Smitten Kitchen

{{Short description|Cooking blog}}

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Smitten Kitchen{{cite web|url=http://www.smittenkitchen.com|title=smitten kitchen|access-date=14 October 2014}} is a blog for home cooks created and maintained by Deb Perelman. Perelman received undergraduate and graduate degrees from George Washington University,{{cite web|url=http://www.jwi.org/page.aspx?pid=3279#sthash.AccBI0Rt.dpbs|title=Jewish Woman magazine chats with Deb Perelman about her new cookbook and acclaimed cooking blog|work=Jewish Woman Magazine|access-date=24 October 2014}} where she studied psychology and art therapy.{{cite web|url=http://www.gwhatchet.com/2009/11/02/out-of-gw-and-into-the-blogging-world/|title=Out of GW and into the blogging world|work=The GW Hatchet|access-date=24 October 2014}} She originally started writing online in 2003 while also working as an art therapist, and she eventually began the Smitten Kitchen blog in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.thekitchn.com/smitten-kitchen-tour-180361|title=Deb Perelman's Tiny Smitten Kitchen Rental|work=The Kitchn|access-date=14 October 2014}}{{cite web | last=Andrade | first=Fritzie | title=A Cooking Blog Yields a Franchise and a Husband | website=The New York Times | date=December 12, 2012 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/books/a-cooking-blog-yields-a-franchise-and-a-husband.html?pagewanted=all | access-date=February 14, 2015}}

According to Perelman, in November 2012, Google Analytics reported that her blog had 6 million unique views and almost 10 million page views. She has also been featured on numerous websites,{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/food-drink/the-50-best-food-websites-8665600.html|title=The 50 Best food websites|work=The Independent|date=21 June 2013 |access-date=14 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://food52.com/blog/3848-pearls-of-wisdom-deb-perelman-of-smitten-kitchen|title=Pearls of Wisdom: Deb Perelman of Smitten Kitchen|author=nzle|date=28 June 2012|work=Food52|access-date=14 October 2014}}http://www.saveur.com/article/Kitchen/2011-SAVEUR-Best-Food-Blog-Awards-Winners (winning best cooking blog in 2011{{cite web|url=http://jezebel.com/5920640/the-jezebel-25-kick-ass-and-amazing-women-we-love/|title=The Jezebel 25: Kick-Ass and Amazing Women We Love|author=Jezebel|work=Jezebel|date=22 June 2012 |access-date=14 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2011/06/23/top-10-lifestyle-websites-for-women/|title=Top 10 Lifestyle Websites For Women|date=23 June 2011|work=Forbes|access-date=14 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/food/articles/2007/11/07/big_tastes_in_a_tiny_kitchen/|title=Great tastes from a tiny kitchen - The Boston Globe|access-date=14 October 2014}} NPR,{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2012/11/01/163717135/smitten-kitchen-takes-the-fuss-out-of-cooking|title=Interview: Deb Perelman, Author Of 'The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook' : NPR|date=26 October 2012|work=NPR.org|access-date=14 October 2014}} and The Martha Stewart Show.http://www.marthastewart.com/250172/martha-chats (at 4:55) In 2012, Smitten Kitchen won the Bloggie for best food weblog.{{cite web|url=http://2012.bloggi.es/|title=Twelfth Annual Weblog Awards: The 2012 Bloggies|access-date=14 October 2014}}

The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook was published in 2012 and debuted at No. 2 on The New York Times's best-seller list for hardcover advice and miscellaneous.{{Cite book|title=The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook: Deb Perelman: 9780307595652: Amazon.com: Books|isbn = 978-0307595652 | last1=Perelman | first1=Deb | date=30 October 2012 | publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing }} Perelman's second cookbook, Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites, was published in 2017.{{cite book |last1=Perelman |first1=Deb |title=Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites |date=2017 |publisher=Knopf |isbn=978-1101874813 }} She published her third cookbook, Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files, in 2022.{{cite web |title=Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files by Deb Perelman |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780593318782 |website=Publishers Weekly |access-date=January 23, 2023 |date=November 2, 2022}}

Perelman lives in New York City with her husband Alex, and their two children, Jacob and Anna.{{cite web|url=http://smittenkitchen.com/about/|title=About - smitten kitchen|date=22 June 2006 |access-date=30 September 2020}}