Tuesday, December 7, 2010

The Food Librarian's 40th Birthday!

Happy Birthday to the Food Librarian!
I'm 40!
Happy Birthday to Me! :)

Whoo hoo! I'm freaking 40! Now that I'm part of the 40-49 demographic bubble, I'm asking you for a favor...

Happy Birthday to the Food Librarian!
You know that person in the office or group of friends that loves birthdays? You know, the one who makes cakes and banners for cubicles? The crazy lady who yells out "Happy Birthday" with a huge smile when the birthday boy or girl walks in? Well, if you haven't figured it out yet, that's me. I love birthdays because it is your little special day.

I love when people stop by and yell out Happy Birthday. I've been known to let it slip that it's my birthday when I'm out...(well, I just flat out tell people at the counter ;). I'm not into birthdays for the parties or gifts (not that I turn them down...hee hee), but I seriously love having people say "Happy Birthday" on my birthday.

So, if you are lurker who's read this blog and never, ever comments, now is your time to come out of the woodwork and send me a birthday greeting! Yes, I'm full-on asking for birthday messages to carry me into my 40's! Also, I would love to hear where you are from too! (I was shocked to have so many international Bundt makers...I would love to get birthday greetings from far and wide! Squeal!)

I hit two bakeries this morning, and going out with friends for lunch and dinner. I'll report back on the fun!
  - mary the 40 year old Food Librarian

P.S. The yummies are a mocha cake roll (of course, no frosting!) and strawberry mochi (filled with fresh strawberries and whipped cream) from J&J Bakery.

203 comments:

  1. happy bday! found you through JustJenn and I'm in Long Beach.

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  2. Happy Birthday from Cleveland OH! Have a great day!!!! I also need your help. Do you have an online site for buying Green Tea Matcha powder? I spent two days looking around grocery and health food stores and came up empty handed. Thanks!

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  3. sending you mochibundtbirthdaylove from philadelphia!

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  4. Happy Birthday from Cleveland, OH! Have a great day! I also need your help. Do you have an online site for me to buy Green Tea Matcha powder? I spent two days looking at grocery and health food stores and I came up empty handed. Cleveland doesn't really have a Japanese store. Thanks!

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  5. Happiest of Happy birthday wishes to you!!!! I hope you have a marvelous day and that the next 80 years are terrific too :).
    The OTher East Coast Mary :)

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  6. Happy Birthday! Keep posting delicious things, I love them.
    I live in Richmond, Virginia.

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  7. Happy Birthday! I'm from Dallas & had fun baking in for Big Bundt day this year.

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  8. Happy Birthday! I'm from L.A., not too exotic.

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  9. Happy Birthday wishes from central MA! I had a blast Bundt baking with you and hope that I can enjoy MY 40th (in 3.5 months) with as much fanfare and joy that you are!

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  10. You're too funny Mary! Happy 40th Birthday from this Rhode Island gal - hope it's a good one :)

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  11. HAPPY BIRTHDAY from Berkeley, CA! :)

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  12. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! from Katie in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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  13. It's funny that you posted this special request, because I only saw your post title in my RSS feed and aside from the fact that I feel especially good today, I decided to come in here just to post on the occasion. So, to my delight in seeing your actual desire was for me to make myself heard, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!! Your blog, along with so many other great food blogs keep my day going and I just wanted to personally thank you for your great work here. It's my first time posting too!

    Best,
    Robin from Sherman Oaks

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  14. Happy birthday Mary!! I'm from the 'burbs of LA but originally came from Nantes, France, so the wishes are a little exotic I guess!
    I love your blog!
    And if you ask me, 40 is the new 29. So enjoy your special day!

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  15. Happy, happy birthday, Mary! From Seattle... you and I have actually met before - I'm a friend of your old roommate Agnes'. I've since moved to the great NW - and I miss JJ Bakery terribly. We used to go to the one in Arcadia whenever we visited my MIL - which was all the time.

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  16. Happy Birthday! Hope it's filled with delicious treats :)

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  17. Happy birthday. You're ringing my doorbell and I'm ignoring it to post this comment.

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  18. Happy Birthday!

    I am, in fact, a lurker. I've been following your bundt baking with interest (as well as all your OTHER baking). I cook and bake, but I have a special fondness for baking.

    I'm from the DC area.

