Happy Birthday to Us: Serious Eats Is 2
"Thank you, Serious Eats community."
A few years ago I had a dream. About creating an online clubhouse for food, a place that serious eaters could come to share their food enthusiasms. A place serious eaters could come to find out what's going in the world of food and drink, find a recipe, look at a cool food video, get restaurant advice, and, best of all, chew the fat with like-minded folks. Two years ago today, on December 4, 2006, that dream, Serious Eats, became a reality.
Now that we're 2, we're pretty precocious. We're doing a lot more than walking and talking. We've become home base for millions of passionate, discerning, and inclusive food lovers all over the world. Wow, who would have thunk it?
Thank you, Serious Eats community. You are the mostly merry band of serious eaters who make the site feel so alive whenever anyone logs on. You make me laugh, you make me smarter, and you make me so proud to have played a small part in creating the greatest food lovers' community in the world.
My dream has become a vibrant reality with the the help of a savvy and forward-thinking group of advertisers and sponsors who have believed in my dream and joined in the conversation from the outset; a few supportive and visionary investors; the insanely hardworking SE crew at SE world headquarters, Alaina Browne, Adam Kuban, Robyn Lee, Raphael Brion, and Erin Zimmer; all the contributing food-blogger journalists from all over the world who welcomed us with open arms and who help make the site a daily required destination for serious eaters; and finally, a ridiculously talented bunch of quick-study interns. You have all grown with us, and I'll tell you we're just getting started.
Serious Eats is only 2, but in web years, by my calculation, that's an eternity. I look forward to growing older and wiser with the entire Serious Eats community. Keep on logging on, reading, eating seriously, cooking, watching, conversing, and laughing. That's what I'll be doing for the next 20 years, and I hope all of you will come along for what promises to be a wonderfully fulfilling ride.
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57 Comments:
Congratulations and happy birthday :) :) :)
mongoose at 10:17AM on 12/04/08
Happy birthday, Serious Eats!!! I'm so lucky, proud, and happy to be part of this wonderful community.
Hannah Howard at 10:20AM on 12/04/08
Happy Birthday!
dhorst at 10:22AM on 12/04/08
Happy Birthday to SE! And thank YOU, Ed, for a daily dose of smiles, laughs and information.
holdthemayo at 10:24AM on 12/04/08
Holy crapsky! SE is only 2?!!? I've been here for about a year, and based on how robust the conversations and blog posts were when i got here, i assumed i was waaaaay late to the game, and that SE's been around for years and years and years.
Well done, SE. You're an overachieving little toddler. :)
mh330 at 10:24AM on 12/04/08
Thank you, we're so glad you are here!
Cary at 10:24AM on 12/04/08
From the first day I arrived I knew I was home. I am surrounded with great people. The SE staff and community are like family. Thank you Ed for being the father of SE. Happy Birthday everyone!!! Cheers!!!
JerzeeTomato at 10:26AM on 12/04/08
Happy Birthday....glad to be here!!
Markbb at 10:29AM on 12/04/08
Congrats! Will there be a celebration involving food and lots and lots of libations?!
TheUE at 10:29AM on 12/04/08
Woo Hoo!
izatryt at 10:35AM on 12/04/08
Happy birthday! And please let us know how the birthday FEAST goes! Because we all know the celebration will involve eating... :)
HappyJack at 10:35AM on 12/04/08
HBD,SE! Thanks for being here!!!
Kerosena at 10:40AM on 12/04/08
Happy Birthday! Here's to many more.
Laurel E at 10:45AM on 12/04/08
Congrats SE! The web is a tastier place because of you...
JudgeFudge at 10:46AM on 12/04/08
Yay, Happy Birthday! I am a relative newcomer to SE, but I love it and love the family atmosphere here. I only wish I was in NYC to celebrate with you guys.
missvenuz at 10:47AM on 12/04/08
happy birthday!
please tell us, what kind of cake will you be eating for your celebration?
gastronomeg at 10:47AM on 12/04/08
Congrats Ed & Serious Eats team! It's amazing to think about how much this site has grown over the past two years. I'm proud to have been a part of it.
amateurgourmet at 10:50AM on 12/04/08
happy birthday! love this site!
pearvana at 10:51AM on 12/04/08
Happy 2nd SE! I've been reading since day one - time flies!
