Welcome to ARTANDKITCHEN !
I’m a wife, mother, beekeeper, food addicted and lover of nature as well as travels.
Travelling I discovered the pleasures for the food, his colors, taste and spices. Now I’m really devoted to food photography and I love experimenting with new recipes to share them with my family and the world.
My main inspirations:
- Italy: my roots
- Switzerland: homeland
- Greece: adopted homeland
- Travelling: spices and dreams
- Nature
- Colors and shapes: love eat with eyes as well
Follow me in this virtual travel and I will be glad to share my impressions, ideas, recipes, colors, photos, graphic experiments, crafts and much more.
You can find me as well on:
https://www.instagram.com/artandkitchenblog/
https://www.facebook.com/Artandkitchen-183594651984296/
For questions and suggestions best contact me in the blog sending me your email in a comment.
Adriana
Copyright Notice:
All photographs displayed on this website may not be copied, reproduced, redistributed, manipulated, projected, used or altered in any way without my prior written permission.
Thank you for stopping by my blog and for following!
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You welcome, I love your pictures!
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You left a LIKE on my blog so I thought I’d stop by. What an interesting blog! I wanted to leave a comment on your recent post about Cretan mousteleveria–I hope I spelled that correctly–but couldn’t figure out how to do it, so only left a LIKE instead. My wife and I spent time in Greece, most of it in Crete, about ten years ago for an academic conference on oliver oil, and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the initial studies on Mediterranean diet done there shortly after the Second World War. Crete is one of those magical places, like Puglia or Basilicata, where I would move tomorrow, without regrets. The food and the people both seemed straightforward and generous. Every time I read more bad news about the economic situation there I recall how lovely people were to us. Good luck with the blog. I’ll be back. Ken
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Thanks for your visit and the wonderful words you offered to my blog.
Yes, Crete is a wonderful place, there are so many infesting edible plants to discover, the nature, the light and the people really make you feel home there.
I stay from time to time there for vacation on Crete, you can sit there and simply look around and notices again and again how beautiful the world can be,
The economic situation is really sad. The people began to eat less meat, smoke less… Even expats cook more and more at home and don’t go to the tavern for dinner.
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I’m subscribing to your blog. Where in Greece are you?
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I’m on Crete from time to time only for vacation but never in wintertime.
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Thank you for stopping by and liking my blog. I love yours too! Your photos made me happy. I love nature and fruits hanging on trees.
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Thanks a lot, this makes me happy!
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Your photos are so beautiful. You have a wonderful eye for nature. I have so enjoyed browsing through your blog.
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Thanks a lot, nature is the best inspiration for me!
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Is there a way of leaving comments on your individual posts? I, for one, would have liked to have asked about some of those unfamiliar berries. thanks. Ken
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Hi Jody and Ken,
I didn’t want to set comments on the single posts, For this reason I switched this off.
I have just created and e-mail address for this blog as I saw that the traffic is increasing from week to week and I get more comments and questions.
The address is artankitchen@ymail.com.
Please ask me there the question.
Thanks a lot for following this blog.
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Hi there! I love your eye for colours and detail. I’ve nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. (This will either make you smile or grit your teeth; apologies for the latter). Please visit me at http://bakeslave.wordpress.com/awards/ to see what it is all about.
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What for a surprise; I didn’t expect this nomination and I really appreciate this
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You are such a beautiful blog filled with colour and happy creative things. I am so glad to know you through this blog. Thank you so very much for celebrating Diwali with me and posting a link to my blog. Your Chickpea Fudge looks divine! 🙂
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We loved celebrating Diwali with you and your fudges!
In two weeks Advent Time will start 🙂 I’m sure you will enjoy it as well.
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Your blog is inspiring! I just nominated you for beautiful blogger award. Have a look at http://gotaste.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/beautiful-blogger-award/
cheers!
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Thank you very much! I’m honored and I really appreciate your kindness.
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Great photos!
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Thanks a lot!
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I am quite obliged by your nomination. I am grateful to you. I too have followed the rules of Beautiful Blogger Award and nominated some interesting blogs at : http://andlifesmile.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/beautiful-blogger-award/
Regards,
and life smiles. 🙂
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Hi, I love your blog and have nominated you for the Sunshine Award 🙂
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Hi, thanks a lot for your surprising nomination, it’s really kind and I will be glad to follow the rules and bring it forwards!
