How I Lost 42 Pounds and Became a Food Blogger (M92110111-02) Often people ask me how I started the blog, and Kalyns Kitchen actually began with an offhand remark made by my brother Rand. One day in early 2005 I was complaining about how hard it was to keep up with friends asking for recipes, and he said, Maybe you should just put your recipes on a blog. At that time I had no idea there were people on the internet writing about food, and certainly could never have imagined how food blogging would ultimately change my life. (August 2011) http://www.kalynskitchen.com/