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Do you dream of idling away on a sunny beach in the middle of the winter?

Do you want to meet other food bloggers from all over the world?

Do you want to spend your vacation with me? Ok, you don’t have to answer that last one. But if you do, I’m going to be a featured participant at Food Blogger Camp, taking place January 9-16th, 2010.

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While camp is in session, each day there will be a seminar by my favorite food bloggers, food stylist, and photographers.

Participants include Diane Cu and Todd Porter, Michael and Donna Ruhlman, Matt Armendariz and Adam Pearson, Dianne Jacob, Jaden Hair, and Elise Bauer.

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Seminars will include everything from how to style and snap the perfect food shot, what to do when the book agent comes a knockin’ on your door, and plenty of tips to dial up your blog and get the love and respect that you and your blog so richly deserve.

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As for extracurricular activities, there will be a walking tour of the colorful Zijuatanejo market, we’ll taste tacos and tequilas, visit a fisherman’s market, and meet with local farmers and talk about their sustainable agricultural practices.

 

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892 comments

    • Bindi

    Would love to win. What a great competition!

    • olivia

    Sounds like a surefire dream come true!

    • Holly

    Oooh, this would be so exciting! Fingers crossed.

    • Sarah Caron

    What an awesome event — sounds like a dream way to get together with some of the brightest minds in food blogging.

    • Kristina Johnson

    This would be so much fun! Hope to see you there!

    • Adrienne

    This would certainly perk up a dreary winter in Boston – I’d love to win!

    • Carolyn

    I’d love to win. Thanks!

    • Tartelette – Helen

    I think my heart just made a few skips….it is really a dream place! I can keep my eyes off of that water…Wow!

    • Priscilla

    it would be amazing to meet and learn from food bloggers such as you, i’m a big fan! my current blog is under construction, but the link is to something i created for a recent foodie inspired vacation.

    • Sandy

    Sounds like fun.

    • Jason

    As a poor food blogger, winning would be a once in a lifetime chance for me. :)

    • annie

    OO! This is so so exciting! I really want to win. I am going to keep my fingers crossed.

    • colleen/foodietots

    a free trip to paradise with the coolest food bloggers around? wow.

    • Cate O’Malley

    A vacation and a food blogger extravaganza all rolled into one? Can’t get much more fun than that!

    • Tara

    Count me in on this incredible contest!!

    • Matt L

    I’ll spend a vacation with you anytime! Hope I win!

    • Linda

    You’re fun to vacation with! Count me in.

    • Liz Steinhart

    I would LOVE to come to the food blogger conference in Ixtapa! Just to hear YOU speak!

    • May Nazar

    My bags are ready, you just have to pick me!

    • jennywenny

    um let me think, OK!! I’d love to win a trip!

    • guidoo

    wow, dreamy

    • Joseph

    Please put me down for a free trip! This is a wonderful opportunity to learn blogging tips from the cream of the blogging crop. If I win, I’ll buy all of you a drink.

    • Nikki

    I can’t even imagine anyone NOT having fun with you guys. You folks sound like a great bunch of people to know. :)

    • Dolce

    Not sure I could ask for a week vacation to go blogging and explain this both to my boss and to my husband, but, hey, what the heck?

    • Heide

    Oh man, this look so cool!!!

    • Wendy

    Sounds great!

    • Chef Gwen

    Win a trip to hang out with you? Sounds like fun, even though January is not so bad in Arizona — alas we have no beach.

    http://penandfork.wordpress.com

    • Karla

    Hells YEAH, sign me up!

    I read your ‘Sweet Life’ book and just loved it. My sister & her husband were living in Paris near the Bastille for 18 months and when we visited, she took us to some of the same places you mentioned in your book – so much fun!

    Thank you for all your hard work on your blog & your books! I, for one, totally appreciate it!

    Cheers,
    Karla

    • katrina

    Sounds totally awesome!

    • Raluca

    Sounds wonderful! Sign me up for the drawing! :)

    • Amber H.

    As an avid home cook and fledgling food blogger, I’d love to come to this!

    • Jacqueline Church

    Please let it be me…then I can actually learn how to use my new camera!

    • David Dadekian

    Wow, that’s a fantastic sweepstakes. I can only imagine the number of comments that’ll be generated. Thanks.

    • Diane@2stews

    I really wanted to be at the last one, and couldn’t….and dare I say, “pick me, pick me” for this one?

    I think each and every one of you are a joy and inspiration to read. Thanks!!

    Diane

    • Jenn Sutherland

    This sounds like an amazing trip…and I’m thinking about it! Would love to win the trip, though!

    • Lauren

    Hmmmm… blogging in freezing New York or blogging in sunny paradise? It’s a very tough call…

    • kristina

    I think you all will have a fantastic time – again !