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  19. Happy Happy Birthday! I live in Portland, OR and I love mochi!

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  20. I'm sending you birthday greetings from cold and snowy Michigan! Hope your birthday is a wonderful one. You'll enjoy your entry into the 40-49 demographic: it's where all the cool people hang out. :)

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  21. happy birthday! i'm from indiana

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  22. Happy birthday from another librarian in London! Enjoy your special day and best wishes for many more.

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  23. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! Enjoy your day!

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  24. Happy Happy Joy Joy!! It's YOUR day!! Have a wonderful one.

    Only 40?? Lucky you!!!

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  25. Happy, Happy Birthday! And congratulations on 40! (I just hit 30, and already can't wait for the next milestone.) I loved the Bundts, and baked one here in Elizabethton, TN (never got around to blogging it, but had a great time, just the same =)

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  26. Happy birthday! Thank you for always posting such wonderful recipes!

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  27. Happy B-day!!! Im in Baja,Mexico..and I ♥ your Blog !!

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  28. A very happy birthday from Philadelphia! Enjoy every moment.

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  29. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MARY THE AWESOMELY 40 LIBRARIAN!

    Thank you for your blog & your baking enthusiasm. My son now sings "I Like Big Bundts" whenever he hears Sir Mix A Lot on my Sirius radio - so thank you for bringing me that smile!

    Best & happiest wishes,
    Sandra Dee from Downingtown, PA
    (about 45 minutes west of Philadelphia)

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  30. Happy Birthday! As a fellow, baked good loving librarian, I think you and your blog are awesome.

    Have a sweetastic day!

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  31. HAPPY Birthday!!!! I found you by reading Dave's running blogs and I live in Torrance, CA Enjoy your 40's!!! Congratulations on your 5K!! 10K next??

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  32. Happy Birthday Cake&Book Girl! I love my birthday too and I've got more than a decade on you! I love books and cake too so of course, when I recently found your blog (on Bundt Day) I found a young (!) cybersis!

    Many, many, many happy returns of the day (my favorite birthday expression), FoodLibrarian!

    Best cake-y wishes,
    Karen from NJ

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  33. Happy birthday from very cold, very windy Detroit! :)

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  34. happy happy birthday!! I love all your bundt recipes.. now I just have to get a bundt pan! haha.
    catie from Vancouver, BC, CANADA (woohoo!)

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  35. Happy 40th birthday from El Paso, Texas!

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  36. Happy Birthday Mary!!!!! Hope this one is a blast! I'm from cold Illinois and share your dislike of icing! :)

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  37. Happy birthday!!!!! (even though I'm not a lurker) =) For the record, I'm from Texas.

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  38. Happy birthday from Long Island, NY! :)

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  39. Happy Birthday from San Diego, CA!!!! Hope you have an amazing day!!!

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  40. Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to one of my favorite bloggers..... Happy Birthday to you!!

    Happy Birthday from Portland, OR ;)

    Michelle Alzamora

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  41. I've been following your blog for about a year now, and love all your entries.

    Have a very happy birthday!!

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  42. happy birthday! i think that is awesome that you are the 'birthday lady' if i worked in an office i know i would be too.
    hope you have a fabulous day!

    dawn - cape cod, ma (but cali native)

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  43. Herzlichen Glueckwunsch zum Geburtstag, Mary!
    Best wishes for your birthday!
    Sending greetings from Colorado.
    Kirsten

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  44. A very very happy birthday to you! From a former Orange Countian, who then moved all over the place and ended up in the Philly burbs, who also loves baking and books, I hope today is everything you've wished for!

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  45. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY from the Mississippi Delta!!! :)

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  46. Kia ora and happy birthday Whangarei, Aoteaora (New Zealand)!

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  47. It's Jun. Not exotic at all since I am in LA and am Japanese both of which you are used to on the daily. Regardless, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

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  48. Happy Birthday!!!! I'm a cake-loving librarian, sending birthday wishes from the Chicago area (brrr.....!)

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  49. Happy Birthday Mary! Hope that you have a special day. I will be going to Starbucks tomorrow to get my free drink for my birthday - Spent this morning at the DMV getting a new license and we will be taking Lily to the Nutcracker for my actual birthday on Sunday (and hopefully to cake love for a piece of cake!) So again - a very happy birthday to my fellow librarian and December birthday!

