MY FOOD BLOG IS 12 YEARS AND GOING STRONG!

 MY FOOD BLOG IS 12 YEARS AND GOING STRONG!

I am in the mood to celebrate today!! My blog, "Cooking With Shobana"  completes 12 years  and moves to teen age. 

 Back in 2013, my husband Prem, who is a blogger himself,  encouraged me to start a blog. When I rather hesitatingly started this blog on March 21, 2013, I had no idea that it would grow as much as it did. I remember we thought it appropriate to start the blog with a sweet. Accordingly, my first post was, "Orange Basundi" 

Both of us have put in so much of hard work behind this initiative but it has been well worth the effort! 

On the third anniversary of CWS, I had written with justifiable pride that the blog had crossed the milestone of 1/2 a million or 500,000 page views.  I am happy to share that today that number has crossed 4.3 million at 4,312,877- and counting! 

I was pleased to see that it ranks 49 in Feedspot's 100 Best Indian Food Blogs & Websites in 2025. 

The picture I have selected for today's celebration is a screenshot of "Images" that appear if you were to do a Google search for "Cooking With Shobana"

From the small slice - pictured above- of the over 1000 posts in this blog, you will note that over the years, I have tried to present a wide variety of recipes that I have tried across different cuisines. Most of the recipes have been vegetarian and from our Indian cuisine. In this endeavour, I have always tried to promote the cooking from our statistically small Konkani speaking Gowda Saraswat Brahmin community and from my Home State of Karnataka. 

Although with the passage of time, I post less frequently than I used to, I must say this blog has given me an opportunity and platform to follow my passion for cooking. 

Thanks to all of you: my family, friends, and over 19,000 followers  on my Facebook Page who have unfailingly supported and encouraged me over the years.