Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you.
In 365 days, this blog has published over 130 posts and received close to 2,000 comments. Amazing how fast time has passed! It is hard to believe I have been writing for exactly one year now. If you want an easy to find recap of my year or see what countries or cities I have traveled, now would be the perfect time to catch up. 🙂
I am going to keep this short and sweet because I am here in Denver with my sister and want to spend as much time with her as possible. I can not wait to show you the food schedule she has planned for us. It is light weight ridiculous and I am so excited for this food binge to start.
As a huge thank you to all my family, friends and readers who take the time out of their chaotic day to see what I have been eating, I am personally hosting (unsponsored btw) a giveaway! For one week, you will have the chance to win a $50 gift card to a grocery store or restaurant of your choice! The only requirement is it has to be easy for me to purchase remotely or send via snail mail.
Since this is not a sponsored post, I wanted to increase the chances for you to win. I have been meaning to set up a Facebook page for a few people who inquired about one and I figure one year is long enough to put it off. Feel free to enter in as little or many entries as you wish!
The only mandatory one is to write a comment below, but the rest are totally up to you!
Good luck to all of you and I will see you on Monday. Time to celebrate with a glass of wine!
Happy Birthday to FAOT! Happy Blogversary to you!
Congrats on a year of blogging – I am so glad to have “met” you Tara! It has been a pleasure feasting on your eats virtually! I cannot wait to see your sisters and your “food schedule” 🙂
Hope you have a wonderful time in Denver and safe travels back!
Happy Blogiversary!!! Your blog legit makes me want to pick up and move to SF daily. Oh and your food photography is seriously inspirational! Keep it up lady!
YAYYY I just entered I want to win. I mean, duh. Happy blogoversary! What do I like about it? Photography and how much you make me want to move to Cali. Have fun in Denver!
Awesome giveaway! I LOVE all of your foodie pictures, and I hope for you to post MORE recipes (especially vegetarian) because they are awesome!
happy birthdday to FAOT. this is a great giveaway! I love reading about different places in San Francisco because I have never been there so your pictures and life is really great to read about. Also, your blog is very authentic and “Tara” which I am a great fan of. Keep up the good work 🙂
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tweeted the giveaway https://twitter.com/bhatdixy/status/424225121809625088
I love how you have a totally unique perspective on restaurants you visit and the food you eat. Plus you also h ave recipes! It is different from any other blog I read. I would love to see a recreation of a recipe that you’ve tried at some of the amazing restaurants you’ve been to so we can all try! 🙂 Happy blogiversary! So happy to have virtually met you!
Happy Blogaversary and I would love to see some of your own creations more!
Congrats on one year of blogging! I’m so happy to always read your adventures!
I just found you today, so I don’t have any suggestions. The word “Food” caught my eye and I’m guessing your recipes will be one of my favorite things.
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Happy one year!! I love your authentic voice and beautiful pictures! I can’t wait to read more for the years to come. And finally meet your pretty face in person! 🙂
More giveaways! And I followed on Instagram @sadieparty
Happy anniversary! I love seeing all your Food posts. I would love it if you posted more SF pics.
I love the recipes; I would like to see more recipes for those that have allergies to certain foods or intolerances, if you can do that. Otherwise, the blog is well-balanced with topics and enjoyable to visit.
happy blogiversary! I follow on instagram as POKERGRL8
Happy blogoversary! I love reading your adventures and your food posts. YUM!!!
Following on Instagram as kissifer19!! 🙂
Congrats! I like your recipes and want to see more of them. Follow on Instagram as elena1509
Keep posting lots of great recipes!!
Happy 1 year to FAOT….here’s to a blogger meetup which will be documented here this year! 🙂
i’d love more giveaways!!
I might suggest to hold more giveaways…that really draws readers to your blog.
I follow on instagram as 1froglegs
I love the recipes and would love to see more giveaways like this one! 😛
Following your instagram as smoochielou!
Happy Blogoversary! That’s so exciting! Keep doing what you’re doing. I love checking out your recipes and reading your honest reviews.
Happy Birthday. I love the recipes that you have. I’d like to see more easy quick recipes.
Happy birthday FAOT!!
I love that you review restaurants in the area that I’m living in 🙂 And my suggestion is that we do a big Bay Area blogger meet-up sometime soon!!
Love that you do giveaways!
I’d love more delicious healthy recipes!
following on instagram as iamalighthouse!
Happy birthday FAOT:)
Congrats on your one-year mark! Quite and accomplishment! Looking to reading more in years to come!
new follower- but your pix are amazing!
I love the recipes and the fitness tips! As far as improvements, I like it as is, but I think just leave it open for feedback and you can’t go wrong! Congrats on your first year! You’re doing great!
I enjoy looking at recipes and really appreciate ones that are healthy and easy to fit my life style.
I love FAOT because of all the food pics, gives such inspiration for the nights everyone wants “I dont care” or “I done know”…..Hapy Blogaversary…Keep up the great work!
I like that it is not just a word blog, you add pictures too.
i follow on instagram aliciamkeen
I like that you have recipes and I would like you to continue to have quick, healthy recipes.
