Thank You & Thank You!!!
11/05/2008 16:01 Filed in: Personal
It's another round for memes. They're an interesting thing aren't they ? I must admit, I'm not really the biggest fan of these as I believe that if you want to say thank you to somebody head on over to their blog and say hi etc... BUT, I don't want to seem ungracious as the awards I have been handed in the last few days came from some very nice people. I mean if Miss Universe can accept her crown I suppose I could too...without the swimsuit competition that is! So I will be fair and pass this on because the people who took the time to award this deserve that back, at least.
Firstly, the lovely and talented Marianna handed me a Big E! For Excellent. Just wanted to say thank you to her. My manager will be in contact shortly. Secondly, The lovely chica Nuria, who hails from the very vibrant city of Barcelona and Helen from the Uk, have handed me the "Arte Y Pico" Award. It honours fellow bloggers for their creativity and their contribution to the food blogging community. Nuria and Helen, I really want to say "THANK YOU" out loud so the whole blogosphere can hear me! I really do appreciate it and the fact that you thought of me.
Now comes the hard part. I wont pass on the E! award because everyone I know has one already. That solves that. The "Arte Y Pico" award should really be given to ALL food bloggers. Yes I know that sounds cliched like in a "I wish world peace to all nations" kinda way, but I really mean it. Food blogging is a serious business these days. It can take a lot out of you. WE WORK HARD! There's cooking, photographing and lots of recipe writing involved. We should all be awarded for our skills and talent. But I digress. This award asks me to pass it on to 5 other people. There are a whole heap of rules associated with it. I've taken these from Nuria's bog and pasted them here.
1)You pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award with their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contribute to the blogger community, no matter what language.
2) Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.
3) Each award-winning, has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the ward itself.
4) Award-winning and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of "Arte y pico"blog , so everyone will know the origin of this award.
5) To show these rules.
Here's me contemplating who to give the award to....
Without further ado, I will pass this on to the following recipients. You can pass this on if you wish or not. It's entirely up to you...No pressure! If you've already ben handed this, no worries. Just do as you wish!
Peter from Kalofagas. This man is better than any Greek cookbook I have ever laid eyes on! You will find it all at his blog. He's been doing a great job educating a lot of people about Greek culture and about food in his very unique way. Γεια σου Παντελη!
Laurie from Mediterranean Cooking in Alaska. Laurie is the "Superwoman" of ingredients. She highlights recipes in a way that wants me to read more. Her use of varied ingredients and the things she creates in her kitchen are outstanding. I follow her CSA box arrivals religiously and I look forward to see what she will do next. I ALWAYS learn something from her.
Ben from What's Cooking. The Mexican Powerhouse of the blogosphere! This chico takes a poblano and makes a masterpiece out of it. His blog is a wealth of information. He has sections dedicated to "health", "Ingredient of the week", and my favourite "What's Cooking World?" where guest bloggers highlight dishes from their region. Seriously, his blog is better than any glamorous cooking magazine. Check it out!
Emiline from Visions Of Sugar Plum. Emiline is the baking Maestro. Cookies, sweets, slices and pies. She has it all. Her creations are masterpieces and really, who needs Martha Stewart when you have her showcasing her baking skills! Her take on the hospitality industry is hilarious...she has some very entertaining stories. I encourage you to read her blog....but be warned. You might get very hungry!
Maraianna from Swirl and Scramble. This woman's passion for food is a 10 on the Richter scale. She LOVES food and her recipes showcase fresh ingredients in a unique way. She travels the globe taking very artistic photographs of food (of course!), people and urban culture.
There you go! All done. I've got some olive flatbreads that I need to take out of the oven...
Firstly, the lovely and talented Marianna handed me a Big E! For Excellent. Just wanted to say thank you to her. My manager will be in contact shortly. Secondly, The lovely chica Nuria, who hails from the very vibrant city of Barcelona and Helen from the Uk, have handed me the "Arte Y Pico" Award. It honours fellow bloggers for their creativity and their contribution to the food blogging community. Nuria and Helen, I really want to say "THANK YOU" out loud so the whole blogosphere can hear me! I really do appreciate it and the fact that you thought of me.
Now comes the hard part. I wont pass on the E! award because everyone I know has one already. That solves that. The "Arte Y Pico" award should really be given to ALL food bloggers. Yes I know that sounds cliched like in a "I wish world peace to all nations" kinda way, but I really mean it. Food blogging is a serious business these days. It can take a lot out of you. WE WORK HARD! There's cooking, photographing and lots of recipe writing involved. We should all be awarded for our skills and talent. But I digress. This award asks me to pass it on to 5 other people. There are a whole heap of rules associated with it. I've taken these from Nuria's bog and pasted them here.
2) Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.
3) Each award-winning, has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the ward itself.
4) Award-winning and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of "Arte y pico"blog , so everyone will know the origin of this award.
5) To show these rules.
Here's me contemplating who to give the award to....
Without further ado, I will pass this on to the following recipients. You can pass this on if you wish or not. It's entirely up to you...No pressure! If you've already ben handed this, no worries. Just do as you wish!
Peter from Kalofagas. This man is better than any Greek cookbook I have ever laid eyes on! You will find it all at his blog. He's been doing a great job educating a lot of people about Greek culture and about food in his very unique way. Γεια σου Παντελη!
Laurie from Mediterranean Cooking in Alaska. Laurie is the "Superwoman" of ingredients. She highlights recipes in a way that wants me to read more. Her use of varied ingredients and the things she creates in her kitchen are outstanding. I follow her CSA box arrivals religiously and I look forward to see what she will do next. I ALWAYS learn something from her.
Ben from What's Cooking. The Mexican Powerhouse of the blogosphere! This chico takes a poblano and makes a masterpiece out of it. His blog is a wealth of information. He has sections dedicated to "health", "Ingredient of the week", and my favourite "What's Cooking World?" where guest bloggers highlight dishes from their region. Seriously, his blog is better than any glamorous cooking magazine. Check it out!
Emiline from Visions Of Sugar Plum. Emiline is the baking Maestro. Cookies, sweets, slices and pies. She has it all. Her creations are masterpieces and really, who needs Martha Stewart when you have her showcasing her baking skills! Her take on the hospitality industry is hilarious...she has some very entertaining stories. I encourage you to read her blog....but be warned. You might get very hungry!
Maraianna from Swirl and Scramble. This woman's passion for food is a 10 on the Richter scale. She LOVES food and her recipes showcase fresh ingredients in a unique way. She travels the globe taking very artistic photographs of food (of course!), people and urban culture.
There you go! All done. I've got some olive flatbreads that I need to take out of the oven...
New Design...New Season
05/04/2008 01:55 Filed in: Personal
After a few weeks of playing around with different themes I launch the autumn/winter edition of Souvlaki For The Soul. Now, it may not be to everyone's taste but I really like this design for its ability to use 3 columns. Something I haven't utilised before. I maintained the "wooden" look by incorporating a deep mahogany red as my background. And I think its very fitting for autumn/fall. Tomorrow we wind our clocks back one hour so "officially" the "cooler" months are underway. Whilst we manage to get temperatures in the low 20's during the day with glorious sunshine the mornings and evenings are certainly crisp.
I share some images of leaves I snapped the other day...(ok, I know its not food but hey! lets create some atmosphere). I also want to briefly touch on about the future direction of the blog/website. I have a few ideas up my sleeve and I'm currently testing them out but I'll inform everyone as the time approaches. I'm hoping a few people will get on board...but I can't say too much. I will continue to photograph and highlight food as the main part of this blog. I'll also be including a few more travel write ups as I'm heading to a few new places in the near future with my work. Like I said before this new design might not be to everyone's taste but I'm happy to hear feedback. I'm kinda geeky I suppose and enjoy the whole "Web 2.0" thing! I've updated my blogroll to include a few extra blogs and other websites I follow.
Now, getting back to food blogging I came third in a food blogging photography contest known as "Does My Blog Look Good In This?" or DMBLGIT. It's a great competition and its held monthly. There are a lot of talented bloggers out there! You can find out information for the next DMBLGIT here.
Just a word of warning...I may be publishing the site a few times tonight and fingers crossed it will work perfect. However as you can imagine, some bits of code play funny in certain browsers so bear with me until I get it right. Cheers!
I share some images of leaves I snapped the other day...(ok, I know its not food but hey! lets create some atmosphere). I also want to briefly touch on about the future direction of the blog/website. I have a few ideas up my sleeve and I'm currently testing them out but I'll inform everyone as the time approaches. I'm hoping a few people will get on board...but I can't say too much. I will continue to photograph and highlight food as the main part of this blog. I'll also be including a few more travel write ups as I'm heading to a few new places in the near future with my work. Like I said before this new design might not be to everyone's taste but I'm happy to hear feedback. I'm kinda geeky I suppose and enjoy the whole "Web 2.0" thing! I've updated my blogroll to include a few extra blogs and other websites I follow.
