It's been quite a first year for The Sporkful. We launched in January on a buffalo wing and a prayer, and spent much of our first year as the #1 food podcast on iTunes. We've been featured by NPR, Slate, New York and California public radio, The Food Network, The Chicago Tribune, and of course, The Wacoan. It all culminated a couple of weeks ago when iTunes selected us as one of the Best New Podcasts of 2010.

We're very grateful to those of you who share your commutes or car trips or jogs or work days with us, and especially to those of you who've helped to spread the word. We put a lot of effort into making The Sporkful, and the response we've gotten from you makes it all worthwhile. And we have even bigger things planned for 2011...

Our first ever Sporkful meetups will take place, followed by our first ever live episode taping events. We'll take The Sporkful on the road and record our first episodes outside of New York City. We'll do more shows incorporating listener calls, film more crazy web videos, have more guests, and of course, eat more better throughout.

As we continue to grow awesomer and awesomer, we'll continue to periodically ask for your support. (You may have noticed that we're in the midst of a pledge drive right now.) When you give money to The Sporkful, you're joining an exclusive and prestigious club of people who are gracious enough to want to share The Sporkful with others, wise enough to see the glory of a future dominated by Sporkful Omnimedia, Inc., and good looking enough to use PayPal. Not only that, but you'll also get a Sporkful T-shirt, three top secret unreleased episodes, and a chance to win a can of Coco Lopez Cream of Coconut autographed by Rachel Maddow. To donate, click here. Thank you again for your support, we wish you happy holidays and a happy new year! /dan