I had a professor in college who told us we could write the conclusions to our first paper in her class as a bulleted list, but she made it clear that if we did, we were taking the easy way out. Not clever enough to summarize your thoughts into a smoothly flowing paragraph? Write a bulleted list!
The Basics
- My name is Bridget.
- My husband’s name is Dave. The cats’ names are Daisy and Orange.
- I am thirty, but not in a mature, getting better with age kind of way. More in a “how can I be thirty and still not have a real job?” kind of way.
- I teach science classes at a community college part-time.
- My background is in science.
- I was born in Chicago, lived in Saudi Arabia for a while when I was too young to remember, grew up in New Mexico, then moved to Indiana where I met my husband who’s from Ohio, then we both lived in upstate New York for while, except for a few months when he lived in New Jersey. Then we moved to Philadelphia, and now we’re back in New Mexico.
Food Philosophy
- I like to cook, but I like to bake more.
- I’m not a vegetarian, a pescatarian, a carnivore, gluten-intolerant, lactose-intolerant, a clean eater, or any other eating label that you can come up with. I eat everything. I am anti-picky (except for green peppers, which are gross).
- But I prefer to cook with natural ingredients. I don’t use mixes – why would I, when I enjoy the process of making things from scratch so much?
History
- I started cooking when I was in elementary school, assuming you consider boiling hot dogs and heating up canned soup while heavily supervised “cooking.”
- I will defend Chris Kimball to the death. Okay, actually, Chris Kimball seems like kind of a douche, but I do credit Cooks Illustrated’s The New Best Recipe with teaching me to understand cooking instead of blindly following recipes.
- My kitchen skills took another big leap forward when I started this blog, which continually encourages creativity and feedback and discussion.
Photography
- I was shocked to discover when I first started photographing food that just making sure the dish was in the frame and pushing a button didn’t generally result in flattering photos.
- But I learned how to adjust just a few basic features on my hand-me-down point-and-shoot camera, and my photos improved immeasurably.
- Then I started enjoying all sorts of photography, so I got the cheapest dSLR I could find, plus the cheapest lens. Both suit me fine.
Contact
- crumblycookie dot bridget at gmail dot com
- twitter: @crumblycookie
The Basics
- My name is Bridget.
- My husband’s name is Dave. The cats’ names are Daisy and Orange.
- I am thirty, but not in a mature, getting better with age kind of way. More in a “how can I be thirty and still not have a real job?” kind of way.
- Oh yeah, I’m unemployed. It’s been my deep dark dirty internet secret for a while now, but I’m coming clean. There are all sorts of annoying reasons/excuses for my lack of job, but suffice to say that I have hope that it will end soon.
- My background is in science.
- I was born in Chicago, lived in Saudi Arabia for a while when I was too young to remember, grew up in New Mexico, then moved to Indiana where I met my husband who’s from Ohio, then we both lived in upstate New York for while, except for a few months when he lived in New Jersey. Now we live outside of Philadelphia and we have some plans to move back to New Mexico.
Hello,
While looking for blogs on food, wine and cheese topics, I came across your website and found it very interesting.
I’m emailing on behalf of Ile de France, a French cheese importing company
(Schratter Foods, since 1936). Their most popular and award winning cheeses
are the Ile de France Brie, Ile de France Goat and Ile de France Camembert.
(Ile de France Brie being the very first Brie imported to the US over 70
years ago.)
We would like to know if you would be interested in receiving a sample of
these French cheeses and write about one of them in your blog.
This is our second “sampling project” this year, and you can check online what other bloggers wrote last time: iledefrancecheese.com/blogs
Ile de France Cheese would send you one Goat cheese, or one Brie or a Camenbert to taste and comment on.
Please let us know before September 16th which cheese would you be interested in sampling and writing about.
We are giving you the choice between these three different products, because we plan to send you another type of Ile de France cheeses to sample later on this year if you enjoyed this project.
The cheese will be shipped in a cooler (UPS overnight) the 23rd of September.
Therefore we would need from you an address where someone can receive the UPS delivery.
We hope you will be interested in participating. In case you are not, rest assured, that we would not contact you anymore.
In addition to the sampling program, we are also launching a recipe contest.
The first prize will be $1000. The second and third prizes will be a cheese basket worth $150.
In order to participate, you would need to send us a picture/pictures or a video of you cooking with Ile de France cheese as well as the recipe itself. You may enter any type of dish (soup, sandwich, desert, etc.), as long as it includes Ile de France cheese. (There are no obligations to participate in the contest, weather you accepted and received the cheese or not.)
The recipe contest will start on September 25th and will end on October 15th when the voting will start.
More information on the contest will be posted soon on iledefrancecheese.com.
If you are interested in participating please let us know.
Please do visit our website (www.iledefrancecheese.com) anytime, it is full of cheese recipes, tips, pairing ideas, and much more, regarding other specialty cheeses such as Morbier, Comté or Boursault.
Feel free to pick any of our recipes to write about as well, just remember that you need to mention the source and place a link to our website.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Alex
alex@iledefrancecheese.com
I just realized that I sent this email to The cheese people thinking it was your email. That will teach me to read everything till the end. I couldn’t find a contact. That’s embarrassing. Anyway that’s the email meant for you “The Way the Cookie Crumbles” owner
Hi, I really liked your blog you have yummy recipes and beautiful pictures. I just started bloggin recently so I’m a bit lost, and to make maters worst I choose the wordpress.org
I have a technical question for you, I’m also using one of Sadish templates, and I noticed that you have a page with recipe index; witch plugin did you use to make that, and these cool effect you have when you put the mouse on top of 1 picture?
