bakespace.com

MySpace for the kitchen set.

Launched a few weeks ago by Babette Pepaj, a Los Angeles television producer who told the Washington Post's Bonnie S. Benwick, in an item that appeared in yesterday's Food section, "I was looking for a social networking space, but something that was real grass roots about food."

I like 2006 a lot.

In the past five years things have gotten to be a whole lot more fun.

Back then, you'd have been consigned to look for what you wanted online.

Nowadays, if you don't find something to your liking, hey, no problema: you just start it up yourself.

It took Ms. Pepaj six months to get bakespace (which is free but requires users to join and then log in) up and running.

The Post article said that "an average of 150 users have logged on each day since August 22."

[Babette emailed me shortly after this post went up to inform me that in fact the site is adding 150 new members every day.]

Yo, Babette: look for an inflection point right about now.

w00t!

Tune in to bakespace here and remember to tell Babette I sent you in order to qualify for some special perks available only to bookofjoe readers.

Use this super-secret password: bizarro