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Favorite Foods:: Gravy! Oh, with potatoes I suppose. Or meat. Or a warm bun. It really makes everything yummy. And I really like onions. Also with anything. And apples.

My Birthday is: March 3, 1985

Do you have a food related blog?: Yes

Website #1:: http://www.marthastewart.com/dinnertonight

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Mini Greek Lamb Burgers

I secretly wanted to make these lamb burgers from the beginning.
But I hemmed and I hawed and couldn't choose what to make from the fourth Everyday Food issue from July/August 2003.

I wanted sister Emily to like what… Continue

Posted on July 17, 2008 at 1:15pm —

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At 8:12am on August 9, 2008, Jill McKeever said…: Good morning Ali!

I gave it so thought to your question about how to use this site.

I imagine GCC like a house party. Here we all are in this house. Some of us are complete strangers that just happen to be passing by and decided to come in to see what's going on, some only know the person that invited them, and then there's some that seem to know Everybody.

As for the house (GCC), there's the Living Room (Forum) where everyone seems to mingle first in Introductions and check out the open discussions. Here if you want to talk to the general crowd and you want the topic to show up on the front page, this is where to do it.

There are separate areas, more private, but NOT exclusive, like the kitchen, dining area, library, back patio around the grill. These are the Groups. Here the discussions are narrowed to just the interested party and are really great spots to get know folks with similar stuff in common. I seem to make very good friends here & learn a lot, too.

The rest of GCC are the activities that keep it stirring.
Personal blog pages are for sharing your stuff, promoting your work, linking back to stuff you're involved with, talk about whatever you want to end up on the front page.

Members page highlights monthly Featured Bloggers on top, then the newest members back to the early adopters.

Featured Bloggers page helps us get to know each others backgrounds. Everyone who fills out the interview questions is featured for one month.

Jobs is a help wanted service fine tuned to the food service industry. It's a resource for members and for everyone who clicks to inquire on positions they're interested in, GCC gets a few cents.

Blog Directory is a work in progress.

Photos & Videos are my FAVORITE spots. They have a cool little feature in the description area that allows us to linkback our recipes to the photos/videos. See Charles McKeever's Video on Link Building to learn how.

And last but not the last idea, the Great Cooks Radio player. Charles & I are experienced with podcasting and we felt it would be Awesome to have a radio show to highlight what's happening here, in the food blogosphere, and for interviewing interesting people, food bloggers, featured bloggers, whoever comes along.

So there you have it, Great Cooks Community.

At 8:59am on August 5, 2008, Amieysa Fidaiy said…: hello

At 2:54pm on July 30, 2008, Jill McKeever said…: Ok, I found your bio and discovered you ARE an editor for Everyday Food. VERY COOL!

At 2:37pm on July 30, 2008, Jill McKeever said…: Welcome Alison!

Somehow, you slipped past me. I'm thrilled you're here. I read your post over at the Everyday Food site. Are you one of the editor's there? If yes, how did you happen into that opportunity? I'm very curious.

Please make yourself comfortable here. Introduce yourself in the forum, join as many groups as you can keep up with, and so on.
If you ever need anything or have questions, contact me.

Have fun! Let us know when you write another article.
Jill McKeever
GCC Administrator