Bev Weidner is a unique blend of food and lifestyle blogger, photographer, mom of impossibly photogenic twins, wife, Instagram maven, brand ambassador and public speaker.
Bev Weidner is the high-energy mom of boy/girl twins, Will and Natalie; the wife of a dude, Aaron, who has immorally good hair; and the indie rock musician star of her own previous, pre-high waisted jeans life.
She even played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz in New Mexico in 1995. (Her mom wanted her to tell you that.)
After quitting her job in 2010, Bev started her blog, Bev Cooks, to keep herself occupied while she figured out what she really wanted to do with her life. But in no time, she fell in love with the art and process of blogging; cooking, photographing and sharing the experience. More importantly, she fell in love with the blogging community, out of which she has made some of her closest friends.
With the success of her blog, came the privilege to travel coast to coast to write and photograph for various publications, like Food Network, Tablespoon, What To Expect, Chinet, and Hey Mama, and even to speak at blogging conferences and events.
Bev’s knack for not taking life (or herself) too seriously has led to some seriously cool opportunities. (And a surprise viral moment.) She’s traveled all over the world, starred in two national television campaigns, and recently launched a new digital series with the Food Network.
Since 2010, Bev has been sharing recipes, stories, style, music and horrible advice TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN. What started as a venue for creative comfort food has become a community of people who understand that anything is better with a good rosé and a good laugh. And more rosé.
Bev Weidner Show Notes
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From Julia’s Kitchen – Julia Child
The Silver Spoon
Blue Eggs and Yellow Tomatoes – Jeanne Kelley
Kitchen Favorites:
DeLonghi Kmix Coffee Maker
Microplane
Kitchenaid Pro Series Blender
Questions:
What did you do before you became a blogger?
Did you still have your job when you decided to start the food blog?
Did you find that doing the food blog did take your mind off it?
Was it easy to figure out what name you wanted for your food blog?
When you first started, how many times a week did you publish a post?
Back when you were doing 5 posts a week, how many words would you write with each post?
How many times a week do you publish now?
You pretty much stay on that schedule?
Once you started, how long did it take you to start making money?
What was the moment that tipped you over the edge to make money?
Do you have anybody that helps you with the company?
You do all your social media and all your promotions yourself?
How many iterations have you had of the website?
You do those with your phone?
Do you do your own SEO?
What is your biggest food failure?
What is your favorite cuisine?
What is the one thing you can’t live without in your kitchen?
What is your favorite cookbook?
Did you have a viral moment?
Your podcasts are my Saturday morning routine, always with a nice cup of coffee. Bev was fun to hear, she is so positive. I love the way she took her negative viral moment. Let’s move on!
Hehe. So true Laura! And thank you for making my podcast part of your Saturday!!
I’m also infertile and it runs in my family so we decided to not have kids. We’re happy for our health and our lifestyle. Our dogs are very spoiled:) There’s a lot of lifestyle choices for women and thank you for representing both choices:) Thanks for sharing your tips and tricks Bev!! This is exactly what I’m creating content for-a lifestyle food blog.
Thanks for your comment Amy!! Yes, I agree, there are so many choices for us as women and the choices we make, either to have children or not is right for us!
This was a funny entertaining podcast! I love the fact that her viral moment was horrible! Ugh! I think I may have crawled in a hole!!
Thank you Beth! She was fun to chat with and yes, I can’t imagine a ‘bad’ viral moment and being able to brush it off easily!