    Diane

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  50. Happy 40th birthday Mary! I've been lurking and reading your blog since the first Big Bundts last year. I hope your forties continue to be as fabulous as you are.
    Best wishes from New York.

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  51. Happy Birthday from Colorado Springs!

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  52. Happy birthday, Mary! I am a lurker from Iowa, and I found your blog a few months back while looking for bundt cake recipes. Hope your day is great!

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  53. 40? You're a spring chicken! Happy birthday, I hope it was a good one and somebody made you a cake. I'm in London, England, and I think of you as the crazy bundt lady. Good blog!

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  54. Happy Birthday from Ottawa, Canada! Have a wonderful day!

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  55. i am not a luker, and i only live in brooklyn, but i want to wish you a very happy birthday, too! i hope you have a wonderful day! xoxo

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  56. De-lurking to wish you a happy birthday from Norway :)

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  57. Happy birthday!!! I am a library student, and love baking. I've been known to consult your blog for pot lucks at work--thanks for all the inspiration!

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  58. Happy birthday from a fellow librarian in Albemarle, NC. I'm enjoying my forties and I know you will too.

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  59. Happy Birthday and best wishes!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  60. Happy Birthday from Ohio :) I love reading your blog! Hope you have many greetings today, internet and in person! Have a great one!

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  61. Happy Birthday from Pasadena, California!

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  62. Happy Birthday! I came across your blog when I found the broken glass jello recipe (which I loved). I'm a librarian, too, in Massachusetts. I'm 43, and I promise you that it isn't scary at all.

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  63. Dear Mary!!! I hope you have the best 40th Birthday ever!!!!!

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! and thank you for the inspiration!!!

    Bea
    Spanish representative of "I like Big Bundts" lol

    Regards from Tenerife ( a tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic)

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  64. Happy Birthday you Crazy Bundt Lady!!!!!!
    I'm with you. Every birthday should be celebrated with the same hulabaloo as we do when we are 4. Best wishes on your special day.

    ps love those Happy B'day candles!!!

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  65. Happy Birthday from Birmingham, AL! War Eagle!

    Have a GREAT day!!

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  66. Happy Birthday from Helen - Valley Village, CA via Hartlepool, England (but really you already knew that..) Have an awesome day!!!

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  67. Happy birthday! I hope your day is absolutely wonderful! I live in Bowling Green, KY btw...

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  68. Happy Birthday from London, England. I made your banana and nutella bundt this year :o)

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  69. Feliz Cumpleaños desde Madrid, España!

    Happy birthday from Madrid, Spain!
    I hope you've had a wonferful day :)

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  70. Happy birthday from Hacienda Heights, CA!

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  71. Happy Birthday Mary!!! Glad to hear that you are celebrating well. Enjoy your day and this new decade!

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  72. happy bday from vancouver!

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  73. Well Happy Birthday to YOU! -- and 40 is great! Best wishes from ThePetMuseum over here outside Seattle!

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  74. Happy Birthday from Azusa! Hope you have a wonderful day!

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  75. Happy Birthday from Astoria, NY! I'm the lady in the office who loves birthdays too, but my office doesn't allow us to celebrate birthdays : ( And I make such good birthday cakes...

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  76. Happy Birthday to You! Happy Birthday to You! Happy Birthday dear Mary the Food Librarian! Happy Birthday to you!

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  77. enjoy all your celebrations!
    happy 40th birthday from nyc!

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  78. Happy Happy Birthday! I also recently turned 40--verdict is still out. I also LOVE my birthday, so I think this is a wonderful idea. I hope you day, as well as your year, is fantastic!

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  79. Thanks for the invitation to do more than lurk!! You are amaaaaazing & I wish you a very happy birthday! :) Do it up!

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  80. happy birthday from a librarian in Chapel Hill, NC!

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  81. Happy birthday to youuuuuuuuuuuuuu
    Happy birthday to youuuuuuUUUuuu
    Happy birthday dear Mary the Food Librariaaaaaan
    Happy birthday to youUUUuuUUUUUuuuuu :)

    Be thankful you only have to read that and not actually hear it!!!

