Wow! I've been tagged!

Melissa over at Melissa's Kitchen tagged me, and now I'm "it." (Make sure you check out her blog - I've gotten many a yummy idea from her!)

1. Why did you start your blog?
I am totally loving this cooking thing and am obsessed with new recipes to try out. I started lurking on the What's Cooking? board and spent tons of time ogling everyone's blogs. I guess I wanted to play too, so I started it up, and just a few months later, I have 70-something posts!

2. How did you come up with your blog name?
Well, my name is Lauren and I cook in my kitchen. I am VERY original.

3. Do your friends and family know about your blog, and what do they think?
Some of them, yes. I don't know what they think; it's not like I send out surveys. ;) But some people will at times reference a post, and it makes me so happy to know that other people are reading my culinary babble. And if I don't post my menu, Denise gets very antsy until she knows what I'm cooking for the week. :)

4. How do you write posts?
I don't know what this means. I type. That's all.

5. Have you ever had a troll or had to delete unkind comments?
Not on this blog, no. I have had random commenters on the blog I keep for my son, so I made that one private and password protected. But I haven't had an issue with this one. Who would leave unkind comments on a cooking blog??

6. Do you check your stats or care how many people read your blog? If you care, how do you increase traffic?
No, but that's because I don't know how! A couple of times I've checked how many people have subscribed to my blog (64!) but that's about it.

Hmm, I will tag:
1. Kayte
2. Brooke
3. Ally
4. LovesToEat
5. PickyPalate