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Hello, I nominated you for the Liebster award because I love your blog
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Thanks a lot,
this is really a very special award. Thanks for the honour! I will bring the award forward. Do you have a tip for how to find blogs with less than 200 reviews? I think in most case this does not appear in the homepages.
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You’re welcome and it was my pleasure!
No, not really, because I had probs as well, sometimes you can’t find how many reviews there are. So I decided to go for the blogs I really appreciate^^
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Thanks a lor for replying so quickly. In this case I will do the same and I will add from time to time some blogs.
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No prob and I think that’s a good idea^^
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Your blog is beautiful! I just nominated you for One lovely blog award. Have a look at
Cheers Anto
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Wow! This is a big surprise and a great honor.
Thanks a lot for supporting my blog and for this great present.
This makes me happy!
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Hi Anto,
thanks very much for this presents and recognizon! I will bring the award forward as soon as possible.
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Thank you so much for stopping by my blog…your photos are beyond beautiful, I can’t wait to read more…lovely blog…sarah
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I have nominated your blog for Very Inspiring Blogger Award. Kindly check it at http://andlifesmile.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/blog-of-the-year-2012-award/ Congratulations.
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Sorry, to be read as Blog of the year Award.
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Love your photos. I’m so glad I found your blog. Thanks for finding and liking mine too.
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Dear Leggy, the pleasure is mine, I love your blog! 🙂
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Thanks so much!
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I found you through Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: People and Animals 2012. Your collage of cats is absolutely gorgeous! I am a huge cat lover, but can never get such good shots! Your photos above are equally beautiful. I’m going to have to take some time and really delve into your blog soon. You’re very talented.
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Thanks a lot, you know how to make me smile!
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Hi, I have nominated you for the Shine On Award and Blog of the Year 2012 Award!
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Thanks a lot you honoured me with both Award!
I really appreciate this and I will place both in my awards page! You are very kind with us!
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Hi! It has been a while – and I’d like to share with you the Super Sweet Blogging Award. Please drop by http://bakeslave.wordpress.com/awards/ to pick up your award badge 🙂
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Thanks a lot! I really appreciate it and makes me happy.
I love it and looks really pretty.
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Thanks for visiting my blog. Very wonderful blog…I love your blog then.
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Thank you for stopping by my blog and the “Like” of my posts.
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Thank u for like my post on jajandimana’s blog. And i found ur blog is so beautiful ! Immediately i follow ur blog :D. Wow. Potatoes roses is so interesting . I am gonna try it at home.
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Thanks, it’s very kind from you. I hope my potatoes roses tutorial will work for you!
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Thanks for stopping by! All the best!
Steve
http://www.dutchmastersphotography.com
http://www.foodieimages.com
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hai… thanks for the visit and like… you have such a beautiful blog and lots of creativity…. I really like it…:)
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Thanks, I love your blog as well!
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Hello ! I nominated you the Best Moment Award.If you want to accept it,
please visit the following link : http://andlifesmile.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/best-moment-award/
and life smiles 🙂
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Thanks a lot for your nomination. I send you a smile back and I will attach the award as soon as I have time!
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Thank you for dropping by my blog and the “Like” of my post.
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Hi there! It’s been a while 🙂
I have been avidly following your lovely blog. Your photo challenges particularly are an inspiration to a lazy shutterbug like myself, heh heh. I thought of you when it came time to share these three awards: Pirates’ Admiration Award, Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award and Wonderful Team Member Readership Award. Please do drop by http://bakeslave.wordpress.com/awards/ to “collect” your award badges.
Cheers!
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Hy Nat,
your really know how to make me happy.
Please accept a new award for your collection. It’s the “Best moment award”.
You can find it in: https://artandkitchen.wordpress.com/awards-and-events/
Smiles!
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Oh wow, thank you very much 😀
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You are really very welcome!
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Thank you for stopping by my blog and the “Like” of my post.
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Gorgeous pictures!!
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Thanks a lot. Your blog is very interesting!
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Hello, I have nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award. Enjoy the praise, and accept if you wish. For details klick here: http://mannalexandra.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/one-lovely-blog-award/
Just feel free to enjoy!
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WOW thanks a lot for your kind nomination! I will be glad to bring this award forward.
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It was my pleasure! Enjoy it! (:
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Thanks a lot again to you Alexandra, I really enjoy it.
All the BEST to you!
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Thanks! It was my pleasure and all the best to you (:
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Your blog is awesome!!! I tried to comment on some of the posts, but didn’t manage to. I absolutely loved the potato roses, they look great.