    • Jessy IRwin

    I would love this so very much! It sounds so dreamy, and I’d never be able to go on my own at the moment!

    • Shahnaz

    Come on universe, be nice to me.

    • Laura S

    Sounds like a fantastic trip – what a nice idea to let some lucky person share in the fun! Hope I’m the one!

    • han coffey

    I want it, i want it!!

    • Janis Tester

    I wanna go!

    • cathy

    i hope you have a great time again!

    • Meg

    Well, heck, count me in! I’ll make hubby babysit for a week on his own for a change!!

    • Nikki

    I’d love to win this contest. I think I deserve a trip far far away from this place (and learn a thing or five while I’m at it, too).

    • shira

    me please…. I’m just getting started at this blogging thing and need all the help I can get!

    • Tammy

    A group of food bloggers in the tropics? Awesome!

    • MollyCookie

    I hope to win! I would LOVE to go! Perfect for a new food blogger!

    • Sasha

    I sooooo need a vacation without the expenses :-)

    • Michelle

    What an amazing group of mentors to learn from! Thanks for the opportunity!

    • MennoniteDan

    You had me at tequila….

    • Garrett

    Poor student needs a vacation and hasn’t had one since he was 15.

    • Jill, The Veggie Queen

    I love that part of Mexico. Hanging with food writers and bloggers is what I do best (other than write and cook). Pick me, pick me (randomly, of course).

    • Anne B.

    Wouldn’t it be lovely!!!

    • Debra

    I have no blog, can I come anyway?

    • Erica

    Yes, yes, & definitely yes!!! Please pick me!

    • Nora

    Sounds great! I’d love to go.

    • Brook

    Ooooh I gotta meet that Matt Armendariz and pick his brain!

    • Lily

    Ixtapa is fantastic – I worked at that Club Med years ago. I would love to go back and see what it is like and experience life on the “other side”!!! I can tell you the deep dark behind the scenes of everything! Oh what fun it would be!

    Lily

    • ritu

    oh it looks lovely and no shortage of fun.

    • Aquanetta

    Awesome! I follow both your blog/FB and Michael Ruhlman’s blog. I’ve learned so much already, but if I win, it’ll be such a treat.

    • Alexa

    Count me in for the trip!

    • Christine

    Very fun!

    • Catherine

    What a dream – I will be keeping my fingers crossed!

    • Erica

    It would be my dream to meet the bloggers and learn from them!

    Thanks for the opportunity!

    • chris brandow

    I would like a free trip. I would like to hang out with the cool kid food bloggers!

    • Jen F

    This sounds amazing and I’ve been wanting to go to Zihau… please pick me!!!

    • Joy

    Sounds like a great excuse to live Vancouver in winter! :)

    • Karla

    I promise to keep my stalking of David under control if I win a trip. (No promises).

    • Nicole

    Wowww! Would love to meet you and the rest of the great food bloggers.

    • Ashley

    Leaving frigid Minnesota for a warm stay over my birthday with amazing food bloggers? Yes please!!

    • Ms B

    Mmmmm . . . Ixtapa. There used to be this great place in Zihua near the square that had housemade tortillas every night. I ate dozens of them! I would love to go and eat them again!! (Now, whether I can finagle a week out of the office in January after my Morocco trip next month is a whole other question, but I figure that I can handle it if I am fortunate enough to get to go.)

    • Erin

    What a fantastic idea!

    • AK

    me please!

    • Elizabeth

    Ooooo….I love contests. Especially when the prize is something valuable (knowledge wise). :)

    • Christine

    This sounds like an amazing opportunity to learn from the best food bloggers.

    • melissa

    Totally perfect!

    • Celeste

    The beach in January? What a fine idea!

    • Darcie

    Hey, Ashley, you stole my post! I too would be leaving Minnesota, although my birthday is a few days after the event. But I still hope to win and meet these great food bloggers.

    • bethany (dirty Kitchen Secrets)

    ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! PLEASE! I’m gonna really need it come january and the bitter british weather. And Jaden looks rockin’ in that picture.

    • Spike

    I already have two vacations planned before Feb- so winning a third would be great!

    • Katherine

    Sounds like an amazing trip!

    • Leah

    I’m not very pretty in the mornings either.

    • Chris

    Will be starting a Cook The Books blog end of October with the Momofuku cookbook.

    • Christelle

    Wow, who would not want to participate to such an event, it’s so fab!!!

    • MYS

    I’d love to win that free spot!

    • sg

    Ooh, sounds like a fun way to start the year!

    • Gabrielle

    would love to go! food…beach…sounds like heaven to me.

    • kristen

    vamonos!

    • Marlowe

    Woof!

    • Nidhi

    Woah! I’d be completely in awe but what the heck!……please give me the free lottery ticket too. I know the odds are against me ;-)

    • LadyWild

    Club Med ROCKS!