Now, getting back to food blogging I came third in a food blogging photography contest known as "Does My Blog Look Good In This?" or DMBLGIT. It's a great competition and its held monthly. There are a lot of talented bloggers out there! You can find out information for the next DMBLGIT here.
Just a word of warning...I may be publishing the site a few times tonight and fingers crossed it will work perfect. However as you can imagine, some bits of code play funny in certain browsers so bear with me until I get it right. Cheers!
My NEW Look!!!!
21/11/2007 11:38 Filed in: Personal
Ok. I can hear the cries and screams of protest (I think I can!). I want to welcome you to the new look for my blog and website. It's the fourth time I've changed themes or templates this year. Blogging was a new activity that I undertook at the beginning of this year. Well, who knew that my inner geek was going to come rushing out! Apart from writing and photographing about my passion, which is food, I also have a passion for web design. I wanted a site to represent my foodie passion. And I specifically wanted it to look good. So after 3 previous attempts at html, css and Photoshop I bit the bullet and had it professionally designed.
My blogging platform of choice is Rapidweaver. It's a made for Mac product that specialises in producing cool and good looking websites. All made on an Apple of course! For all you Macheads and fanboys this is a must see. I contacted one of the 3rd party theme designers and he came up with this great design. Florian over at ADHD Graphics is a very talented young individual with a great passion for designing websites. And he's done a great job here at SOUVLAKI FOR THE SOUL.
Notice the cool spotlights on top of the page. Similar to the downlights you find in kitchens. In fact, the website/blog has a feel of a warm wooden kitchen environment. Where I hope to conjure up a whole lot of epicurean creations. Just a warning. This site plays well in most browsers. However, you won't get the full benefit of it if you are using Internet Explorer 6. It'll show up but you won't see any of the cool Web 2.0 effects.
Ok. Let's get on with the show. I have a whole heap of posts that need updating. Now that I have my new look completed I can start to ramble on about food!
Pete
My blogging platform of choice is Rapidweaver. It's a made for Mac product that specialises in producing cool and good looking websites. All made on an Apple of course! For all you Macheads and fanboys this is a must see. I contacted one of the 3rd party theme designers and he came up with this great design. Florian over at ADHD Graphics is a very talented young individual with a great passion for designing websites. And he's done a great job here at SOUVLAKI FOR THE SOUL.
Notice the cool spotlights on top of the page. Similar to the downlights you find in kitchens. In fact, the website/blog has a feel of a warm wooden kitchen environment. Where I hope to conjure up a whole lot of epicurean creations. Just a warning. This site plays well in most browsers. However, you won't get the full benefit of it if you are using Internet Explorer 6. It'll show up but you won't see any of the cool Web 2.0 effects.
Ok. Let's get on with the show. I have a whole heap of posts that need updating. Now that I have my new look completed I can start to ramble on about food!
Pete
Using Leftovers Wisely
21/09/2007 06:05 Filed in: Personal
Food bloggers are a unique bunch. Apart from writing about their passion for food, they have to actually cook something and then photograph the results to make it look edible. Sure you can type away on a keyboard as long as you like but generally with food blogging some kind of evidence, usually through pictures is required.
We also tend to be ignored in a lot of blogging circles. Not anymore. A very passionate food blogger, The Leftover Queen or Jenn as she is really known has come up with a way to get food bloggers noticed. She came up with the Foodie Blogroll. The Foodie Blogroll allows everyone with a food blog to join a very long list of food bloggers and place a bit of code on your blog's sidebar. Instant Blogroll and links! It's a great idea and I think you should check it out.
Talk about using leftovers wisely! She has a cool website with forums, where foodies can exchange ideas and talk about culinary delights. Head on over there and give it a shot.
Pete
We also tend to be ignored in a lot of blogging circles. Not anymore. A very passionate food blogger, The Leftover Queen or Jenn as she is really known has come up with a way to get food bloggers noticed. She came up with the Foodie Blogroll. The Foodie Blogroll allows everyone with a food blog to join a very long list of food bloggers and place a bit of code on your blog's sidebar. Instant Blogroll and links! It's a great idea and I think you should check it out.
Talk about using leftovers wisely! She has a cool website with forums, where foodies can exchange ideas and talk about culinary delights. Head on over there and give it a shot.
