure I am speaking for most, we appreciate you :) Have a fab day.
This is lovely – you’re right. There are so many things vying for our time that it does make a difference when people choose to spend time on our blogs. Well done for saying!
Thanks for all the wonderful recipes, but a big thank you for acknowledging us, your fans.
It’s like talking to a friend. Thank you for being there, and here, at the same time.
Thank you for that lovely note. It came from the heart. I usually don’t comment because most people have already said what I feel. But I shall unlurk and be less of a wallflower now.
I like your style and that you talk to your cat. Even more that you write about talking to your cat. Makes me feel normal. I kinda talk to my cat.. cats… whichever cats are around me… inside or outside… I’ma cat lady I guess.. and a crafty, wishing I was a cooking type-a lady. You inspire the cookerish baker in me. Thanks for that. My cats thank you too because they love the quality time they get in the kitchen with me.
~Katey
thank you, joy, for posting little bits of inspiration every week. you make me want to live bigger and better and travel to sunny places and bake pretty things. you’re awesome. i love all that you do x
hi joy!
I absolutely love your blog and it was the inspiration for to start my own blog as it was so beautiful. Such a nice way to share recipes and thoughts with a group of people who are like minded.
I have also fallen in love with your recipe book and have now bought multiple copies for friends and family to share the love. Who in turn have also fallen in love with the book!
Keep up the amazing work!
Rae x
I know just how you feel! And I just want you to know that you have been a great inspiration for me to share MY inspiration and passion. And thanks to you (and orter totally awesome foodbloggers out there) I’m now something more than a girl who bakes too many cookies and talks to her cats. Keep up the good work!
Love your blog and I truly understand the appreciation you have for comments because I have the same for my readers.Thank you!
I read each of your posts, but I don’t usually comment on them… From now on I’ll try to change that! :)
I think you are soooo funny and nice!
You deserve to know that… and that there are people who loooooves what you do!
Kisses from Spain
You are that warm comfortable spot in everyone’s heart that makes the responses natural. Love is like that.
OMG that was sweet and wow! do I feel guilty I don’t comment. Regardless, reading your blog is a highlight of my day. Thank you.
I love your blog, Joy! I’ve been meaning to say that for too long – you make me laugh, and you brighten my day with your quirky posts and fantastic recipes. Thank you!
I always feel like when an alert from you website appears in my inbox that a friend has emailed me and your podcasts and like sharing a good conversation with some friends anywhere and anytime that you want to listen to it. And I love your cat and the cookies, just a bit :)
Hey Joy,
i appreciate you, although i never comment *yikes*
I think you are fab! Keep up the savory & sweet work!
lot’s of love from a small island in the mediterranean xxx
I Loved this! I’m totally with you on reading comments in any random place all parts of the day and I especially feel ya on feelin like the comments come from friends. :-)
Hi, I am not a follower who has ever commented on your blog although I read you regularly. But today I could not pass by without dropping a line. Your entry has made me smile and I have loved it. Thank to you for your dedication and for entertaining us every week without asking for anything in return :)
i mostly just read and enjoy but will make an effort to comment! i love your voice – funny and youthful and quirky (in a good way!).
I love that you are always gracious and generous with your time. Thank you! It’s a pleasure for a food geek/word nerd like me to follow you and read your posts.
Always top notch stuff, Joy.
-Shawn
Hey,
reading your blog for several months now, and you are right. It is weird that I haven’t said hi yet, even though I feel that I know you a little bit.
Hi Joy!
Greetings from Copenhagen!
Have a nice day
Thank you for this blog, and all the others ;)
They are so much fun to read !
Not a big commenter because I get so self-conscious… But hi Joy! You feel like a friend, even though we’ve never met and you live on the other side of the world. Also, I’d love to meet your cat :)
Hello,
Just a comment to let you know yours is the few blogs I actually read. I mean I have loads (too many) on my google reader but yours is one of the few I take time to comment and read.
Sure you have a lot of great food pics and great recipes, but I don’t think that is why I read it. I like the personal aspect of it, including the cat conversations. It just feels cosy like being in the kitchen of a friend drinking and eating good food while talking about nail polish and silly songs.
I hope you continue to write and cook for a long time.
love,
Carla
Well, while we’re on the topic, here I am, with my second cup of coffee this morning and I’ve never before commented but I would really like to tell you how awesome I think your blog is! Lovely photographs, wonderful writing and looots of recepies that I save in my to-do-folder on my computer. ALSO, I’ve recently (and by this I mean about three days ago) found your podcast and am now OBSESSED. You and Tracy are so fun to listen to and I absolutely love listening to it (that might be why I have now subscribed and listened to like .. ahem … 10? 15? episodes these last three days …). Keep up the good work! Greatings from Sweden!