    • Casey

    Wow! What a cool event! And, a chance to win? Even better!

    • The Cooking Bride

    Pick me! Pick me!

    • Jennifer K

    I need lots of help with photography so this would be perfect!

    • Kathleen

    Sounds like a fun trip!!

    • Austin Val

    this is my entry!

    • Jen

    What a fantastic group of food bloggers! Sign me up for the contest

    • Jen

    What a fantastic group of food bloggers! Sign me up for the contest

    • conny

    please pick me!

    • Margaret

    Would love to go to food camp!

    • Zoë François

    The setting, the talent, the food, all perfect! Love to join you!

    • Hilary

    Food Blooging Camp?! I die. It’s about time.

    • johanna

    oh… I am jealous already! i wish I had enough money to join you! have fun!

    • susi in the jungle

    too fun i love it, coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

    • amy

    I would LOVE to WIN.

    • Deborah

    It’s not Paris, but as long as David’s going to be there, everything will be fine.

    • Alexis Ellis

    please pick me!

    • Amanda Anderson

    I would love to come, so much :)

    • TheKitchenWitch

    Pick me! Pick me!

    • Julie

    Okay, I wanna go to Zijuatanejo . . .

    • suzy

    pick me!

    • Danielle

    Such a cool contest and prize, keeping my fingers crossed!

    • Kristi

    Food camp! What a dream come true!

    • Valerie Catrice

    Merci.

    • courtney aka glamah

    Oh I would so love to win and meet you.

    • Laura

    I just started a food blog about two weeks ago, I would loveeeeeeeeee to go! Hope I win!!

    • Lindsay Clendaniel

    To answer your questions….yes, yes and maybe (I don’t know you yet). I would love to participate in this awesome opportunity.

    • charlotte s

    wow! i would so love to go! sounds like the dream vacation! ;)

    • Shannon

    I’m looking forward to your book signing in SF!

    • Karrey

    Oh man, that trip would be spooge-worthy.

    • eatlivetravelwrite

    Pick me, pick me!!!

    What an opportunity, would love to win!

    • Tessa

    I would LOVE to win. I’ve never been to Mexico!

    • Luke

    Hope I win!

    • Truff

    I’d rather be an inmate in Guantanamo Bay than be at a Club Med full of food bloggers.

    I feel sorry for the poor executive chef at this resort that has to serve food to these attention seeking douchebag “foodies”.

    • devlyn

    Le Holy Crap, this would be awesome. And I need a good holiday, too! ^_^

    • Hayden

    Food Bloggers + Fun + Sun = Awesome!

    • Holly

    I’d love to meet you and have fun in the sun.

    • weezermonkey

    Yes, please! :)

    • cata

    Oooh, this would be so exciting! Fingers crossed.
    Thanks and regards from tuscany!
    Cata

    • chocolatechic

    I want to go…

    • Kate @ Savour Fare

    David,

    You know that I want to spend my vacation with you!

    • Carol

    This sounds amazing! Pick me!

    • Laura

    Throw my name in the hat!

    • Paula Blum

    This would be awesome! Talking about food, eating food,in a beautiful place, with people who love food! Thanks for this wonderful opportunity!

    • Jen @ MaplenCornbread

    What an amazing camp!! Fun giveaway, all hopes!!

    • Ciaochowlinda

    Count me in on this one please.

    • Judy Guffey

    First Club Med trip was to Acapulco (Yes….there was once upon a time a Club Med in Acapulco.) Spoiled me for life…what a way to travel.

    • Marsel

    This is the winning entry!

    • Jade

    Yes please!!

    • Dave

    From one David to another, you’ve made my day! Just knowing that an opportunity like this would exist, let alone in such a great location, it’s already got me looking at my local foods blog with a new critical eye. Merci!

    • MsMc

    I am in! If I win!

    • Annie

    This is quite possibly the best excuse I will ever have for going to Mexico. I would love to be a part of such a great blog adventure. All hopes here….

    • John

    The photography seminar sounds really interesting. Would love to go!

    • Vitor Hugo

    Oh, I hope one day the Brazilian foodblog market (?) becomes that professional. ‘Cause today, the blog market here is about bitching and annoying, hahahahah.

    I love to spend my time with you and Jaden! You’re so funny, :)

    • Andrea

    Sounds like a party I would LOVE to attend!

    • Kate Kaplan

    Wow, it sounds like a blast! Thanks for the info. I defiantly would love to go.

    • Rachel

    Yes, please count me in. Merci!

    • Natalie Sztern

    I wanna come I wanna come…see then I would know if I shud be posting with the name of my blog or my name….

    • Nina

    What a great opportunity for all of us who were insanely jealous of all of you last year….

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