Pete
New RSS Feed
27/07/2007 09:29 Filed in: Personal
Just a short note to explain to everyone that my feed has a new address with Feedburner. I just only discovered the other day that my feeds were out of sync!!! I was posting entries only to discover that my feed was still stuck at the 30th of May. (I forgot to put in one line of code... aahh the pleasures of being a geek!).
Click here to subscribe to this new feed. Or just click on to the bright blue button on your left in the sidebar or use the RSS feed icon located there. Thats to all of my 7 fans out here!!! Lol! It all counts and I appreciate it.
Posting some new entries in the next few days.
Pete
Click here to subscribe to this new feed. Or just click on to the bright blue button on your left in the sidebar or use the RSS feed icon located there. Thats to all of my 7 fans out here!!! Lol! It all counts and I appreciate it.
Posting some new entries in the next few days.
Pete
BACK ON TRACK
06/02/2007 20:31 Filed in: Personal
I've been a little busy this last week and haven't had the opportunity to get cooking. That will all change by tomorrow.
I have some fantastic recipes lined up that I'm planning on trying. Firstly I will be hightlighting some greek food. Otherwise known as soul food cooking for me!!! Of course these will be free recipes and I hope you get a chance to put them into action. Also, even though the weather is a little humid at the moment I plan on doing some baking.
Food, glorious food!!!
Pete
I have some fantastic recipes lined up that I'm planning on trying. Firstly I will be hightlighting some greek food. Otherwise known as soul food cooking for me!!! Of course these will be free recipes and I hope you get a chance to put them into action. Also, even though the weather is a little humid at the moment I plan on doing some baking.
Food, glorious food!!!
Pete
WHAT A DAY!!!
16/01/2007 01:06 Filed in: Personal
Phew!!!....It's been a hell of a day!!!! I was up quite early this morning trying to put the final touches to this blog and website in general. I had to cook some souvlaki and then set it up for a photography session. I think its come up well though. Not bad for a first timer, I say. Thank god I'm using advanced software that comes with easy instructions. I credit the lovely people at Rapidweaver for that. The Information Age nearly aged me today!!!
Its quite late/early, whatever your preference is and the effects of staring at my beautiful Apple keyboard are starting to take its toll. I have to blog on another BiteClub tonight. Should be fun and am looking forward to see what Tony and Michael have got planned.
See you tomorrow.
Its quite late/early, whatever your preference is and the effects of staring at my beautiful Apple keyboard are starting to take its toll. I have to blog on another BiteClub tonight. Should be fun and am looking forward to see what Tony and Michael have got planned.
See you tomorrow.
HELLO AND G'DAY
15/01/2007 13:11 Filed in: Personal
Welcome to Souvlaki For The Soul. I hope you can join me on this wonderful journey of food, recipes, cooking and travel. I'm not sure where this web adventure will take me but I hope it will be enjoyable for you as it will be for me.
I've wanted to participate in the Information Age for a while now. I just wasn't sure how to enter this arena. You see, I love food and I love technology. Somehow I thought I could marry those two very opposite perspectives of me and turn it into this project. I love to cook and I love to eat. I also love computers. Specifically Apple Macs. (I only learnt about them a year ago!!! Where had I been? I should have guessed. They are named after a food item!!!).
So lets have some fun. Part cooking, part recipes, part restaurant reviews, part food styling/photography and the occasional foray into the world of computers. Sometimes, I'll even let you in on what's going on in other parts of my life. I will also attempt to blog about the setup of a business venture, a food one, I hope to make a reality.
I aim to be light hearted and funny. As TIME magazine pointed out recently, YOU are in control of the Information Age. So, this is my contribution to it.
Welcome!!!
I've wanted to participate in the Information Age for a while now. I just wasn't sure how to enter this arena. You see, I love food and I love technology. Somehow I thought I could marry those two very opposite perspectives of me and turn it into this project. I love to cook and I love to eat. I also love computers. Specifically Apple Macs. (I only learnt about them a year ago!!! Where had I been? I should have guessed. They are named after a food item!!!).
So lets have some fun. Part cooking, part recipes, part restaurant reviews, part food styling/photography and the occasional foray into the world of computers. Sometimes, I'll even let you in on what's going on in other parts of my life. I will also attempt to blog about the setup of a business venture, a food one, I hope to make a reality.
I aim to be light hearted and funny. As TIME magazine pointed out recently, YOU are in control of the Information Age. So, this is my contribution to it.
Welcome!!!