Hi, and welcome to my blog, Daisy’s World, where I document the delicious things in my life!
I am an avid cook, baker, and self-taught photographer. Through Daisy’s World, I hope to inspire my readers to make delicious gourmet recipes that are simple and easy to make using fresh, seasonal ingredients. My lifelong love of food led me to attend the California School of Culinary Arts, in Pasadena, California, where I graduated with High Honors. Although I am not in the food industry, I am extremely passionate about food, cooking, and eating.
My kitchen is a happy place, where I can express my creativity and flair, and I thank you, my readers, for letting me share my stories and recipes with you.
I am fortunate to live in the Southern California area with my husband, Chris. We enjoy travelling, trying new restaurants, and cooking together.
Have a look around and I hope you enjoy my world!
xoxo, daisy
Email me: daisyt13 [at] gmail [dot] com
Love all your recipes Daisy. Your photographs were rocking. Stay in touch :). Happy Weekend.
Hi Daisy, I was recommended your blog via wordpress and it’s been a fab read. I am just starting up my own blog and was wondering if you could help me?…How did you create your ‘Follow and Connect’ area on the ‘widgets sidebar’ with the little pintrest buttons etc. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Isobelle 🙂
Hey, I simply enjoyed exploring your space 🙂 Will be a regular visitor now on… Lovely to connect! Visit me @ http://www.cookingwithsj.com in your free time 🙂
Love your blog! I’m going to make your salmon poke the next time I buy fresh salmon!
Hi Daisy, WordPress suggested that I follow you and I’m glad that I did! Your blog is gorgeous, love your photography and the way that you treat food with total respect and creativity. I’m looking forward to reading through your archives. Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing your passion with us! Laura xx
Hello and welcome, Laura! Thank you so much for visiting my blog and for you nice words! You made my day. I look forward to our interactions in 2014.
daisy
Hi, Daisy! I nominated you for the Liebster Award. I know you’re not exactly a new blog and you have plenty of followers but i just found you and I think your blog is great!
For more information, check out http://theovendiaries.wordpress.com/2013/11/29/liebster-award/
Thanks so much! You’re so sweet to nominate me. I really appreciate it!!
daisy
Hello Daisy,
I wanted to let you know that I nominated you for the Versatile Blogger award because I love everything about your world !! Your pictures are incredible! If you would like to accept it, the link is below, participation is completely voluntary of course 😉 Lapetitepaniere
http://lapetitepaniere.com/2013/11/27/wordpress-family-and-versatile-blogger-award/
Thank you so much! You’re so kind to take time to let me know how much you’ve enjoyed my blog. It’s been a pleasure to share my world with you.
daisy
Hi there, I’ve nominated your lovely blog for the “I’m a Part of the WordPress Family” Award. You can see more at http://theseasonedtraveler.wordpress.com/2013/11/14/celebration-ice-in-paradise-happy-50th-award-time. No action required unless you’d like to pass it on. -Laura at the Seasoned Traveler
Hello Daisy,
your blog is a brief of fresh air in the blogosphere where everybody wants to teach how to cook, what to eat, how to dress, who to like lol.
It’s honest, simple, generous and humble. Don’t change a thing!
With all the love from Guadeloupe Islands.
Law
Hi, Law! Welcome to my blog. Thank you so much for your comment. What a wonderful thing to say; you’ve absolutely made my day. I’m so glad you are enjoying my blog and recipes.
daisy
Hello Daisy,
You’re welcome and keep doing what you do.
Hope to see you one day in Guadeloupe Islands.
Law
Hello Daisy, I really love your blog! and all of your recipes, I have nominated you for the Imagine award, given to very creative bloggers, You can read the nomination post here! http://sweetwildflower.wordpress.com/2013/10/23/imagine/ Congratulations! Annie
Annmarie,
Wow! Thank you so much for the nomination. I really appreciate it! I’m so glad you are enjoying my blog.
daisy
You are so welcome, Your blog is beautiful, and your recipes and photo’s are amazing!! Congratulations!
