Web hit counters are kept to obviously track the number of visitors to a web page; I’ve kept counters on all food articles from their inception. Just before taking down the articles tonight, I did one more round and recorded the final visitor hits on each. I won’t display the stats for each piece, but rather highlight the ones who received the most hits. I’m surprised by some of the results:

America: 10,532

Ireland: 8,564

Japan: 8,178

Medieval: 8,145

Christmas: 7,827

Spain: 6,724

The article about America was always a steady climber, but in the last year it really shot up. Of course my first thought - unbidden but there all the same – was that many people in the Middle East must be having a look-see…

 

It was kind of sad to wipe out all of the articles in less than twenty minutes, but of course I have them all saved to my computer and safely tucked away on CD. The collection is an accumulation of several years of hard work – researching, writing and designing each one. However, the experience was not in vain - I not only learned about the food and culture of many different countries, I also honed my writing skills and broadened my knowledge of web design.