Blog Inspiration

I started following the A Couple Cooks Blog when I moved to Indianapolis in 2010. Alex and Sonja were just getting started on the blogging journey then, and it's been inspiring to watch them grow from a local blog into the internationally known blog they are today. Along the way, they have included glimpses into their personal life, including remodeling their kitchen and the adoption of their son. Alex and Sonja have a warm and inviting style that makes this blog one of my favorites.

In celebration of their first cookbook, which is scheduled to come out in February 2018, they have started a campaign to make a global dinner party. Alex and Sonja are asking people to cook a recipe from their cookbook and share their dinners on social media. They've got participants from 43 states and 18 countries right now. This is a fun and inventive to encourage healthy at-home cooking while reaching out to the largest possible audience.

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My suggestion is that they make this a regular thing. Establish the third weekend of every month as Dinner Party weekend, when cooks from around the world can share meals with like-minded individuals. This could be easily implemented using hashtags and a Facebook group. Having a regularly scheduled dinner would allow Alex and Sonja to introduce monthly themes, and allow regular participants the opportunity to get to know cooks from around the corner or around the world. This could broaden their A Couple Cooks brand even farther than they've already gone.