
I’m excited to announce that Amanda’s Cookin’ has been moved from Blogger to WordPress… finally! Been dying to do it for a while. It took me a while to get going on it, but I would say a solid 2-3 days of work on my part, considering I pretty much did it on my own […]
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Quite a while ago I bought the domain funfamilycrafts.com. Then it sat. And sat. And sat some more. My initial intention was to create a site where I could feature all of the projects that I made. Whether it be on my own blog, Crafts by Amanda, or on Kaboose, in Parents Magazine, wherever I […]
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Back in April I had this idea. I knew that I had gazillions of recipes bookmarked on my computer and earmarked in my cookbooks, and I knew I had a group of food blogger friends in the same boat. I know we all would make recipes from other blogs and blog about them ourselves, but […]
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I’ve been meaning to do this forever. Create a blog for everything I do I mean. I’ve been online since 1997 and have been working on websites since 1998. In that time frame I’ve been a webmaster, freelance writer, crafting expert and recipe developer. It’s about time I created a space to highlight all of […]


A couple weeks ago, Dorie Greenspan, author of Baking From My Home to Yours, agreed to let me interview her. Thrilled by the prospect, I already knew several questions I wanted to ask, but thought it wise to do some homework first. There are plenty of interviews with Dorie, many that discuss her love of […]
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Amanda Formaro is a published author and professional blogger with over 18 years online experience. Her work has appeared on websites and in magazines such as Parents, Family Fun, PBS Kids, Disney's Spoonful, SheKnows, Redbook, Mixing Bowl and more. Please