"Exploring the breadths and depths of the culinary experience, Brownie Points embraces the simplicity of making it ourselves, for the health of our bodies, the tickle of subversive tinkering, and the reward of learning how."
a bit wordy... but I think I was afraid to leave anything out.
It's actually similar to a writing/promotion exercise where you have one chance to sell the most amazing idea (or concept, or book, or whatever) to the one person who can make your career, but you can only say one sentence to that person.
The idea of having a link list came about from some of the discussions here, about various topics, and it was noted that a lot blogs don't get noticed, which is a shame and link lists tend to become overlooked or list the same sites.
Elise is able to keep a comprehensive list at her site, but I thought it would be fun list some in a open-ended fashion, accompanied by short phrase, so people could get a bit more exposure, and readers can find some new blogs. I certainly have! There are some really interesting ones I've read that I never, ever would have found otherwise.
I have had my tag line since near the beginning of blogdom, but like Mcauliflower, mine is a little wordy. A fact that I am proud of is that it hasn't really changed much if at all and it pretty much encapsulates the essence of my blog. I think it covers most things unless I am forgetting a large part of myself which of course is entirely possible.
"Follow English-Girl-Abroad, Sam Breach, on her culinary journies, mainly in the San Francisco Bay Area, but also on her travels further afield, whilst she plays at being amateur restaurant critic, wine taster, food photographer, cocktail connoisseur, party planner, good food forager and practising home cook, with trusted French advisor, Fred, by her side"
"The positively true adventures of a woman trying to eke out a living, eat herself silly, enjoy the outdoors, and merrily survive and thrive in the urban wasteland that is Washington, D.C."
It works for me because it's true. :)
I'm grateful to Sam for letting me on the site because frankly I'm not strictly a foodblog, although someday I really hope to be.
It's so easy to get caught up in all the things your site can be ... and everything it means to you. When I did the last redesign in July, I redid my tag line and kept it very simple ... Sweetnicks - Food & Life. That about says it all.
And the same thing for Well Fed. With 15 different channels, how to best communicate that we can be so many different things to different people? Same principle ... redesign in November sprouted new tagline. The Well Fed Network - We've got a place for you and then I added the place setting. ;)
Maybe too concise lol Basically food from anywhere in the world that moves me, a young Argentine translator who doesn´t let a tiny kitchen get in the way of good food.
French Kitchen in America: A chef's daughter dishes on all things food related, and prepares American food with a French twist and French classics with an American outlook.
Hmm. A curious exercise, especially since I rarely think of marketing OWF. I used to have a tagline of "You have to eat; you might as well enjoy it" but I've dropped that.
A passionate home cook, obsessive wine geek, and Slow Food idealist who steals his cooking philosophy from Judy Rodgers' personal motto: "Stop. Think. There must be a harder way."
"Cooking student muses about life, the food-verse and everything." It's a tip of the hat to Adam's "42 is the answer" bit. I really like reading people's sentences and getting a glimpse of how they think of their spaces on the web.
When I did the blog makeover I was asked to provide a tagline. I wanted something warm and friendly and finished up with...'At my table there is a place set just for you, sit down and relax over some great food and wine and join in the conversation. You're welcome anytime.' It seems to sit well with Ximena's wonderful header.
Mine is "Recipes and whatnot from a not-so-typical L.A. girl."
Though, someone suggested "Chef on heels" to me the other day and I gotta say, that sort of works too. Then again, so does "cheeky girl with too much free time," or..well, you get the idea.
"Eatables: Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we may diet!"
Haha, one would hardly refer to me as a chef, but I certainly do enjoy eating and cooking. Being a newlywed, I am suddenly trying out new things and expanding my taste buds. I just started my foodblog and I am still quite new to the cooking world. Maybe someday I'll be as good as everyone posting here. :)
"A weblog focusing on the importance of locally and sustainably grown food. "
It's been that for a while. It gets the point across and is good when I am writing professional emails, but it seems a bit boring compared to all y'alls.
