Monday, April 26, 2010

National Food Bloggers Bake Sale - From LA to SF


Seriously, what are the chances of what I'm about to tell you happening?

I was very sad when I realized I had booked a weekend getaway to the Bay Area during the National Food Bloggers Bake Sale - a national event where cities across the country organize their own blogger bake sales, all scheduled for the same day, and 100% of the money raised goes to charity. I would have baked and participated in the Los Angeles one had I been in town. Plus, I was sad to miss out on tasting the wares of dedicated LA foodies who I follow online.


So, as I said above, what are the chances I'd be in San Francisco with my mom on the day of the national event and stumble upon the San Francisco version of the national bake sale! Holy bujeezus! Take me to Vegas to win big! I couldn't believe I wasn't going to miss out on the event after all and was standing in front of several tables of delicious-looking baked goods, all grouped by price, and sold by their bakers. Breads, muffins, cookies, French macarons, spicy caramel corn, even cake pops!


And when I asked one of the bloggers for her blog business card so I could check out her blog when I got home, I read the name on the card and fell speechless for a moment. It was Anita of Dessert First, a blogger I've been following for years already. I was buying baked goods made by a blogger I already loved. How lucky am I? My mom and I ended up purchasing quite a few tasty treats, including a banana bread cake ball, rhubarb ginger crumb cake, a three-pack of lavender sugar cookies, spicy caramel corn, a chocolate chocolate chip cookie, and an almond tea cake with apricot pieces. Everything was outstanding.


More information about the bake sale can be found at What's Gaby Cooking, home of the blogger who ran the nationwide event.

I hope this blogger bake sale happens again. I just LOVE the idea of it!

2 comments:

Mom said...

That was the best bake sale I've ever seen! Their baked goods were as good as their blogs...experts all around!!! I definitely felt lucky to be there...and with you!

David M said...

fancy. on an unrelated topic I just wanted to point out its time to update your bio on your blog.

"both of them filled only with my almost 1000 cookbooks"

Aren't you up to 1003 now?

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