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Thanks a lot for you comment, roses (flowers or imitations) are one of my favorites themes.
I would like to allow comments to my posts, but it’s a question of time management for me and I know I wouldn’t be able to answer to all the comments and I wouldn’t feel well in this way.
You are a really young and good blogger; you are lucky you have the possibility to travel and look around. This is one of the best schools in any case! Good luck and all the best.
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I understand why you don’t enable comments. I too don’t always manage to get round to everybody’s comments and it does feel bad sometimes, but I always love to get feedback. Thanks for visiting my blog and thanks for the praise.
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This is such a lovely blog, thank you for bringing back some of the sunshine of Crete onto my computer this morning!
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Thanks a lot letting us know about the “Botanical Garden of Crete near Chania”. We will visit the place during our next vacations on Crete!
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Thanks for liking my post, “Food photography — Is it deceptively good?”!
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You are very welcome!
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Thank you for visiting and liking my Spring photos. Your food photography is delicious.
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Thanks a lot to you!
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Thanks for joining my blog, abcfoodie.com!!
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You are very welcome!
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Thanks for liking my post on Patterns! The presentation of your food is so artistic and creative. You may be interested in the presentation of the food in this Chinese meal:
http://opallaontrails.wordpress.com/?s=chiu+chow+fanfare
🙂
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Thanks a lot! I love the presentation of the Chinese meal.
A good presentations seems to improve the taste 🙂 !
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G’day and thank you (blush, blush) for your two Lovely Blog Awards today! I have updated my blog with pingbacks to you. http://whatsonthelist.net/
Here are 7 things people might not know about me too! (Some may lol)
Not in any order:
1. ONE of my nicknames is FANG — for my “enjoyment of all things food! lol
2. When it come to food (and real life lol), I STILL react like I am that child of 5; with wonderment and surprise! (Ask my friends, they WILL tell you lol)
3. I have always wanted to jump out of a cake! lol (not scantily clad lol)
4. I was thrown out of school on Day ONE for my um, leadership skills! (TRUE!)
Luckily my mum (who worked at the school) convinced them to give me another chance!
5. I dream about being blindfolded and have “a famous food person” feed me bite-size foods that will make my taste buds sing ! (Can you TELL what color my face is?) lol
6. Strawberry Shortcake was my all-time favorite childhood dessert; was made EVERY year on my birthday!
7. I am NOT allowed to touch the Lazy Susan whenever out in a restaurant as IF you can imagine in S-L-O-W motion….It FASCINATES me and I decided to spin it to see how fast I could spin it when the Soy Sauce MAGICALLY flew off and (again in S-L-O-W motion) splashed EVERYONE at the table! Luckily my friends QUICKLY thought IF they saw that in a movie, it WOULD be funny! Needless to say, I am on a LIFELONG ban! lol
Hope you are laughing with me now too! Again, a VERY big, big thank you!
Joanne
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Thanks a lot for sharing your funny souvenirs, I love your way of writing!
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Thanks so much for liking my blog. Your page is gorgeous!! Never good to read this sort of thing just before lunch, I get lost in all the lovely food and photos! We used to keep bees too, so I will follow your doings with interest. Take care 🙂 Janet
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Thank you very much for your compliments! I love your blog and I will follow you as well!
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I’m afraid that the link from your email to the post about chickpeas (instead of “gigantes”) is broken. Clicking on the link only brings up a “404 – Page missing” error. Ken
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Thanks a lot for your information! Sorry I don’t see how it appears in emails. In the homepage it seems to appear correctly.
The link is https://artandkitchen.wordpress.com/2013/05/24/chickpeas-with-celery/
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Your photos are amazing Art and Kitchen. You have a knack for photography and arts. Glad I stumbled upon your blog.
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Thanks a lot, I’m trying to learn by doing…
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Love your photos!
Thank you for visiting my blog today. I appreciate the time you took to stop by. May your day be filled with joy and peace.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
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Hi, I have nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award http://publictransituser.wordpress.com/2013/06/22/very-inspiring-blog-award/
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Thanks a lot for this I really appreciate it!
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You are welcome, have a great day.
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Thank you for liking my post (about our wildlife rescue box) as it gave me the chance to see your blog. It is really beautiful. I love your photos and recipes.
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Thanks a lot to you as well!
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hi beekeeper! 🙂
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Hi beekeeper as well! Thanks for your visit and following me!