Congrats…great job, what I love most is how you blog. I feel like I am sitting down and listening to you speak. It flows, its easy and its fun. Oh course I love what you have to say and how you keep us abreast of all you goings on.
One thing I really like is the recipes.
I follow on Instagram. pjgurganus
I like the clean design of your blog. It’s the best I’ve come across lately. Just keep doing what you’re doing!
Followed you on Instagram @ catshaw54
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I follow you on instagram deniseyweesy1
Recipes and giveaway
Happy one year! I like reading about your foodie adventures.
following on instagram @jodoncaster
Happy Birthday. I like your recipes and I’d like to see more giveaways on your blog.
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There are just never enough recipes! So add more, please. The giveaway is great, thanks!
I love how there are tasty recipes to try! My suggestion is to make your blog more personal!
I love your blog! It is great the way you make myself and so many others feel like you are talking directly to us. Congrats on 1yr!!
I follow on instagram – cdsudduth
I love more giveaways.
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I’m following on instagram under @gwennibalmer.
I like the recipes.I think the blog is great.
Happy Birthday!
This is my first time to your blog site.
I’ve already enjoy the fitness section and would like to see some posts on couponing.
Thank you.
Rafflecopter name Barbara Montag
I like your restaurant articles and recipes and the site’s look. More giveaways: always a good thing!
Happy birthday!
Instagram follower under groogruxking40
I am new here so I don’t know much about your blog, but the recipes look good. Maybe doing more giveaways like this will make it better.
I am an Instagram follower as amyorvin
I love the recipes and I’d love to see more giveaways.
follow on instagram.. ksceviour
like your restaurant articles-i’d like to see even more of them
I love all your recipes and would like to see more!
Pretty new to your site, but so far am really liking your recipes. Keep adding more please 🙂
Thanks for this giveaway!
I love the pictures first….I feel like I have took a mini vacation. Secondly I love the recipes! Keep up the great writing & photography
I follow on Instagram as brfried
Happy one year blogaversary!!! I love your recipes and would love to see more giveaways!
instagram follower as rayray cartucci
I like your recipes…I honestly just found your blog but i’m checking it out right now.
Happy birthday to FAOT! 🙂 I really love how you do your recipes! I love all the pictures, really help you make them! I would love to see some gluten free recipes too in the future!
I enjoy the recipes, happy anniversary on your blog! I’d like to see more meal plans.
I love the recipes and think you should just keep them coming. You can never have too many recipes. thank you.
I followed on instagram: martitabora
recipes!!
One thing I like about FAOT is the wonderful recipes and the only tip I can suggest is more giveaways with shorter entry periods.
love the food ideas! and there is not really anything i can think of that needs imrpovement
following you in instagram (my name is wrightholl)
I love the recipes!
Something I’d like to see though, if you could, is the nutrition info on them. (:
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I followed you on instagram. My username is @ohnoitsstephyo
I love your recipes and photos. Would love to see more giveaways!
I like the recipes!
I would love to read food recipes , and DIY post, follow on instagram
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I’m following on Instagram. ranamae75
I am new to your blog, do like your recipes, going to try some, thanks.
Very cool blog you have here!
like pictures. I would ass more giveaways.
Happy Blogiversary! I love reading your recipes! something to make it better? hmm Nutrition info?
I like that the site is easy to read. Some blog sites use neon lettering and it is hard to read. And maybe some travel…place to hit when you are on the road…off the main diners or something like that.
Cool prize free groceries, recipes are great… keep them coming
I would love to see more low carb recipes
I like all your healthy recipes
Instagram follower @thatnattygal
I like your logo and it might be nice to see more recipes.
well happy B/day to u guys ..many blessing in the new year!
I like that you are doing this $50 Gift card giveaway! As for improvements – if you had a fb page and offered maybe a monthly giveaway orr fan prize – that would draw a lot of fans to your page. Thank you.
Instagram follower under ilubchugs
I like your recipes maybe some step by step videos
More recipes would be great!
I follow you on instagram leenburke
i like the fitness section a lot. As for building readers, i don’t know perhaps more giveaways that gets more readers to great blogs.
i follow you on instagram. Robyn paris
I absolutely love your recipes! I would love to see some “healthy” oriented recipes. Maybe healthy food to help you with your half marathon training.
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love the recipes and more giveaways
I’m new to this site, but I enjoy the ease in which I could navigate. I don’t see anything that I would change at this time, but more giveaways are always good.
Love your recipes!
I love your blog! SF is one of my favorite cities!
I like that the site loads quickly and is eaasy to read.
I will also be trying quite a few of the recipes here and will be looking forward to more.
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I really like all the great food pictures, and I think more recipes would be great.
I followed on Instagram! http://instagram.com/sully1128
following on instagram (buttmuffin)
I am trying to eat better so I am always looking for ideas and recipes that are delicious. So I would like more suggestions are low fat eating
I like that the site is clean and easy to navigate.
I am brand new to visiting, so I can’t really suggest an improvement. Maybe your twitter handle in the Tweet? Just noting something to meet the giveaway question, but I think everything looks great!
