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From: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Joined: December 14th, 2010

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Curried Carrot-Walnut Burgers from Vegetarian Planet

These are good vegetarian burgers with chickpeas, carrots, and mushrooms as the base. The burgers were easy to form and held together well during the cooking. They are quite soft in the eating, so benefit... read more >

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SmittenKitchen has been my go-to blog since I discovered it 3 or 4 years ago. Whenever I'm looking for a new recipe, I start browsing there. She doesn't like fish and loves to bake, so that is reflected in her cooking.

I think the name of her blog originated when she was blogging about her dating life (wanting to be love-smitten?), but after she met her guy, she moved into food blogging. Now she's married with a cute kid, has left her employed job to freelance as cookery writer and blogger, and has a huge following.

The major appeal are the excellent recipes and beautiful photos, but she is also chatty, funny, and down-to-earth. This is not chefy food but truly excellent home cooking. And because you also get glimpses of her life in New York, for those of us that have never been there and live in different countries, it's like having a good friend there and experiencing it vicariously.