{"id":22923,"date":"2017-01-01T11:03:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T16:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=22923"},"modified":"2017-01-01T11:03:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T16:03:03","slug":"my-10-most-popular-posts-from-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/01\/my-10-most-popular-posts-from-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"My 10 most popular posts from 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to 2017, and to my first post of the new year!<\/p>\n<p>I always wonder whether anyone bothers to read what I&#8217;ve been writing here, but it turns out&#8212;you do. So for my 1,837th post since I began this blogging thing, let&#8217;s take a look at the most popular posts from the past 12 months, shall we?<\/p>\n<p>Of the top 10, three were food-related, two were about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/tag\/eating-the-fantastic\/\">my new podcast<\/a> (which I guess means <em>five<\/em> were food-related), two were about comics, two about personnel aspects of my life, and one about my writing. But that last one was far and away the most popular. The universe was evidently very happy I&#8217;d final sold a story to <em>Analog<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here they are, all linked, should you wish to relive them:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2016\/02\/01\/never-give-up-never-surrender-my-44-year-quest-to-sell-a-short-story-to-analog\/\">Never give up, never surrender: My 44-year quest to sell a short story to Analog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2016\/04\/12\/our-opening-night-dinner-at-pineapple-and-pearls\/\">Our opening night dinner at Pineapple and Pearls<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2016\/02\/10\/the-first-episode-of-eating-the-fantastic-with-guest-sarah-pinsker-is-now-live\/\">The first episode of Eating the Fantastic (with guest Sarah Pinsker) is now live!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2016\/03\/12\/can-you-help-id-these-comics-panels\/\">Can you help ID these comics panels?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2016\/02\/21\/checking-out-the-menu-all-of-it-at-pineapple-and-pearls\/\">Checking out the menu\u2014all of it!\u2014at Pineapple and Pearls<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2016\/12\/10\/our-opening-night-dinner-at-voltaggio-brothers-steakhouse\/\">Our opening night dinner at Voltaggio Brothers Steakhouse<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2016\/10\/18\/fun-in-the-sun-with-marie-severin\/\">Fun in the sun with Marie Severin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2016\/01\/06\/my-mother-january-14-1936-december-30-2015\/\">My Mother: January 14, 1936-December 30, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2016\/02\/07\/announcing-a-new-podcast-eating-the-fantastic-with-scott-edelman\/\">Announcing a new podcast: Eating the Fantastic with Scott Edelman<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2016\/01\/25\/how-deep-was-the-snow-in-glengary-west-virginia-so-deep-the-bbc-interviewed-me-about-it\/\">How deep was the snow in Glengary, West Virginia? So deep the BBC interviewed me about it!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hope you keep coming back to discover  what I  share during the <em>next<\/em> 12 months!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to 2017, and to my first post of the new year! I always wonder whether anyone bothers to read what I&#8217;ve been writing here, but it turns out&#8212;you do. 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