    Sandra, wishing you a happy birthday from COLLLLDDD Ontario, Canada :)

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  82. Happy Birthday from Nyack, NY! I ADORE birthdays too ;)

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  83. Happy birthday from Chicago Illinois. And welcome to the 40's. Once the initial shock wears off of joining the club, it really can be a lot of fun. Hope it's a wonderful day for you.

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  84. Happy birthday Mary - from the greatest city in the world.... Las Vegas!

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  85. Happy Birthday Mary! As someone who has met you in person I have to say you don't look a day over 30. You are fabulous and awesome and a total inspiration! Have a wonderful day and a fantastic year ahead!

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  86. happy birthday from sunny georgia, miss mary! you are making 40 even trendier. :)

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  87. Happy Birthday from Atlanta! I hope it's a most awesome day!

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  88. Happiest of Birthdays Mary! I found your site through your stained glass jello post and I freakin love the Big Bundts month. Baking is intimidating to me, but I love to lurk and dream of being good at it. :) It's your bday, let them eat cake!

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  89. Happy Birthday and many happy returns of the day! I enjoy your blog and your baking adventures, you are an inspiration!

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  90. Happy Birthday from Nashville, Tennessee.

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  91. Happy Birthday from San Diego, CA!

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  92. Happy Birthday Mary from a fellow librarian and foodie (and birthdayphile) in Sydney, Australia but originally from Auckland, New Zealand ;-)

    I really enjoy reading your blog and your inspirational 30 days of Bundts was amazing.

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  93. happy birthday from one librarian to another-- from NYC

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  94. Happy birthday Mary! Time to be 40 and fabulous, not that you weren't already fabulous! :) I hope you have had a fantastic day!

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  95. Happy Birthday from North Carolina!

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  96. Happy birthday!! from Blue Bell PA (:

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  97. Happy B-day Mary!!!! 40 is going to be awesome!

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  98. I love the mochi - that looks great! Happy birthday from about 30-100 minutes south of you, depending on traffic. And actually, a colleague of mine told me she follows you on twitter. It was a pleasant surprise to find that a friend of mine also follows you! :)

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  99. Happy birthday from Lexington, KY! Hope you have a wonderful day and may it be capped off by a kiss from your lovely boyfriend, George. You deserve the best!

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  100. Happy Birthday to you!! I hope you liked my surprise in the mail! Enjoy your 40's it is a great decade! I so love your blog, your point of view and your recipes!

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  101. Have a very, very happy birthday! From Arlington VA :)
    -Jessica

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  102. Happy Birthday from The Big Apple! I went through the big 5-0 this past summer; take my word: 40 is nothing!

    Though I am an English teacher, I got an MLS a few years ago, thinking I would be switching over to be a Media Specialist, but it never happened. Still, we share that, as well as a love for baking. Hope you enjoy your special day!

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  103. Happy Birthday from a lurker in Palo Alto, CA! :)

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  104. Happy Birthday from Seattle!

    Oh and what is with the no frosting???

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  105. Happy Happy Birthday from a bundt-loving librarian in Texas. Hope 40 is fabulous and more!

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  106. Happy Birthday! May your 40's bring you much love and happiness!

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  107. Happy Birthday from San Jose, CA!!! Have a wonderful day!

    (Thanks also for the rec of Lemonade restaurant--it was lots of fun to try!)

    Adrienne

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  108. Happy Birthday from Fremont, California! I don't mean to creep you out or anything, but my friend goes to your mochi-making and she brought me some of that great mochi last year! Try it fried in butter and wrapped in Korean nori. Good stuff...

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  109. Happy Birthday, Foodbrarian! Enjoy your 40's! :)

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  110. Happy 40th Birthday Mary!

    from Malaysia :)

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  111. Hope you're having the best day ever!! You rock! Happy birthday!!

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  112. Happy birthday from a fellow Californian librarian!

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  113. joyeux anniversaire from an english reader in fecamp, france :) love the bundts and now getting a heritage bundt tin from the US for christmas. cant wait!

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  114. Ha, your post cracked me up. HAPPY BIRTHDAY (from AR)! I loved reading about your events leading up to the big milestone and look forward to many, many more awesome posts. Enjoy your day!

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  115. From damp cold Portland, HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARY!!! Miss you and wish I could help you celebrate in person.

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  116. Happy birthday! I hope you treat yourself to a nice book accompanied by a nice cake!

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  117. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I love birthdays.