Aw shucks, Joy :) I think you’re pretty awesome yourself. You certainly do wonders for my bleaker days with your candid honesty and hilariousness. cheers to you!
now i will never ever stop commenting on blogposts ever again! nothing warms a blogger’s heart more than a comment ;-)
I don’t always leave a comment but it’s so good to hear that you do read them. We’re also FB friends so that’s twice the amount of Joy the Baker (oops nearly wrote Banker there for a minute – ugh… that would have been sad).
Beautiful, just beautiful!! Well said, I know what you mean & I appreciate this post so much.
What a lovely post! It’s so true about comments, I love them and my heart jumps every time my phone pings its little email noise, hoping beyond all hope that it’s a comment on my blog!
Hi joy! one day I’d like to eat something you baked yourself. I love trying out your recipes but id still love to try your
Baking and to have a conversation with you. You crack me up!
I used to have a blog.. and I hear ya. I really do :-).
Do you ever wonder how people find your blog? I used to wonder that about my own blog.. how people ‘found’ me, so to speak. The internet makes the world a smaller place, y’know? I used to find it so bizarre that someone from, say, Norway for example (because that’s about the most far-away place I can think of from New Zealand, where I am) would read my mindless little bletherings.
But anyhoo. What I’m saying is, wouldn’t it be interesting to figure out how everyone came to start reading your blog. I can’t remember how I ‘found’ you. Maybe Pinterest? Or maybe from reading someone elses blog, where you were mentiioned..?
Whatev’s, it doesn’t matter. I like what you have to say, it’s good stuff, and I’m here to keep reading :-).
I love this post!
Personally I feel really awkward and embarrassed to comment on blogs. Sure, there’s always something I’d like to say, but then the comment just stays there forever, and what if it’s totally idiotic and you wouldn’t want that right underneath your pretty blog entry?
So I refrain, and only comment when I try a recipe – because other people’s comments after trying a recipe are so useful and help me choose what to make next (once I’m done scrolling over all the comments telling you how yummy the food looks and how they’re totally going to make it on Tuesday. 99% of the time they don’t comment a second time, and I’m left wondering – did they ever try the recipe? was it so good they’re now passed out in a pile of cookies and the will to tell us how it went is forgotten, or was the promise to try that cake only a promise, and instead they had store-bought chocolate chip cookies, or worse – a light salad?)
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and recipes with us. I bookmark and tag some of them and sometimes try them and it all makes life just a little bit better.
You’re the first person that inspired me to blog! I appreciate you (as always EVER) and your words!
I hope to meet you soon (like I know that’s not impossible)
I hardly ever comment, but I read every.single.thing. you write. I’m like, a secret stalker, or something.
But maybe I’ll try and comment more from now on! It is so nice knowing that there are other cookie-maker-cat-talkers out there! It’s like a club.
As one of silent but strong cohort of male Joy the Baker readers, just want to say thanks for the great website! And this post is appreciated too. You rock.
that is so very sweet. i just recently started following your blog and i can’t wait to read more of your new and old posts!
You have spoken for many of us…no matter that many come, peruse, use and enjoy…it’s the people that take the time to say something that matters so much. For me? It’s the cook that has made something I love and let me know he/she loves it too. That literally makes my day!
I love your blog and I bought your cookbook for a friend the other day – I like the intro where you called your dad to ask for your aunt’s recipe. I did the same thing the other day for my new blog! All of your baking turns out so beautiful.
thanks for making such awesome food and conversation that we just have to comment!
Joy this was a great little post because I’ve often wondered if what people say really impacts you or not because you are so self-assured, so confident in your baking, yourself, your blogging, that I’ve always wondered if comments from the peanut gallery resonate much. Sounds like they do!
And what blogger doesn’t like comments and feedback and sort of a pulse from others on their posts – we all want that I think!
It’s because your writing style feels like you’re talking to us in person. That makes me want to respond, I always want to say something back. It’s all you, you deserve it! 100%!
I love your blog! Not just because it has awesome food, but I think you are hilarious :) Your witty humor amuses me. Have a great day!
Ooooohhh joy, mwah!
well, shoot. now i feel like i should comment way more. mostly i just read and smile at your website like we’re friends.
Ditto!
double ditto!
Triple ditto!!
Quadruple ditto! :)
same here! especially when i listen to homefries…sometimes I listen at work and look like a weirdo when i laugh out loud… you are amazing Joy!
Oooohhhh joy. Mwah!
Boop!
So true for me too. When you give of yourself, it’s awesome to get a response.
Thanks for showing gratitude Joy. It’s nice to know you do read & appreciate what we have to say.
As a fellow blogger, I completely understand. I try my best to reply to each & every comment just so people know how much I love the fact that they are speaking up & saying hello. In this fast-paced world, it really is quite a compliment for someone to not only read your blog, but to take the extra step & leave a thoughtful comment. I too, am much better on Twitter (it’s just easier & less intimidating since it’s only 140 characters you’re dealing with). Anyhow, I know what you’re saying girl, thanks for gratitude, we love you too!
but seriously, thank YOU.
:) I think alll bloggers know exactly how you feel.
Agreed, Laura! Comments make the blog work go ’round!!