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Nature, food, bees, & travel- some of my favorite things! 🙂 You might enjoy my other blog as well beehiveinmyheart.wordpress.com
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Thanks a lot for the second link!
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Looks great! Namaste. . . .Anne talesalongtheway.com
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A lovely blog and amazing photos! Every recipe looks mouthwatering!
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Thanks a lot I love food and remembering it taking pics!
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Great blog with beautiful pics! I also love the graphic design! How do you do to get the slide..?
Regards Sofia
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Hello Sofia,
thanks a lot! What do you mean with graphic design? The backbground?
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Hi! I mean the layout/theme of the blog. It’s very nice. The slide, is it something you have to pay extra for?
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It’s the “Sight Theme”.
You can choose the photos for the slide from the dashboard, selecting the post for the slide with quick edit and “make this post sticky” (it is on the right).
The theme is free!
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Ah, ok thank you so much!! I now have that on my creative garden blog.
Sofia
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Could you please send me the link?
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Yes: http://blueberrygarden.wordpress.com
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Thanks a lot¨
With this theme all the featured images has to be choosen for each single post.
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Sorry but I can’t find “make this sticky” on the quick edit – to do the slide.. where can I find that?
From the Dash board, where do you find it?
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Dashboard, post, all post,quick edit the selected post, on the right after status published select “Make this post sticky”.I hope this helps!
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Yes, no I found it! Made two post “sticky”, but still..nothing happend unfortunatelly. What can be wrong?
Thanks for taking time!
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You still have to make one of the photos of each post “set featzured image”: Edit the psot, add media,select featured image fom “uploaded to this post”, select one, select on the right down “set featured image”.
If you don’t select the picture, no picture will appear.
Good luck!
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I think I got it now… Thank you so much!!
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you are welcome
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You are welcome!
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Your created food masterpieces are artful as well. Beautiful. Thanks for the like on my post….namaste. . .Anne
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Thanks a lot for you kindness, I love food and I love to make it preatty. I’m lucky my family loves food and they like to try new dishes!
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Ahhhh! Love your blog and how it is laid out. The only complaint I have is now I have MORE countries to add to my bucket list! 😉
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Hi! I have a lot of countries that I would like to visit as well! Travel is a great experience, we love it as well!
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I really feel like it has made my children into more well-rounded individuals 🙂
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Exactly, I made thje same experience!
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Hey, thanks for stopping by pinvestigation =) I’m loving your blog as two of my favorite hobbies are food and photography!
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Thanks a lot for your visit! 🙂
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Thank you for recently stopping by my blog. We have a lot in common, except for the beekeeping. We have chickens instead!:) I enjoyed looking at your blog. You have some beautiful photos and yummy recipes here.
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Nice! Both help us to keep the contact with the nature!
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Very nice blog! Thank you fr the help earlier. The new sallad with feta cheese looks very good, I must try it!
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Thanks for coming here again! Happy cooking!
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Brilliant stuff here! Hello, and thank you for dropping by my blog and liking my pages – very much appreciated! All the best, Michael
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Thanks for your visit. Your blog is relly fantastic. I hope you get a lot of followers!
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Your blog looks great!
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Thank you for stopping by my blog.
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You are welcome, I love you blog!
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thank your for your comments on my Blog. Du weißt wirklich viel über Zutaten.
Have a nice day! Marina
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I enjoy following your blog and your tasty way of experiencing the world. Your food photography is great and I can see how tasty the dishes are….looking forward to trying out some of your recipies.
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Thanks a lot for your words. I love experiencing the world in this way! And I can bring the world in my kitchen! 🙂
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Hi and thanks for the follow and passing by!
I am not very good in the kitchen but I try it, and I am sure I can learn from your blog, hehehe!
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Are welcome! We all are always learning, that’s fun!
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I always look forward to a new post from your blog…I think you do an amazing job on the art, travel, photography and food so I’ve nominated you for The Versatile Blogger Award…cheers! http://albatz.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/versatile-blogger-award/
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Hi there. Thank you for visiting and following HoB. Much appreciated!
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I appreciate your visits as well! Thanks!
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Thank you so much for stopping by Move the Chair-I appreciate you taking the time to look-I have enjoyed looking at your photographs and reading about your recipes-I will be back-
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See you again! Thanks!
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Very lovely blog….thank you visiting me today! 🙂
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I love to discoer new blogs and different visions!
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Thanks so much for visiting my blog! I appreciate it very much. 😀
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You are really welcome!
