{"id":354371,"date":"2026-07-08T03:46:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T03:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/mariasmenu-turns-20-the-sweet-the-spicy-everything-in-between\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T03:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T03:46:41","slug":"mariasmenu-turns-20-the-sweet-the-spicy-everything-in-between","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=354371","title":{"rendered":"MariasMenu Turns 20 \u2014 The Sweet, The Spicy &#038; Everything In Between"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<div class=\"ss-inline-share-wrapper ss-hover-animation-fade ss-with-counter-border ss-inline-total-counter-left ss-stretched-inline-content ss-large-icons ss-with-spacing ss-rounded-icons\">\n<p class=\"ss-social-share-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Sharing Is Caring! If you liked this, share this with your friends &amp; family&#8230;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- END .ss-inline-share-content -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- END .ss-inline-share-wrapper --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MariasMenu, since June 2006!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, here we are\u2026 two decades of sharing recipes, stories and life!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only one word comes to my mind when I think of completing 20 years of what started as an online version of a personal cooking diary\u2026 <strong>grateful!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m not the kind of person who believes in big celebrations or all-out parties. I try to move through life quietly, embracing its twists and turns, its highs and lows, its gains and losses. Twenty years is a long time in any field \u2014 in the world of food blogging, where trends come and go overnight, it feels like a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are a long-time reader of MM, you might have noticed that I haven&#8217;t been very active on the blog for the last couple of years. Especially last year, I almost felt like that chapter of my life was getting phased out \u2014 and I made my peace with it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then, as always, life had other plans. To quote one of my favourite lines from a recent movie \u2014 <em>\u201csometimes life rigs things in our favour.\u201d<\/em> This year, in the first week of January, when I was out and about, more than a handful of strangers walked up to me and asked about MM and why I had stopped blogging. Honestly, I was quite surprised that they even recognised me \u2014 and I was so genuinely thrilled to hear how much they loved the recipes and still visited the blog!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was my wake-up call. I switched on my desktop after ages <em>(I still do all my site work on the desktop \ud83d\ude04)<\/em>, checked out the site, the backend and the Google Analytics page \u2014 and there was another surprise waiting. There had been a sudden jump in traffic compared to previous years, and I had so many comments waiting to be approved. Looks like it&#8217;s not yet time to hang up my blogging gloves!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looks like there are more recipes left to cook along with you, more stories to be devoured and more memories to be captured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, <strong>THANK YOU<\/strong> from the bottom of my heart \u2014 to everyone who still visits, who still messages, who still reads my stories and chooses to be a part of MM. Every message, comment, like and share is appreciated and valued more than you know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are also a few special people who have stood by me through it all \u2014 encouraging me, cheering me on, and advocating for me unwaveringly, even when I was missing from here. You know who you are, and you are truly treasured in my heart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for joining us on this flavour-packed food journey \u2014 through the sweet, the salty, the sour, the bitter, and the spicy. We hope you&#8217;ll continue to be a part of MM and keep that <em>\u2018umami&#8217;<\/em> flavour alive \u2014 because without you, it simply wouldn&#8217;t be the same. \ud83e\udde1<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>SOME OF THE BEST RECIPES FOR YOU TO TRY:<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"ss-inline-share-wrapper ss-hover-animation-fade ss-with-counter-border ss-inline-total-counter-left ss-stretched-inline-content ss-large-icons ss-with-spacing ss-rounded-icons\">\n<p class=\"ss-social-share-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Sharing Is Caring! If you liked this, share this with your friends &amp; family&#8230;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- END .ss-inline-share-content -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- END .ss-inline-share-wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharing Is Caring! If you liked this, share this with your friends &amp; family&#8230; MariasMenu, since June 2006! 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