Year Ten.
You guys!
Yesterday marked ten years (!!!) since I started blogging. TEN YEARS!
That’s ten years in my favorite space, right here, with all of you.
Ten years of recipes, rambles and run-on sentences.
Lately, I’ve been telling people that my blog is like a coming-of-age story – while not a literary work of art at all, or even close to a memoir – I have written here almost every.single.day for TEN YEARS. Mostly about my life and family and what’s going on behind all the recipes.
Yes, we all know that I blog about food here, but I think for those of you that have been here, I mean, REALLY BEEN HERE, for years, you know that I blog about more than food. I like to write my blog posts almost like a daily diary. I share more “lifestyle” (whatever that amazing word has become) things on Crumbs, sometimes even three or four times a week.
It means everything to me that you have been here. That you’ve stuck around through my cringiest blog posts (hello), one book, one baby, another baby and another book, but here, every day you stayed with me. And I love you so much for it.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I’ve been blogging for so long, since before social media (okay, ALMOST ALL of social media) existed, before instagram and pinterest and Facebook fan pages. Before sponsored posts were a thing. I hope you know that I would blog if all of those things disappeared. That those things really don’t matter to me. That I love this to a ridiculous level even though it’s become my job. I hope I’ve conveyed that this space, right here, is what matters the most to me!
I love this blog so much, but what I love even more is that you are a part of it.
Your comments and emails and messages make me so happy – like I have a bunch of pen pals.
I can tell you with 100% certainty that there has NEVER been a day I wanted to quit this. Never! Not one! Not a day that I haven’t loved it, haven’t been so grateful, that it hasn’t meant the world to me.
I can not thank you enough for helping to make this space happen, sticking around for the ride and basically becoming my online BFF in a non-creepy way, of course.
108 Comments on “Year Ten.”
Congrats on one awesome decade, Jessica! (and many more to come ;) )
thank you so much rebecca!
Congratulations. I haven’t been here for 10 years but a few. I enjoy your newsletters and all your recipes. I love Crushing On each week to help me find other sites. Here’s to another 10!!
ahhh thank you so much linda!
Here’s to another 10 (and more) great years!! I have your first book. You’ve always been a fun blogger to follow. Thanks for your hard work and interesting recipes.
thank you so so much iram!
Congratulations!!
thanks michelle!
I couldn’t be happier for you and also the fact that I found your blog. You are a most entertaining writer and a fabulous photographer. Of course, your recipes are superb also. i wish all of us many more years together!
thank you so much chris!
Congrats on ten years! I love that you have such a passion for this and it always shines through. Thank you for sharing your life and family with us. I have said it before, I was a little late to the party but now I am glad to be here to follow you through the next stage and the next book.
thank you so much courtney!!!
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Congrats, Jessica!
thanks alyssa!
So glad you do this! You are my favorite food blogger (& blogger in general TBH) by far & I look forward to checking your blog every morning! Xo
thank you so much rachael!
Happy blog birthday to you!! I’ve loved it since day 1 💗
thank you so much erica!
Congrats, Jessica! I love reading your blog – the recipes are amazing, your kids are adorable, I feel like we’re long-lost Sephora sisters and you also vacation ‘Up North!’ Seriously, I love How Sweet Eats – you’re like a most reliable friend: you’re always there and never fail to put a smile on my face. Thank you!
thank you!! this means so much to me!
Congratulations!! I might have actually started reading you at the near-beginning… back when blogging was a smaller world. Your blog always has such a happy vibe. :) Thanks for bringing your positivity and creativity to the internet.
ahh thank you danielle!
Incredible! Congratulations! I’ve been following your blog for many years and have truly enjoyed preparing so many of your recipes! I’m excited to see and try so many more of them!
thank you so much melissa!
Happy ten years!!! Thank you for all of your writing, from recipes to beauty faves! I so appreciate your ramblings and look forward to many more posts. ☺️
thank you so much!!
Happy 10 years!
thanks ceilidh!
“I can tell you with 100% certainty that there has NEVER been a day I wanted to quit this.”
