You search for a recipe, and land up in a wonderful blog with just the spot on content you were searching for. And you wish you knew more about the author.

About the person who spent so much time to prepare the dish, undertook several hassles made to make it look, smell and taste perfect. Well, you need to wait no more.

CLB is here with the Food Blogger Interview Series to bring the personal side of your fav food bloggers. Part 1 was Jayashree and Part 2 is Bong Mom – a Bong by birth, a mom of two and a wonderful cook. Read more to know her secrets.

9 new posts, traffic improvement, bloggers interview series, events initiation and community engagement (both here and at Facebook page) made January 2010 pretty exciting at Cook Like a Bong. New year, Republic Day, Makar Sankranti and Saraswati Puja marked the month.

We crosses 100,000 pageviews, 200 facebook fans and 100 feed subscribers.

Plus, January Traffic Report and more.

Which Beatles record started as egg and bacon? If you search for this in Google, which website would you land in? Beatles official site, some record store or a music review website may be possible options. But surely not a site on Bengali food?

But this site had received such visitors. And several more thanks to keywords like – mishti doi food poisoning, how to color diya crafts etc.

Read on for a funny treatise on keyword traffic.

How much do you know about your favourite food bloggers? Do you know how he/she started cooking? Or, his/her first dish? Or, his/her fav kitchen companion? I doubt you know all the answers. Thats because there aren’t too many sites that bring out the ‘persona’ behind the blogs.

Well, not anymore. Starting today, you would get to know the personal side of several food bloggers.

Today, we feature Jayashree Mandal of Spice and Curry (from the Top 7 Bengali Food Blog list we came up with 6 months back).

As they say in Bangalore, Enjoy Madi.

Indulge in 4 winter fruit recipes, 13 mouth watering side dishes and 5 potpourri winter recipes from 9 countries. Feast on the spicy grilled broccolis or the Malaysian style Noodles.

Taste the delicious guacamole with some chips or quesadillas. Savour some groovy winter special recipes from all around the world to pamper your taste buds.

This is the part 2 of Monthly Mingle Roundup. The first part had entries under the categories of soups and bakes. The second part covers the rest of the submissions under fruits, sides and others.

Do let us know which entry you loved the most.

Savour 6 different soups and as many different bakes from bloggers across the world. Tickle your taste buds with the Ukranian Borscht in this chilly winter or the quick and easy to cook butternut squash and chestnut soup.

Bite on the adapted version of the French Gratin Dauphinois or pamper your sweet tooth with the upside down cranberry cakes.

For more entries at the Monthly Mingle: Winter Fruits and Vegetables stay tuned till tomorrow.

Which is the best online resource for interesting links Bengali Food? Can’t remember? Well, you can’t find it because there isn’t any. But there is a silver lining.

Starting today, every alternate Saturday we’ll talk about several interesting aspects of Bengali food – influence of popular culture, bengali food in bengal, outside bengal, heritage and history and issues of the day.

Here’s Potpourri Edition 1 for you. Please contribute and spread the word.

P.S.: Cook Like a Bong clocked 1 lakh pageviews in 6 months and 100 facebook fans in 3 weeks.

Festive season brings cheers, laughter and rendezvous with family and friends. It also brings High calorie foods and weight gain. The last month being the time for merriment and holidays, I’m sure most of you have put on some weight. Most likely, you have made a New Year resolution (oh that annual word!) to have low calories healthy diet at least for next 2 months.

The rich and spicy food during the vacations calls for a month of non-spicy, non-greasy yet tasty food. Lets mark the next 1 month where we cook (and write about) Salads.