I love your FAOT blog and food adventures. I especially loved the posting on your trip to Denver since it is my area of the country. I am going to have to try some of the suggestions. One way I could see to improve even more is just better pictures perhaps. The food looks amazing but crisper pictures wouldn’t hurt.
instagram follower – @huffychic
I love your recipes! You could add more fitness related posts.
I love that you are going to be a registered dietician – it makes me very interested in all your choices – because you care about health. I love your recipes and fitness articles – and would like even more oriented towards ethic foods – any and all kinds – luv the Chinese and Puerto Rican such as your Tostones de Lily. And for fitness, Tough Mudder is sooo cool. I love fitness that is fresh and fun. Keep up the Grrreat results!!!
i follow on instagram as susansmoaks. i am tony l smoaks on rafflecopter.
I like the recipes. Thanks! Billsn beaks.
I like the recipes and photos. Maybe you could consider some easy craft items.
I enjoy reading about the food. Maybe you can add different cuisines. Asian, African etc?
Great site! More recipes with step by step directions would be great!
I love the recipes and love the reviews. I find new ways to cook 🙂
My favorite is your recipes. I admit that I am not a great cook so I am always looking for recipes which will make me a better one.
Laurie Emerson
I really enjoy the recipes. I love the site.
My first visit so I can’t comment on your blog posts, but I like giveaways and eating so will return soon. Sorry about the snow in Denver today, but tomorrow will be sunny and 55 degrees!
Thanks for the contest.
The Recipes!!
I love the food photos. Always makes me hungry and sometimes even inspires me to cook.
I love the recipes on your blog I wouldn’t change a thing maybe more great recipes! Happy Blogaversary!
I like that FOAT his giveaways.
The one (first thing) to make FOAT better (my opinion), is to tweak its website design, but not by much,…
I suggest that the opt-in to subscribe to joins the email list be placed ‘above the fold’ – that is where a site’s MOST important info is located.
I really appreciate your candid writing. I might stumble across a blog randomly, but I’ll come back for funny stories. So that’s a great part.
I don’t know what could be improved. Maybe less than 10 pictures per post. 🙂
Happy Blogiversary! I love the recipes and pics. I’m so wanting to go to Cali now. 😀
I love the recipes and id love to see more awesome giveaways. thank you!
I like that you know that now ARE your golden years; don’t waste them on foolishness. But use them wisely to truly enlighten your life, your load, and help others so that they may learn /teach you in return. Karma rules have to be followed.
Followed on instagram @jschroftw
I love looking at all of the recipes and reading about SF, as I would love to visit there one day!
I like the recipes and maybe you could have cooking tips or how-tos too.
The pics!
I follow on instagram as kikihega
I’m new here, but after a quick look, you have some amazing recipes that I will be trying soon.
I follow you on Instagram as rounder9834
I like your recipe posts and you should have more giveaways to make the site bigger.
I follow on instagram! (neodactyl)
I like the recipes I’ve seen. I’m a new reader, so can’t say what needs improving. More giveaways are always a good thing.
I love the giveaways and recipes.
Offer an incentive for people of become your fans and followers…….do it frequently……and you will gain the success you are seeking
Happy Blogiversary!!!
I’m following you on Instagram keatonemma111
Following you on Instagram! @courtellina
I followed on instagram. bmerrell2
I like that the recipe section has good things in it. I don’t have any specific suggestions.
Congratulations and Happy Birthday. I am not verse enough to give any helpful suggestions on growth, however, I am happy to say thank you for this giveaway opportunity.
I follow via Instagram (Collifornia)
I love the receipes
I love the pictures!! I hope to see more recipes!
I am new to your blog, but I like the Recipes section. Your photographs are awesome. I would like to see more vegetarian recipes, and also more giveaways on your blog.
I love the layout of your blog, and I would always keep my post honest and on a positive note.
I love the look of your blog. Very sleek and and clean!! So many blogs have WAY too much going on these days! And as for a suggestion, giveaways like this one are obviously an awesome way to generate traffic!
I like the recipes. I would like to see more natural food recipes.
I love your list of recipes. I would like to see more food giveaways so people can try different foods.
Happy Blogversary! I love the pictures especially in the recipes. Perhaps you could add nutritional info to the recipes?
I really love the recipes that you post and I like that you have pictures going through the steps of making it. That is my favorite part. I would love to see more recipes and maybe some cooking tips and reviews on cookwear and stuff for the kitchen.
Thanks for the giveaway…Follow via Instagram: brianpiero
Thanks so much for sharing all of the images and experiences here. Congratulations on reaching one year!
I love the recipes and the contests are really nice too. Thanks!
Just keep growing and you will do fine.
obviously giveaways are always nice… but maybe even add a little west coast perspective to things currently going on?? im on the east coast and I find sometimes hearing a different point of view from someone living in a different part of the country can be so interesting… just a thought… but you website is awesome!! good job!
I follow you on instagram as maryjgardner!
I love all of your photos that make SF look like such an interesting and beautiful place! I enjoy your recipes as well. I would like to see more vegan and vegetarian recipes!
i follow on instagram @mermont84
Recipe section is a true delight! Adding a pet section might be fun.
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Followed on Instagram: lisando
like the clean design