Greetings from your new Giant!

I'm proud, I'm humbled, I'm thankful. After 5 months of making content-rich squidoo pages - most days until 2 a.m. - I have been honored with Giant Squid status. On January 29, 2008 I started out as a newbie in most things related to internet business, SEO, blogging, website building, etc. My activities on Squidoo.com gave me an invaluable education, a new business direction, many new friends, and a super jolly good time. And it didn't cost me one cent. I do recommend it with all my heart that you check out your opportunities with Squidoo.com. I can't even begin to list all the friendly and generous folks that have helped me along my path to Giant Squiddom. However, I'll point those of you visitors who haven't tried Squidoo yet into the right direction. That's what my friends would want me to do, anyway. After you've signed up for free, read what the founder of Squidoo.com, Seth Godin, has to say about your reasons to make a Squidoo page - then, go right ahead and make your first page (on Squidoo, a page is called a "lens"). You'll find help everywhere you look - in the forum and on many Squidoo tutorial lenses. Good luck and good sleepless nights. You're gonna love it. Thank you - Squidoo.com HQ (Seth, Megan, Gil, Anne, Corey)! Thank you - Giant Squid organizers (Bonnie, Robin, Patti)!

Great Foodies Are Not Always Chefs. Meet Margaret Schaut!

Depending on your criteria of standards, you could call Margaret Schaut the "Best Squidoo Lensmaster Ever". She probably deserves that title no matter what your criteria are.

However, Margaret has created incredibly good food lenses. They are well-researched and chock-full of fabulous recipes, relevant information, and fantastic shopping tips.

Everyone loves chocolate.
Not everyone knows about Amish recipes.
Everyone loves chili.
Not everyone knows about the salts of the Earth.

When you have reached the bottom after reading one of Margaret's Squidoo pages, you walk away with a significantly enriched awareness of the subject, and a satisfied feeling of joy for having learned something new and good.

Brand-new today: A portrait of the person behind the Squidoo.com icon -
Margaret Schaut Superhero