In Mol Araan: A blog about food and words in Yiddish and English including but not limited to chocolate, cooking, recipes, culinary lexicography, delights and curiosities of the plant world, and cookbooks
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ReplyDelete"Exploring the breadths and depths of the culinary experience, Brownie Points embraces the simplicity of making it ourselves, for the health of our bodies, the tickle of subversive tinkering, and the reward of learning how."
a bit wordy... but I think I was afraid to leave anything out.
I will bite - My tag line does it
ReplyDelete"Nika's Culinaria: Eat with your eyes"
Too cheesy? Sums it up for me.
I, too, have a tagline/mission statement: "Eating, drinking and living the good life in America's most hedonistic city, San Francisco."
ReplyDeleteIt's actually similar to a writing/promotion exercise where you have one chance to sell the most amazing idea (or concept, or book, or whatever) to the one person who can make your career, but you can only say one sentence to that person.
ReplyDeleteThe idea of having a link list came about from some of the discussions here, about various topics, and it was noted that a lot blogs don't get noticed, which is a shame and link lists tend to become overlooked or list the same sites.
Elise is able to keep a comprehensive list at her site, but I thought it would be fun list some in a open-ended fashion, accompanied by short phrase, so people could get a bit more exposure, and readers can find some new blogs. I certainly have! There are some really interesting ones I've read that I never, ever would have found otherwise.
But who's David Lebowitz?
Is he trying to do the same thing too?
-David Lebovitz
I have had my tag line since near the beginning of blogdom, but like Mcauliflower, mine is a little wordy. A fact that I am proud of is that it hasn't really changed much if at all and it pretty much encapsulates the essence of my blog. I think it covers most things unless I am forgetting a large part of myself which of course is entirely possible.
ReplyDelete"Follow English-Girl-Abroad, Sam Breach, on her culinary journies, mainly in the San Francisco Bay Area, but also on her travels further afield, whilst she plays at being amateur restaurant critic, wine taster, food photographer, cocktail connoisseur, party planner, good food forager and practising home cook, with trusted French advisor, Fred, by her side"
A Veggie Venture: Vegetable inspiration from Asparagus to Zucchini
ReplyDeleteSpittoon - we spit so you can swallow
ReplyDeleteSpittoonExtra - foodstuff
Mattbites: A Man Obsessed with Food, Drink, and Everything In Between.
ReplyDelete"The positively true adventures of a woman trying to eke out a living, eat herself silly, enjoy the outdoors, and merrily survive and thrive in the urban wasteland that is Washington, D.C."
ReplyDeleteIt works for me because it's true. :)
I'm grateful to Sam for letting me on the site because frankly I'm not strictly a foodblog, although someday I really hope to be.
Lively writing and cravable
ReplyDeleterecipes from two people who eat more than they should and drink more than they should--with no regrets.
Avenue Food (http://www.avenuefood.com)
By the way, I wasn't sure if I should spell "cravable" "cravable" or "craveable." Neither is technically a real word . . .
Pinch My Salt: A Place for Food.
ReplyDeleteIt's so easy to get caught up in all the things your site can be ... and everything it means to you. When I did the last redesign in July, I redid my tag line and kept it very simple ... Sweetnicks - Food & Life. That about says it all.
ReplyDeleteAnd the same thing for Well Fed. With 15 different channels, how to best communicate that we can be so many different things to different people? Same principle ... redesign in November sprouted new tagline. The Well Fed Network - We've got a place for you and then I added the place setting. ;)
"Pip in the city: Tales from a tiny kitchen"
ReplyDeleteMaybe too concise lol Basically food from anywhere in the world that moves me, a young Argentine translator who doesn´t let a tiny kitchen get in the way of good food.
Homesick Texan: Musings on life, love and the pursuit of good refried beans.