Hi Daisy!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your blog! SO adorable and def going to try some of your recipes 🙂
Alesha, I’m blushing! Thank you so much for your kind words. You’ve made my day. I hope you let me know how the recipes turn out for you.
daisy
Lot’s of yummy things on a fresh looking blog 🙂
Wow! What a nice thing to say! Thank you so much.
daisy
Hi Daisy! I love your blog and can’t wait to try out some of your recipes. Thanks for sharing! – Lizzie (http://itsavegworldafterall.com/)
Hi Daisy,
I instantly fell in love when I set eyes on your blog.. I have been following you from a while now… It gives me immense pleasure to nominate you for the “Shine On” award.. Its needless for me to mention how much I enjoy your blog & recipe’s…keep rocking the blogging world with your super awesome recipe’s.. 🙂
Check out the details on accepting this award at – http://kelipaan.com/awards/
Cheers,
Anitha
Anitha, thank you so much for the award and all of your kind words. I really appreciate it. I’m so glad to hear that you are enjoying my blog and recipes.
Again, thanks!
daisy
Your welcome Daisy.. 🙂 glad to.. 🙂
It gives me great pleasure to nominate you for the versatile blogger award and thank you for being so inspiring! see the award here and post it to your wall if you so desire:
http://therapybread.com/awards/
Jess, thank you very much for the award! How sweet of you. I appreciate your kind words.
daisy
HI Daisy!! what a nice surprise to see your comment in my blog!! I really love your blog!! I discovered in Pinterest last year and had been following since then! so thanks so much for sharing this recipe! your corndogs looks absolutly delicious,I can’t wait to try making then!
Love, Agus
Agus, don’t you love the food blogging community? It’s about sharing and learning from each other and appreciating the contributions of felloww bloggers into the community.
daisy
Hallo Daisy i’m Amelia and i live in Treviso, Italy. Sorry for my english. Your blog it is very interesting. Can i your link? Can i live my link: marypoppins1968.wordpress.com? thank you very much.
Hey! 🙂 Just to let you know I enjoy you Blog very much and I have nominated it for the Sweet Blogging award! 😀 Here it is: http://carolinneworld.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/the-super-sweet-blogging-award/ congrats and keep it up, I love reading your posts! 🙂
Carolina, thank you so much for your kind words and for the award. I really appreciate it.
daisy
My pleasure! 🙂 I truly enjoy your blog! 😀 thank YOU for writing! 🙂
Hi Daisy,
Thanks for sharing these things. I’m looking forward to following your blog. Thanks for the content and for the inspiration.
Helena
Helena,
Thanks and welcome to Daisy’s Word. I hope you enjoy looking around and come back often.
daisy
Hi I love your blog and have nominated you for the super sweet blogging award http://inprosciuttoofperfection.wordpress.com/awards/
Thank you very much, Krista, for the nomination. I really appreciate you taking the time to nominate me and for letting me know.
daisy
I nominated you for the Inspiring Blog Award…keep up the good work!
Thank you very much for the award, willowandbee. I really appreciate your kind words.
daisy
I love our blog and have nominated you for a Versatile Blogger Award.
http://craftycooknook.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/versatile-blogger-award-or-i-finally-understand-that-liberal-arts-education/
Thanks so much for your wonderful recipes and winning writing. Always an inspiration!
Best wishes,
Gwynne
Gwynne, thank you so much for your nomination. Your words are so sweet and very touching. It has been a real pleasure to share recipes to people like you who have a real appreciation for food, cooking, and camaraderie.
Thanks, again.
daisy
What a lovely blog, I love your recipes and pictures! It’s very inspiring.
Thank you so much for visiting my blog and for your nice comments. I hope you visit often and find recipes to cook.
daisy
And thats my FB page 🙂
http://www.facebook.com/Coz.we.love.food
I am Daisy too 🙂 . And I also love to cook .What are the odds 🙂
I went through your side as I was browsing the net for food blogs and landed in your page 🙂
Hello Daisy,
You have a lovely blog! I love your photos and recipes. I look forward to reading more.
Anne
Loved your blog! Pictures are so amazing!
What a lovely blog – your photos or your amazing recipes look scrumptious!
Thank you for visiting my blog and for your lively comments, Kiran!
daisy
Oops sorry! I meant to say your photos AND your amazing recipes.. 🙂
Hello! Come and have a look at my last post. I like your blog, so I have just nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award and the One Lovely Blog Award!
Sara, thanks for the award nominations. I’m flattered that you think so highly of my blog to bestow two awards.
daisy
Congratulations! I’ve nominated you for the Beautiful Blogger Award!
http://bitsnbooks.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/the-beautiful-blogger-award/
Really beautiful pictures. I am a professional chef and blogger but I just can’t seem to get the picture taking part right. It really makes all the difference. Jealously eying your pics….
