Thanks

Sometimes, the world just doesn't contain enough gratitude--and today I intend to do something about it. That's why I'd like to issue a sincere and heartfelt thank you to some of the great people out there who stood behind Casual Kitchen over the years and helped make it what it is today.

Mary at Owlhaven for her insights, links to CK, and her own provocative posts in response to things I've written here. To me, that's what blogging is all about.

Julia at Grow. Cook. Eat. for keeping me well-stocked up with interesting Friday Links ideas, for her insightful and intelligent comments, and for her excellent book The Farmer's Kitchen.

Monica at A Life of Spice for her inspiring writing, her openness with grappling with the various frustrations of writing--and lots of retweets.

Joanne at Eats Well With Others for never missing a post--and also for stepping in to answer a reader's health question that was beyond my expertise.

Mollie Katzen for her unfailing support of Casual Kitchen on both Facebook and Twitter--and for changing the way I eat with her exceptional classic The Moosewood Cookbook.

Jules at Stonesoup for her collaboration, her links to CK, and her brilliant approach to minimalist cooking. Jules has enormously influenced both my thinking and my approach to recipe development.

Chacha at Ombailamos for consistently brilliant comments and insights, and for slogging through and commenting on even my longest and most challenging posts.

Stuart at Addicted to Canning for all of his excellent comments, for being a big source of Friday links ideas, and for taking "laughable cheapness" to a wholly new level.

Kris at Cheap Healthy Good for literally years of support and link love for CK.

Mike at Dad Cooks Dinner and Dave at Food and Fire for your comments and thoughts--and for teaching me most of what I know about how to grill.

Melissa at Alosha's Kitchen for sharing ideas, articles and a goldmine of recipes. Thanks also for your feedback and great discussions--especially in reaction to some of the most controversial Friday Links articles.

It's not always easy or fun to run a blog, and I know I speak for many of my fellow bloggers out there that blogging can sometimes feel like a discouraging, humbling and lonely thing to do. That's why the occasional comment, linkback, retweet, encouraging word--and yes, even the occasional affiliate purchase--makes all the difference in the world to the bloggers you follow.

I'm grateful for every one of my readers, and for all of the people I've met, corresponded with and interacted with during the past five-plus years of writing Casual Kitchen. Once again: I thank you.

Readers: who would you like to thank?


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