Congrats on 10 years. I wish I were able to say the same myself. I’m at a point where the career I’ve trained for many years and practiced for even more, now just feels like a job. And I’m longing for more and something different but I have no idea what that means now.
So cheers to you on finding your thing! May we all have that someday.
i so hope you find it!! thank you so much CA!
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Beyond amazing. Thank YOU and I hope you keep up the phenomenal blog💕💕💕💕💕
thank you so much liz!!
Congrats. Many more years to come.
Cheers!
thank you so much aysegul!
Congrats on 10 years- what an accomplishment! As much as you enjoy writing, we enjoy reading (your blog)!
thank you so much julie!
Dear Jessica,
Happy 10 years! I’m a French reader and I’ve been reading your blog every single day for 5 years. Thank you so much for being so entertaining! Thank you also for your very creative and reliable recipes! You are such a great source of inspiration and a proof of dedication! To another 10 years!
this means the world to me – thank you!
Hurray!!! Congratulations!!!! Your blog is probably my favorite one that I read. I look forward to your emails each and every day, and I am always in awe of the content you’re able to produce. So much is shared, yet everything always looks professional and full of “you.” And, your recipes just can’t be beat. :-) Congrats again!!
thank you so much CJ!! your comments mean so much to me!!
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Congratulations on 10 years! I’ve been following since before you quit your job, I’m not sure how many years that is, but it’s been fun to follow you for so long.
wow!!! thank you so much terri!! xo
Congratulations! Your blog is the only one I follow religiously, almost from day one! It has been fun to watch your grow as a blogger, wife, friend and now mom! I hope I can meet you in person one day. XO
thank you so so so much steph!! i always love your comments!!!
Jessica
In a non-creepy way, I love you ridiculously!
Thank you for all you give to us.
thank you so much mara!!! XO
CONGRATS! I can’t say I was here from the beginning (here since 2011!) – BUT you were the first food blog I ever followed and your blog helped me start my own journey in the kitchen (meaning: not cooking mom’s recipes). And it obviously goes without saying, I’ve been here ever since. At one point I was following about 50 food blogs – but now I only religiously follow about 6. (And you are still number 1!!) I’ve loved cooking from your blog and both cookbooks over the years and following you and your family along the way. Thanks for including us!
thank you so so much simone!!!
So happy for you! Happy 10th year! I enjoy reading your blog!
Here’s to another 10 years!
Donna
thank you so much donna!
Thank YOU for bringing JOY and LOVE to us everyday! Swear, I look forward to every post and you make me just HAPPY! I think you cook like I cook…want the love to show thru for our friends and family. I try to cook all meals from scratch and you have helped me a TON with not getting bored or in a rut. And your pictures=SWOON! Keep it up, we’ll be here!
THANK YOU!!! this means everything.
We love you too Jessica! Congrats! I’m pretty sure I found you not too long after you started blogging. 😊
thank you so much holli!
Wow, congratulations! Your blog is joy to tap in to every week especially as you are one of the few bloggers who can actually write. ;) Keep going – don’t stop!
thank you so much kirsti!
I can’t believe it’s been 10 years! I remember when you first started (but I can’t remember how I stumbled across you – maybe FB?) and I loved the fact there was this funny, nutty foodie blogger from our own Burgh. I have loved your recipes, shared them with friends and laughed out loud at most (okay, all) of your posts. I have to say there have been some tears as well…especially your loving tribute to Mother Lovett <3
Thank you for putting yourself into this and spreading your love of food and family. Love you too!
thank you so so much!! :)
xoxo
Wow..congratulations! I’ve been following you for over half that time and I really appreciate your continuing enthusiasm and creativity. And sense of style – your presentations are really works of art.
thank you so much margie!
Congratulations on TEN years! That is something to truly be proud of!
I love all your “crumbs” and look forward to all your favorites – I always find myself adding one (or five) items to my online shopping cart of wish list. Your recipes too, I’ve been making them for years and find myself trying new things I fall deeply in love with at your suggestion. Congrats again and sending you lots of positive thoughts through the interwebs
ahh thank you so much phi! :) you are the best!