Lilartist at 10:55AM on 12/04/08
Happy Birthday to my most favorite website.
bessfour at 10:55AM on 12/04/08
Happy Birthday! I am so grateful to have shared even part of the journey with you guys!
jamieforrest at 10:56AM on 12/04/08
TANJOUBI OMEDETOU SE!!!! :D
sakuraa at 11:03AM on 12/04/08
What a great milestone! Congratulations, SE! I stumbled across SE a few months ago, and it's now my daily go-to site. I love you guys!
juliebugsmama at 11:13AM on 12/04/08
Happy Birthday, congrats and thanks to all for a job well done!
hungryinhouston at 11:14AM on 12/04/08
Happy Birthday, SE!!! I raise my glass to many, many more...
brooke29 at 11:25AM on 12/04/08
Bon anniversaire, mes vœux les plus sincères!
simon at 11:25AM on 12/04/08
wow hard to believe so much time spent on the computer in two years.
happy birthday.
intheyearofthepig at 11:27AM on 12/04/08
Happy Birthday to you SE!!! Here's to many more!!
finsbigfan at 11:40AM on 12/04/08
Congrats Ed! You've come a long way from 419 PAS. We truly miss your samples around the office ^_^
Puffy at 11:43AM on 12/04/08
What are you going to do to celebrate?
simon at 11:43AM on 12/04/08
congrats! you're walking and talking now! ;)
j at 11:45AM on 12/04/08
Congrats, and Mazel Tov to you Ed!
Phil W. at 11:50AM on 12/04/08
Somebody buy us a onesie already!
Erin Zimmer at 12:10PM on 12/04/08
Precocious little thing, aren't you?
Happy Bday!
xoxo
LoCo at 12:28PM on 12/04/08
congratulations! this is my first and last stop of the day, great job!
natemcguire at 12:42PM on 12/04/08
Happy Birthday! Thanks for creating this site.
_greenbean at 1:05PM on 12/04/08
Congrats. To a reader like me, it seems like you've been around longer. To you folks, however, it probably seems less than that.
kaszeta at 1:17PM on 12/04/08
Happy Birthday! Here's to many more years of food happiness!
tina_eats at 1:30PM on 12/04/08
Happy Birthday Serious Eats! We share a birthday :) :).
Here is your horoscope for the day:
"You need to kick back for a while today and soak up some history however you can. It's not the best time to get lots of stuff done, but you might be able to learn a few things and improve the future."
spaetzle at 2:52PM on 12/04/08
I'm new here, but wish I had stumbled upon this site sooner. I'm hooked.
Congratulations, happy birthday, and 'cent anni!
MMinNYC at 2:53PM on 12/04/08
Happy Birthday!! Thanks for all of the good information, entertainment and ideas!
lakeloverhh at 3:04PM on 12/04/08
congrats and may it be many more years of us looking for new foods, restaurants and items to cook we haven't tried before.
dozertx at 3:05PM on 12/04/08
Happy birthday and congrats! Happy to join in the fun.
Laren Spirer at 3:32PM on 12/04/08
Yay! Happy birthday! Keep on keeping on! Booyah!
Marvo at 3:43PM on 12/04/08
Happy Birthday and many more to come!
I visit this site every day and has become a good repository of food related information, whenever I am looking for an idea or advice, I often search here first.
Thanks
velascomike at 5:12PM on 12/04/08
Happy Birthday! I spend so much time on the site...reading every last bit of food stuffs and I LOVE IT! Thank you!
hammondcheese at 8:04PM on 12/04/08
Thanks for all the good wishes and kind words, serious eaters. To celebrate our birthday we had pizza from Pizza Suprema, the first-rate pizzeria in our neighborhood. Instead of a cake we had the incredible ho hos from Bouchon Bakery that Erin wrote about on Serious Eats: New York. Pizza and ho hos, perfectly appropriate food for a 2 year-old's birthday party don't you think?. We wish all of you could have had a slice of pizza and a ho ho with us.
Ed Levine at 10:24PM on 12/04/08
Yay! HB to Serious Eats! Congrats! Let's keep this going!!
pequenalooloo at 10:25PM on 12/04/08
You were just what a hungry world needed. Thanks so much. Happy Birthday - and many more!
islandexile at 11:37PM on 12/04/08
A Great Many Happy Returns SE! May your typing fingers and wit stay nimble and pictures always sharp with the sun at your back for a great many years to come. Thank you for all that you do.
bobfole at 12:06AM on 12/05/08
Happy birthday Serious Eats! I didn't know you were just one month or so older than Chew on That! :)
Hillary
Chew on That
Chew on That at 10:50AM on 12/05/08
Congratulations! I love the easygoing feel of the site, which puts it miles ahead of other such foodie sites... no snootiness, just "hey, cool, look what I found" - I feel like we're all old friends. Here's to many more!
feistyfoodie at 11:47AM on 12/05/08
Thank you for giving birth to SE, Ed Levine. I'm honored to be a member of your merry band!
Susquehanna at 12:57PM on 12/05/08
Happy birthday, Serious Eats! For some reason, I feel like SE is much older... I guess that's a testament to what a presence it's become!
Emily Koh at 2:39PM on 12/05/08
Happy Birthday!
RedVelvetBoba at 2:56PM on 12/05/08
A day late but it can't be helped. Happy birthday! I've been reading via RSS for about a year now and only signed up recently. I thought SE was a lot older, which says a lot about quality of content! I'm looking forward to reading for several more years. :)
omarac at 7:06PM on 12/05/08
Happy belated birthday Serious Eats! Thank you for the informative posts.
Mitzy at 6:07PM on 12/10/08