Hey Daisy, your photos of food and the accompanying recipes are amazing. I can’t wait to try some out 🙂
Hi Daisy, your blog is beautiful. I’m glad to have stumbled upon it! ~Patricia
Thank you so much for the compliment and for visiting!
daisy
Your photography is so beautiful! I also love to obsess about the smallest details. Thank you again for following me at IHeartFood!
Lindsay
Xo
Hey Daisy, i have a similiar background also! Was in graphic design and pre-press in NYC for 17 years, then graduated from the bread program at the French Culinary Institute and have been working in the industry for over a year now. Started my blog to scratch the old photography and design itch. Beautiful blog, keep up the good work!
As a big fan of your blog, I awarded you the Liebster Award. The post is on my blog. Hope to see you there! Have a wonderful day!
I love your blog, as you know! I should also say that thanks to you (and to your year-end roundup) I screwed up the courage to finally submit some photos to Food Gawker and Taste Spotting. Good lord, my stats are through the roof! So thank you for that as well. xx
Yaaaay, for you! I think one of the best things about blogging is the inspiration that we get from one another. Someone asked me once if I felt that blogging was a competition. My response was that for me, it was the opposite. It is about learning from one another and being inspired by others to cook and bake something with my personal touch. I’m glad I’ve encouraged you to do something a little bit out of your norm. I love when I get a photo approved, but sometimes they “reject” something that I think is perfectly good. I know it is subjective, based on so many factors, but I feel that I am putting myself out there and being “rejected” based on lighting or composition sucks! Do they not know I spent twenty minutes on that photo and that my husband was starving and his food got cold? 🙂
That’s exactly how I feel (about the photos)! But it’s a learning process, I guess. I agree with you about blogging — I feel so fortunate to be connecting with so many wonderful people and cooks and writers and photographers — it’s a lovely community, and I learn from other bloggers every day.
I brought the Santa Hat brownies for dessert on Christmas. They were delicious and great looking. Thanks.
Hi Daisy!
I invite you to come and visit my blog where I have featured one of your delicious recipes on my holiday blog post!
http://logansmess.blogspot.com/2011/12/holiday-desserts-that-make-your-mouth.html
Happy Holidays!
Hi Daisy
I’m just an old widdower (81) who loves cooking and baking.
Found your Santa Hat Brownies recipe.
Never seen before in this part of the world (Copenhagen – Denmark).
Will bake to-morrow, when a lot of kids is coming to visit me.
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love the santa hat brownies — what a simple idea with a big wow factor. i’m going to make them for our christmas eve reception at church. thanks so much.
it seems as if we share a lot of things in common:)
i absolutely love the recipes that you post.
great blog!
-jacQQ
Hi Daisy
Found your site on the same miss moss post as mine. Absolutely love your recipes, they’re so simple yet elegant. & they look like fun!
Can’t wait for more!
Thanks, Charissa!
Welcome to my blog. I checked your blog out, too. I’m tickled that my blog has reached you in Australia.
daisy
Hi Daisy,
I am writing in a travel blog for the french market and i am preparing an article on DIY for Christmas. I love the idea of the Santa Hat Brownies and would like to use the picture you have published on your website. Of course, we would be happy to link it to your website. Please note that the article will be published in french, english, spanish and italian : http://blog.edreams.fr/
http://blog.edreams.com/
Kind Regards,
Anna
Hi Daisy,
A friend of mine on FB showed these cute little santa Hat Brownies and since I love fruit and colourful treats – Hmmm…. I’ll have to give these a try too! I’m looking at some of your other yummy treat idea’s and love your site – all the very best to achieving your goals..and have a very Merry Christmas!!
Warmly, Jackie
Thank you so much, Jackie! I hope you enjoy the recipes you try and that you let me know how you made them your own. I love hearing how other cooks tweak recipes to give it their personal touch.
I love love love the santa hats! I will be making this year! Thank you for sharing!
Those little santa hat brownies are the cutest! Looking forward to trying them out myself! 🙂
Love your style!
Jenny
x
Hi Daisy,
I clicked on a link a friend had posted about your santa hat brownies. I love your recipes and have bookmarked your site for further reading. Just what this foodie needed to read today 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing!
I also stumbkled across your blog today and now have 8 different tabs open with your yummy sweets recipies – can’t wait to start entertaining this holiday season to share all my new finds!
I just stumbled on your blog via a FB share of your Santa Hat Brownies, and I browsed through your recipes and I must say: I LIKE YOUR STYLE!
Great blog Daisy!!
Thank you so much! That’s so kind of you to say. I hope you enjoy my blog.
Daisy