I hope I’m not bothering you. Thank you.
Hi — I wanted to let you know about an event I am starting on my blog From the French Kitchen (thefrenchkitchen.wordpress.com). I’ll be “touring” other food and cooking blogs, interviewing the blogger, and making 3 to 4 of your favorite recipes from your blog. I hope you’ll take a look at the information and submit a form to be considered for a “stop” on the tour! Tour Information: tourblogsadmin.wordpress.com
Thanks!
Hello,
My name is Keegan Hurd with See’s Candies. I happened upon your blog today , and would like to discuss with you an opportunity that I see to work together. If this is something you think you’d enjoy doing, please feel free to contact me, I’m happy to answer any questions you may have, and I hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you in advance for your time.
Keegan
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~Bridget G in RI
I stumbled upon your website from The Repressed Pastry Chef’s website. She is involved in Tuesday’s with Dorie and blogged about your Lemon Cup Custard recipe. Being someone who shares the name Bridget and is 29 as well, living in RI, I thought I’d drop you a line and say what a wonderful website you have here. It has been bookmarked and I will peruse it often to get some much needed inspiration. Keep up the great work, fellow Bridget.
I stumbled on your website coming from Stumble Upon….I think it was something about pancakes…I don’t really remember because since then I have read your entire site! This place is awesome! I like how you give us the recipe, but you also describe what you are doing, what went wrong, and what you changed to make it better. This is inspiring me to start a blog, although i have no idea when I will have the time. Keep it going!
Just had to tell you that I’m loving your blog! Yesterday I was looking for a well-written, informal food blog with plenty of photos and recipes for – and this is important – food I actually want to eat. I didn’t find much. Then today on Stumble Upon I found your chocolate chip cookie comparison. Wonderful! I’ve now browsed tons of your recipes and will definitely be back – first to read about food photography and then to read yet more recipes. Thanks!
My wife does the cooking, but I take the pictures. Your food photos are gorgeous! How do you do it? What kind of camera do you have? I’d love to know more behind the photography as well as the food!
http://www.damnwellfed.com/2009/08/proscuitto-cheeseburger/
Beckman – I actually have a page dedicated to food photography. It has information on my equipment, as well as some basics of photography, especially lighting.
Your cats are beautiful. The orange one looks a little sassy :-p
I stumbled into your blog and read about your food photography and thanks so much for sharing a lot of information that I need to know. You also have a wonderful blog that is worth looking at. All the best.
Hi Bridget,
I love your website. Your food and photography are excellent! I have a company for 10 years on-line called culinarydirect.com. We have just updated the web site with a page flipping catalog. Please check us out, we have over 2800 items with a huge baking section. I would like to send you a 9 1/2 ” Deep Fluted Tart Mold to make a recipe for your site. Just give culinarydirect.com a mention in your recipe. It retails for approx. $35.00. Let me know. I am definitely making your pulled pork recipe! We are also starting a recipe page on culinarydirect for facebook, click on us and be a fan!! Let me know about the pan.
Thanks!!
Hi Bridget, I just found your blog and it is great! I can’t put it down, so to speak. We have a very similar philosophy to eating: nothing processed, heavy on fruits and veggies, and whole grains where appropriate. You definitely make the kind of food I eat, so it’s very refreshing to see what you’ve made over the years. Thanks for posting such gorgeous photos and delicious-sounding recipes!
Have you not been able to make this a career? Very good food photography and assuming great cook/baker too. I studied photography and am an amateur baker myself. Also, haven’t found a real job..whatever that means. Well, love your blog and best to you.
Kelly
Hi Bridget…saw your name over at Mark’s blog (No Special Effects). Are you in Carlsbad right now? I’m over in Silver City. If you are, I’m working on a project that will invite all food bloggers in the region to a free weekend…let me know. Rob
I am so happy to have found your site. I started a very small food challenge on my blog today. I am asking my readers, the few that I have, to cook one new recipe a week and post about every Monday for the next four weeks. I will be sure to send folks this way. What a great site! I look forward to coming back.
Annie
OnceUponAParent.blogspot.com
Just reviewed ur entire blog. wow ! some great recipes & pic’s. i so want to make bread ! but, i have a yeast phobia, and a mixing phobia, and a kneading phobia, and, well u get the picture. but, i have to say, u have inspired me to jump in ! thanks ! and thanks for the detailed walk thru on many recipes. I’m one that needs each & every step broken-down… and u provide that incite. thanks again for your efforts.
Hey Bridget,
Google Reader suggested your blog for me today and I absolutely love it! Your pictures make every singe one of your recipes look mouthwatering, and I can’t wait to try some of them out! Where in NM do you live? I’m born and raised in Rio Rancho, and as much as I hate all the dirt, I really do love it here! Great to meet another NM food blogger!
Hi Bridget,
I came across your blog today recommended by a friend and I’m so glad I did – I can’t wait to try a bunch of your recipes! Also, I grew up in Saudi Arabia too! Whereabouts were you? And now I’m actually living in Bahrain with my husband. Anyway, very cool site!
Bridget! I am soooo happy I found your blog. I’m not even sure how I did, but I’m glad! I just looked through tons of your recipes and jotted down a bunch I can’t wait to try. Thank you so much!