    It's currently 23 degrees F, and we've had 10" of snow in the past week here in Indiana, so hopefully your birthday weather was warmer!

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  118. Feliz Cumpleaños from Chico, CA (NorCal)!

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  119. Happy 40th! I joined you in turning forty in October. Welcome to the best demographic ever! Thanks for all of the great recipes, from a fan in Pittsburgh. Go Pens! Kelly

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  120. happy birthday from a lurking librarian in virginia!

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  121. Happy Birthday from the Petersons in Dayton, OH. We look forward to hearing about your fabulous birthday celebrations. GO 40!

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  122. Happy Happy Day! Glad you are having a fun!!! Love it! Thanks for all your posts...just adore your blog!

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  123. Oh, my dear lord, look at all of your wonderful birthday messages from around the world!!! Mary, you are very, VERY loved!!! Sending you big hugs and birthday kisses from your best fans in Falls Church, VA...Racheal, Lee, Caden, Jake, Elwood and Sampson McCabe xoxoxo

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  124. totally happy birthday from west los angeles!

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  125. Happy Birthday from Toronto! I love your blog.

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  126. Happy Birthday from the Mormon land of Utah! ;o)

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  127. Happy 40th Birthday and welcome to the club! I found your blog recently and have really been enjoying it.

    S
    Boston

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  128. Happy Birthday, Mary! Hope you have an awesome year~

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  129. Happy Birthday from Redlands, CA! Your blog is awesome (and so I deduce that you too are awesome).

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  130. Happy Birthday.
    December birthdays are the best!
    Mine is the 4th.
    I got a cookie press for my birthday, and made 150 cookies for my clinic.
    I live and work and cook in Chicago, IL.
    I'm hoping for bundt pans for Christmas.

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  131. Happy birthday!!!!!! I have been loving the month of bundts and was sad to see it come to an end. I love reading how you celebrated today. Happy 40th! (I don't post much but I am a huge fan of your blog!)

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  132. Happy Birthday!
    Hope it was fun of giggles, chuckles and all out laughter!

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  133. Happy Birthday! From Cousin Stan and Cousin-in-law David.

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  134. Happy birthday from another librarian in Ottawa, Canada!

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  135. I am a said lurker from Brisbane, Australia! Happy Birthday!

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  136. Happy Birthday to you from Torrance,CA! I missed you (or maybe you ran PAST me) at the Turkey Trout.

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  137. Happy Birthday, Mary!!! :)

    Jessica in San Antonio, Tejas

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  138. Happy birthday!! Hope 40 is the start of a great new decade for you!

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  139. Happy Birthday. You are my favorite food blogger in all of the world. I'm so glad you were born.

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  140. Happy Birthday Ms. Food Librarian! I love your blog, it is one of my absolute favorites.

    - A Baker in San Francisco

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  141. Happy birthday! I hope you had a wonderful day. I'm from Orange County. I'm a former school library volunteer who loves to read, and bake, too.

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  142. Happy Birthday from right around the way in Torrance, CA! :D

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  143. A very Happy Birthday to you!!
    Hope you had a wonderful day full of birthday cheer. I'm from a tiny village in the UK

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  144. Happy birthday, Mary!

    I live in northern Italy but am an American.

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  145. Happy birthday Food librarian! Have a wonderful one! Hopefully you get some big bundts
    From Sydney, Australia

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  146. Happy belated birthday from Okemos, Michigan. I am a librarian AND I love to bake bundt cakes. I just found some great pans at Goodwill and can't wait to try them.

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  147. Since this lurker has been called out, Happy Birthday from Selfkant-Havert, Germany.

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  148. Happy Birthday from Bristol UK!

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  149. Happy birthday. I've been following your blog for quite a while now and have enjoyed reading all your posts and seeing all the delicious things you make (especially your 30 days of bundts). I'm from Hawaii but now live in L.A.

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  150. Ah, you're the opposite of me then. I never tell anyone it's my birthday! Happy birthday from a Brit stuck in Ireland.

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  151. Happy birthday!! :)
    I'm fourteen, from Singapore. Have fun on your birthday! :))

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  152. Happy (belated) Birthday from Phoenix, AZ!

