Noble Pig

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Shameful Self-Promotion

Yesterday morning I awoke early, trying to steal those quiet moments before the morning bustle.

It’s my favorite time of the day, children sleeping, coffee pot percolating and sunlight filtering through the blinds. The Wild Boar and I read the morning paper….our typical ritual for many, many years.

It was Wednesday, my favorite newspaper day.  This is the day the food section, or Taste as they call it, is published in my region’s major newspaper.  It’s full of great recipes, wine articles, cooking techniques, seasonal food availability and restaurant information.  It’s a nice break from the political theater that fills the paper’s headlines right now.

Of course this weeks Taste insert had lots to say about grilling and wine to serve with your backyard barbecue.  It’s the usual custom for the impending three day Memorial holiday weekend

I kept reading, enjoying and focusing on a recipe for sweet and sour orange marinade with shrimp.  Then I was distracted by a cider-mustard bourbon dipping sauce and oh lord, the strawberry rhubarb cobbler.  Be still my heart.

Then I saw it, right next to the Black Velvet apricots, a blurb about Cooking on the Web and a site that was recommended to check out….you know where this is going don’t you?

It was me…me…me…”Check out the Noble Pig”, it said!

Whoa…I refocused my eyes…choked on my coffee…started laughing…jumped up and down…and did a little dance around my kitchen island.

The Wild Boar is now staring at me as if I’m some sort of freak of nature.  I tell him my blog is mentioned in our regions newspaper.  He laughs……..okay whatever.

The article mentions a reader suggested this site to the Senior Food Editor, Gwen Schoen.  She liked it and now it’s in the paper.  Yippee!!

I was ecstatic.  I won’t lie, validation poured over me.

I want to thank the reader of this blog who suggested this site to the paper.  Thank You!  It was a great surprise.

And since I live close to the capital city of California I’m sure our governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and I read the same regional newspaper everyday. 

So Arnold, if you are now stopping by my blog because you saw it in the paper yesterday, I just want you to know, I love, love, love your Terminator movies!  I’m a huge fan!  It’s alright if you leave a comment, I won’t tell anyone it’s you.  I promise.

If anyone’s interested, here’s the link to the article that appeared in the paper.  If any of you grew up watching the TV show, Eight is Enough, Dick Van Patten’s character was a syndicated newspaper columnist of this newspaper.  For some reason this always cracks me up that I now read the same paper everyday.  Don’t ask me why.

Thank you all for your support.  Words cannot describe how much I appreciate you. 

Comments

  4. I ddn’t tell your newspaper about your blog, but I do tell everyone that I know that loves to cook to check it out. Your mention in the paper is absolutely well deserved! You might een motivate me to cook something, one of these days. . .

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  6. Congratulations, you famous woman you!!

    Seriously, I would totally buy a Noble Pig cookbook. Just make it look pretty (because I use them as decoration) and put pictures. Lots and lots of pictures. And that carmelized banana melty chocolate chips and butter thing. Put that in there!!!

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  9. Well deserved, my friend!! I am also telling EVERYONE who will listen about your blog. YOU are my morning ritual before the kids wake…sunshine, coffee and noble pig. I second the motion for a cookbook! You rock!

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  14. Congratulations! That is just too cool! You completely deserve it, though. You write about things I would never have thought I’d be interested in (mostly the wine stuff) and yet I’m hooked on this blog. I’m even thinking about trying some of these wines. You just have no idea how funny that is coming from me. I’m the one who laughed at my SIL for insisting we all go to a wine bar. I thought she was being just a wee bit pretentious. You make all the descriptions and terminonlogy fun and interesting even for someone as unsophisticated as me though. And your recipes with accompanying photos are awesome. Keep up the good work!

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  29. HA HA HA, that was hilarious and cool all at the same time. Congratulations … it really goes to show you never know who’s reading your blog. Before you know it we’ll all be watching you on Martha Stewart. lol

    Way to go!

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  31. Wow, we can say we knew you before you were famously famous… before the paparazzi, before the armed body guards, before the TV appearances… I guess we’ll have to enjoy you before you get an agent and won’t have time for blogging!
    Congrats! You deserve it!

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  32. YAY! You are famous! That is awesome that they wrote about you in the paper. It is weird that they didnt warn you first though…. But I guess that it is really more fun for it to be a surprise anyways! Anyways… congrats!

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  34. Wahoo!!! Congratulations, again! You are having one incredible week! I’m so happy for you, you totally deserve it! Now, us readers can brag that we’ve been part of your fan-club since before she got “famous”. “She’s always been so down to earth you know…”

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  35. What a hoot, congratulations! I can just picture your hubby’s reaction to you dancing around the kitchen table, “I’m in the paper! I’m in the paper!” Too funny.

    Enjoy it! I think it’s perfectly acceptable to bask in your glory.

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  39. I confess I was one who reads the taste section saw the mention of this blog and checked it out yesterday sent it to my wife to checkout also. 🙂

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  41. WOOOOOOOT!!!

    I was all excited, jumping up and down, loving this entry, but the shout out to Ahnold is what totally sealed it because THAT is why I keep coming back here. It’s not just a yummy cooking blog, it’s the wonderful pieces of you sprinkled in that get me grinning every time.

    Congrats!

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  44. well, what can i say… you deserve it!
    I’m currently planning to make your ‘unfair advantage’ butterscotch/apple cake for my friends birthday… after that i will be recommending your site to all and sundry (after being given the idea…) but for now i want full credit for making the best birthday cake ever 🙂

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  45. “Wow” What a way to start a morning. I think it’s great that someone mention you in the paper. Specially the cooking part. Way to go maybe we will all see you on the Food Network channel with your own show. Wonderful food and wine….. Cheers to you Cathy I think it’s great enjoy it millions will be reading your blog. And who knows maybe Arnold Schwarzenegger will comment on your blog or even better. I hope you and your family has a wonderful holiday weekend….

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  46. CONGRATULATIONS!! That is a great accomplishment! Especially since you didn’t nominate yourself..LOL! That is just wonderful! You have a great site, a wonderfully delicious blog and so many, after reading will be saying, “I’LL BE BAACK!!” Again, congratulations!

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  48. how cool is this?! congratulations.
    i think they should have included the warning that one might gain weight just by stopping by and salivating over the awesome food your write about…or at least find themselves becoming very hungry.

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  53. Wow..congrats! Can I get your autograph now…so when you become SUPER famous..I can say I knew you when….You go girl! Keep it up! DO I smell The “Next Fodd Network Star”?

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  58. The real validation is that someone liked the blog enough to stick their neck out and say “hey..you should check this out”. That’s so very cool. Do we now have to get seal stamps on the blog rather than your real commentary?

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  63. Love the site! Now, have you driven around East Sac looking for the “Eight is Enough” house? You’ll know it when you see it…..it’s around M St, but I forget the exact address.

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  65. You deserve it!! I love, love, love your blog and check in regularly, though I rarely leave a comment.
    Your recipes (and mouthwatering photos), creative writing skills, diverse topics, and wry wit make it such a pleasure–thank you for allowing me to steal 5 minutes every day or so to bask in the fun world of your blog 🙂

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  74. Wow – your fame makes me feel like a rockstar – because you comment on my blog and so that make us best friends and I have made a number of your recipes and your new land is like, kinda near where I live, and so that means I was in your paper too…

    🙂

    Congrats lady! You deserve it. You really do rock.

    And dude – look at all your comments – explosion sista!

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