Congrats! I love reading your email blogs each morning, it’s one of the first things I open when I get to my desk. Cheers to another 10!
thank you so much alexandra!
Come for the recipes … .stay for the skincare recommendations :D Some of your Sephora recommendations have literally changed my life — and I know that sounds dramatic but it is true! Love your content and how you deliver it to us :)
LOL!!!! love it! thank you so much heather!
Double digits!!!!!!! That deserves extra exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!
thank you so so much ariel!! xo
Congratulations! I don’t remember how I originally found your blog, but I’ve been following you since pretty shortly after you started– sometime in 2010. You just keep getting better and better, and any time I think, “this is the best thing ever!” you turn around and come up with something even more awesome! It’s been so cool to watch your blog grow and develop and see how much success you’ve had. I check your site an obnoxious number of times per week (sometimes just to drool over the photos), and I look forward to 10 more years of delicious food from you!
thank you!!! that means so much jessica!
I’m actually not sure if I’ve ever commented before but I found your blog right around the beginning and I feel like we’re friends :) We had an assignment in college to start a food blog and yours was one of the blogs I found while trying to figure out exactly what a food blog was and what it entailed. I think it’s the only one besides Joy the Baker that I still follow from back then. It’s clear that you love what you do and I have loved reading your writing and cooking your recipes the past 10 years! Congratulations!!
thank you so much for the comment! thank you thank you! xoxo
Congratulations on 10 years! It made me so happy, selfishly, to read that you love this so much and have no plans to quit it! I really appreciate the frequency that you post and the constant recipe inspiration that I get to take to my own kitchen. Keep it up! :)
thank you so much lauren! xo
Congratulations! I love this blog and we refer to you as ‘my Pittsburgh girl’ whenever I make one of your recipes (all. the. time. ) So basically you’ve become family in our house. LOL The Pretty Dish is literally so marked up and jammed full of blog printouts that its now literally starting to fall apart. Which is amazing.
Love the Crumbs section with the kids and the lifestyle and the summer Fridays and all the good things.
I cannot wait for the next book!
hahaha I LOVE it!!! thank you!! xo
congrats, jess!!! 10 AMAZING years. as one of the first blogs i ever started reading way back in the day, how sweet eats has seriously changed my life! i’m so grateful for you & for your continued friendship. many, many more amazing, delicious years to come!
thank you so so much jess!! XOXOXO
Thank you so much for your blog! I love the emails that say there’s a new post, love the recipes and the Currently Crushing and beauty and lifestyle finds. I look forward to reading your blog for another 10 years!
thank you so much rina! xo
Happy Birthday and thanks so much for sharing all your great recipes. Love your enthusiasm.
thank you so much!!
congrats on 10 years! your blog is the first one I started to follow regularly back around 2011. your recipes inspired me to cook so much more and become passionate about cooking! Looking forward to many more years and delicious recipes.
thank you jodie!!
Congratulations, from a fan for almost 10 years! Your blog was one of the first I discovered in the food blog work and I will continue to follow until the end of days. I look forward to what the next 10 years will bring!
thank you so much julie!!
omg! I’ve been here since the beginning and I didn’t even realize it. Love your blog and that your voice has been so consistent through the ten years.
thank you so much anna!!!
As delish and creative as your recipes are – I love your writing more. Congrats on having an authentic space on the web to help us all navigate food and life <3
thank you!! means so much to me ashley!
Congratulations! I’ve been here for at least 7 years and love how much you feel like a friend. Plus, wonderful recipes, beauty and fashion recommendations and cute baby pics! I met you on your first book tour in Seattle when you were expecting your son. Love following you!
thank you so much nikki!! xo
happy ten year anniversary! i’m not sure when i stumbled across your blog, but this is my absolute favourite thing to read during my work lunch breaks and has been for over 5+ years! your recipes are so fab and i love all the crumbs posts!! so excited to see what you’ve got in store for the coming years!!