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  153. Happy Birthday from Germany!!!
    I hope you have a wonderful day :)

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  154. Happy birthday - hope it was wonderful and with lots of cakes! Best of wishes from a blogging and gluttonous penguin in Sydney, Australia - and thanks for introducing me to the world of (big) bundts :)

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  155. Happy happy birthday from chilly Ithaca, NY, Mary! I've been following your food adventures since I started library school two years ago and someone told me that there was this awesome librarian who was obsessed with bundts... and I'm so glad I found you!

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  156. Happy Late Birthday from Erin in Virginia!

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  157. I hope you had a wonderful birthday! I don't remember now how I stumbled upon your blog, but I've been following for at least a couple of years now. Thank you for introducing me to Dorie, Sky High Cakes, bundts, etc. etc. From a fellow foodie librarian in Lubbock, Texas.

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  158. Have a happy happy day, from a bundt maker in Utah. Birthdays are the best. Years ago my 3 year old woke the morning after her birthday and announced with a sad face, 'My birthday's over'. So...enjoy the day!

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  159. Happy Birthday from TX!!! Have an AMAZING day :D

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  160. Happy happy birthday Mary dear! Hope it's a great one for you!

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  161. Happy Birthday from Stamford, CT. Remember 40 is the old age of youth but 50 is the youth of old age.

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  162. Happy Birthday. Wish you 40 more years of delectable sweets!

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  163. Hope you had a wonderful birthday! From a fellow bundt lover in Berkeley.

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  164. Happy Belated Birthday from Chicago!

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  165. I comment sometimes....but not everytime!

    Happy Birthday! I just turned 40 and I am an East-coast librarian. Thanks for recommending Dorie Greenspan--I am a new FAN!

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  166. A very happy birthday to you :)

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  167. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!
    I am definitely in the lurker category, but I love your blog and love to bake and am also a librarian in Maryland. (Except that I have several years on you!

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  168. Happy birthday to you from Houston, Texas! Hope that you have a great 40th year!

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  169. Happy Birthday Sweet Food Librarian! I barely remember 40, being deep into motherhood. Car pools, PTA, and the grind of three meals a day. Where ever you're at in your life cycle, I hope you get a day to catch your breath and prepare for the whirlwind ahead. Fifty is even better.

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  170. happy birthday from Bend, OR!

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  171. Belated birthday wishes from New York!

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  172. Happy Birthday from Honolulu, Hawaii!

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  173. Happy birthday from Pasadena, California. Home of the Rose Parade and Dr. Drew :-)

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  174. Happy birthday wishes from Denver! Forty will be fabulous!

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  175. Hi. Long time lurker, saying Happy Birthday from Studio City! Love your site!

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  176. Happy birthday, Mary! Cheers and to many, many more.

    Guess what? We have the same birthday!

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  177. Wishing you a belated Happy Birthday Mary, from a librarian who likes to bake in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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  178. Happy Birthday to you Mary.

    Love,
    Divya[your Bundt representative in India:)]

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  179. Belated happy birthday, I wish you all the best!

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  180. I missed it! Happy belated birthday!

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  181. Happy (belated!)Birthday Mary! Just thought you'd like to know that all your Tuesdays with Dorie recipes inspired me to buy her book, so thank you xx

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  182. Happy Birthday from Carefree AZ!!

    I don't cook or bake, I'm not a librarian, and I'm a long way past 40 but I love your blog and all the beautiful pictures. I often send my mom one of your cake recipes and say wouldn't it be nice if 'someone' made this cake (sort of like the way you grow veggies). Sheri :)

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  183. Well dangit, I wished you well as you celebrated your last few hours of being 30-something. Then I didn't make it over here yesterday.
    You're still 40 though, so I guess it should still count---Happy Birthday, Mary! Have fun in your 40's. I am! (I used to live in Kansas, but we moved to Utah this past summer.)
    You rock.

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  184. GAH! I totally thought I left you a comment, but I don't see it. So...happy belated birthday, hot mama!

    xoxo

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  185. Happy (belated) Birthday to the not-so-shy Mary. Yes, that's the way to go.. pursue it and not be abashed by it. Happy Birthday once again. Sorry for the late greeting.. was away for a week and then busy with settling down again when we got back. I hope you had a great day Ms. 40 year old Mary.

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  186. Happy birthday from Toronto! I've been enjoying your site for some time. I like birthdays so much... I always throw myself a party (also a great excuse to make a cake).
    Have a great one!
    Rebecca

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