ReplyDeleteFrench Kitchen in America: A chef's daughter dishes on all things food related, and prepares American food with a French twist and French classics with an American outlook.
ReplyDeleteshort and to the point....
ReplyDeleteKitchen Exhibitionist - The Culinary Quests of a Food Enthusiast Stuck in the Sticks
crap! Typo corrected David.
ReplyDeleteMy German was creeping into my morning brain... sorry.
First off, thanks to David for such a generous offer. I had no tag so I made one up.
ReplyDeleteSecond, Thanks to Sam for inspiring me to write my tag in third person. A POV I've long loved.
Finally, Andrew has my favorite tag line. I always admire those who spit well.
Our tagline:
ReplyDelete" Married ...with Dinner chronicles the continuing adventures of a couple of San Francisco food dorks."
Hmm. A curious exercise, especially since I rarely think of marketing OWF. I used to have a tagline of "You have to eat; you might as well enjoy it" but I've dropped that.
ReplyDeleteA passionate home cook, obsessive wine geek, and Slow Food idealist who steals his cooking philosophy from Judy Rodgers' personal motto: "Stop. Think. There must be a harder way."
"Cooking student muses about life, the food-verse and everything." It's a tip of the hat to Adam's "42 is the answer" bit. I really like reading people's sentences and getting a glimpse of how they think of their spaces on the web.
ReplyDelete"IMPEACH"
ReplyDeleteWhen I did the blog makeover I was asked to provide a tagline. I wanted something warm and friendly and finished up with...'At my table there is a place set just for you, sit down and relax over some great food and wine and join in the conversation. You're welcome anytime.' It seems to sit well with Ximena's wonderful header.
ReplyDeletehere's mine:
ReplyDeleteWorking my way through recipes found in cookbooks, magazines, culinary novels, and television shows one meal at a time.
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ReplyDeleteI LOVE reading these! Fantastic.
ReplyDeleteMine is "Recipes and whatnot from a not-so-typical L.A. girl."
Though, someone suggested "Chef on heels" to me the other day and I gotta say, that sort of works too. Then again, so does "cheeky girl with too much free time," or..well, you get the idea.
xoxox
Rachael
I am Jack's Brain driven by good food, travel, and cigars
ReplyDeleteI'd like to make it shorter, but can't think of a way to do it.
"Eatables: Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we may diet!"
ReplyDeleteHaha, one would hardly refer to me as a chef, but I certainly do enjoy eating and cooking. Being a newlywed, I am suddenly trying out new things and expanding my taste buds. I just started my foodblog and I am still quite new to the cooking world. Maybe someday I'll be as good as everyone posting here. :)
Cookies and et cetera: Rediscovering my kitchen, my culinary roots, and my place in both of them.
ReplyDeletecookiecrumb's is the shortest and funniest. it covers food AND politics
ReplyDelete"A weblog focusing on the importance of locally and sustainably grown food. "
ReplyDeleteIt's been that for a while. It gets the point across and is good when I am writing professional emails, but it seems a bit boring compared to all y'alls.
Although a new blog, "The Eager Eater is about the adventures of a foodie trying to survive in America's heartland"
ReplyDeleteBelieve me, it's tough sometimes.
I've actually been debating between two, but I think it's the first.
ReplyDeletekitchenMage: Any sufficiently practiced skill is indistinguishable from magic.
(that's kitchenMage's corollary to Clarkes third rule)
alternate: Because I learned to cook from a Jewish grandmother with a catering company and you didn't!
I recently updated my about page, too:
ReplyDeleteRipe London is a wholehearted attempt to learn English -- culturally speaking -- via the breathless pursuit of a good meal, among other things...
But I think my original tagline says it best:
Ripe London. It's ready. Are you?
Maybe I should trim this down a bit:
ReplyDeleteIn Mol Araan: A blog about food and words in Yiddish and English including but not limited to chocolate, cooking, recipes, culinary lexicography, delights and curiosities of the plant world, and cookbooks