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thanks for stopping by, I’m glad you liked my photo for the weekly challenge on light.
I love all your photos of food! I love to EAT it, also have some fun cooking it sometimes. You look like you spend a lot more time and energy on it then I do. It’s nice to see all your creativity 🙂
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Cooking is part of my life and it’s a great pleasure for me/us.
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🙂 same here!
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Hi there,
I have nominated you for the Best Moment Award. 🙂
http://amintiridinbucatarie.wordpress.com/2013/12/08/daruri-premii-dale-bloggaritului-gifts-awards-blogging-stuff/
regards, Oana
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Thanks a lot and sorry for the delay. I’m honored from your though!
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congratulations, I love your blog!
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Thanks a lot for visiting my site. I’m glad you like it!
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Thanks a lot for visiting my blog and for your words!
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🙂
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You have a beautiful blog! Such lovely photography! thanks for visiting my blog so i could discover yours! 🙂
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Cheers to you and all the other beekeepers! Some very good looking recipes here. Thanks.
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Thanks a lot! I love your photography blog very much!
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Thank you very much.
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Thank you for visiting and following my blog. I’m glad to have discovered yours as well. 🙂
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Interesting recipes, great pictures, and a beekeeper to top it all of! We just got bees this year and still learning about these all-important pollinators….
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You will see, bees are so interesting and surprising creatures! Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!
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Thank you so much for stopping by my blog! I love your blog, and the bright beautiful colorful pictures of dishes and travels that your sharing with us all, looking forward to following you on your adventures 🙂
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Thanks to you as well, for sharing your experience, your world and your inspiration with us.
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Thank you for all this great recipes!
🙂 🙂 🙂
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I love your recipes and photos as well! 🙂
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🙂 ❤ 🙂
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Hi,
This is a great blog and I would love for you to join me and some great food bloggers from around the world over at Foodify.:) We help one another with recipes & promote each other. I enjoyed reading that you are a bee keeper as my parents have a lavender business and we started our own honey bees a few years ago. Their company is called Friends Of The Earth Lavender. You can find my food blog over at Kouzounas Kitchen and explore Greek recipes and more. My roots are from Greece and I love finding phyllo dough recipes, especially ones that include spanakopita. 🙂
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Thanks a lot I will be glad to join you!
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I’m sorry I meant to share the food blog group with you. >>> https://www.facebook.com/groups/foodify2015/
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Thanks a lot!:)
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🙂 🙂
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Greece is your adopted home land? What part of Ellada? 🙂
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Kriti (Crete) is in my hearth, I love the people, the island, the food, the wild herbs and greens, the music, the summer festivals, the climate, the language (I still speak only little Greek)…I love Kriti!
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Awesome. Den exo pai Kriti, alla thelo na pao. 🙂 I miss living in Greece and I sure miss the fresh food. 🙂
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Hi- Thank you for following my photography blog, Jane’s Lens. I hope you enjoy my work. I am enjoying reading your blog. Terrific.
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Thanks a lot Lurie, you blog is amazing!
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Your pictures are beautiful! I’m looking forward to reading more of your blog. Have a happy day! Best wishes, Koko
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Thanks I wish you happy day as well, your blog is very beautiful and interesting!
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Thank you. I really appreciate that! Looking forward to more from you! 🙂
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🙂
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Thanks for stopping by! Seems like I can find much needed inspiration for my own kitchen right here 🙂
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Hi Laura! Thanks to you, I wish you a lot of inspiration and great meals!
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Thank you for dropping by my blog.
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You are very welcome and thanks to you as well!
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Your page is beautiful. Looking forward to trying out these recipes! I noticed you liked some of the recipes on my new website: http://www.christinanifong.com. I’m making a big push in the next few weeks to attract followers. I’d love for you to follow my page. Thanks for considering!
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Your site is great and I’m following it! I just commented you post about chestnuts! I love chestnuts very much as well!
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Thanks so much! Great to find another chestnut lover. 🙂 Hope you continue to enjoy!
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🙂 Sure I will! 🙂
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Thanks for stopping by. Your photography is amazing and the recipes are really different too. I’ll be following! 🙂
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Thanks! This makes me feel happy!
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I really like your blog. So sad I stumbled across it only now! But I will keep coming around.
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Thanks for visiting my blog! I’m very happy you liked it!
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Thank you for following my blog!
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You are welcome! Thanks to you for following mine!
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Grazie
E F
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