The chestnuts are roasting, the cookies are the baking, and you're still not sure what to get for your family, friends, coworkers, or yourself. (Admit it, you deserve a gift too!) Never fear, SPOON to the rescue! :)
Nothing says holiday fun like a great big book giveaway! That's why I put together a "few of my favorite things" into a book bundle that you can win. Really, you can win this. It's easy.
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| Doesn't this just scream "WIN ME!?" |
Making Artisan Pasta - Aliza Green
The Sweet Book of Candy Making - Elizabeth LaBau
How to Make Stuffed Animals - Sian Keegan
The Complete Photo Guide to Cake Decorating - Autumn Carpenter
Extreme Brewing: A Deluxe Edition with 14 New Homebrew Recipes - Sam Calgione
Shake, Stir, Pour: Fresh Homegrown Cocktails - Katie Loeb
How to Build a Better Pie - Millicent Souris
The Joy of Foraging - Gary Lincoff
You can get yourself in the running for this first SPOON prize pack in one of 3 easy ways.
1. Leave your answer in the comments below to this question:
Where is your favorite place for hunting down recipes? (Blogs, Pinterest, Foodie.com, Facebook, etc.)
2. Share a holiday greeting over at the SPOON Facebook page. (Remember in order for SPOON Facebook updates to show in your
newsfeed, you need to hover over the "LIKED" button on our page and
select "Show in News Feed". Otherwise you might miss our on our foodie updates!)
3. Join our mailing list on the top right column. Enter your email address and hit submit!
Enter by Midnight EST Thursday December 12th. Open to U.S. and Canadian residents only. We will randomly pick a winner on Friday, so check your email!
And as if that isn't enough to get you excited... I've partnered up with my fellow blogger, Stef, over at Craftside to create make my giveaway into a DOUBLE GIVEAWAY! She is giving away a book-filled prize pack on her craft blog.
So pop on over to Craftside to get yourself in the running for another set of books that includes:
Steampunk: An Illustrated History of Fantastical Fiction, Fanciful Film and Other Victorian Visions by Brian J. Robb
Good luck and happy holidays!
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite place for hunting down new recipes to try at the moment is in the pages of several World War 2 era cookbooks I was just given.
ReplyDeleteMy husbands favorite place for recipes is the food network channels.
ReplyDeleteI love food network and allrecipes. com . I would watch food shows all day :)
ReplyDeleteOver the last 50+ years I have gathered together a great collection of cookbooks. I find myself thumbing through these - just like novels - almost everyday. I love cookbooks! They are the source of most of my inspiration. However, the food channels on cable have begun to take up a lot of my viewing time, lol. Thanks for the opportunity to add these great books to my reading list.
ReplyDeleteI have a folder that has family recipes in it that I refer to often. I also search the web, usually more common sites like food network, etc.
ReplyDeleteI just google what I am looking for. Then I end up at Epicurious, Simply Recipes or Food Network.
ReplyDeleteI love hunting down recipes on the internet.
ReplyDeletea mix between pinterest and blogs!
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If it's a recipe using a specific ingredient I search the food blogs I follow (Punk Domestics, Well Preserved, Food In Jars, Coco & Me, David Lebovich). If I can't find it there, I hit up Martha Stewart or Pinterest. If I'm looking for a specific type of recipe I head over to BBC Food (on their main website) or Google it. I may also skim, or leave messages on, the FB pages under my 'growing' interest list. Recipes that I've already used are in my cookbooks. (I said 'hi' over on FB under Jonquil Alexia) Also signed up for your newsletter (jonquilsgrdn. etc, etc)
ReplyDeleteI love finding recipes on blogs. This way I can see what it REALLY looks like and I can read about any issues the cook ran into or how fabulous it came out :D
ReplyDeleteI love looking for recipes on blogs!
ReplyDeleteFirst I'll look through my recipes bookmark folders - as I come across recipes that look good on blogs, etc., I bookmark them in folders for each category such as chocolate cookies. If I don't find what I want in my bookmarks, I usually google it and see what I get. Smitten Kitchen is my favorite food blog.
ReplyDeleteI hunt for recipes on allrecipes.com!
ReplyDeleteI use a lot of blogs. I use google reader to search the blogs I follow for recent recipes
ReplyDeleteI always look for recipes on blogs!
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I love allrecipies.com
ReplyDeleteI like to use allrecipes.com because they have the nutrition info and reviewer's experiences, but I LOVE seeing all the yummy photos on Pinterest!
ReplyDeleteBlogs mostly- bakingbites.com is my favorite. But I've gotten some from food network's site.
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blogs and pinterest among others like tastykitchen.com sssssssssssssoooooooo many recipes
ReplyDeleteGoogle... and wherever the results take me. I usually look at the first five sites to come up and see if they fit the bill for what i want to make - digging deeper if there are still things I want to know before attempting to make something.
ReplyDeleteI love TasteSpotting for new recipes & finding new food blogs. SmilynStef at aol dot com
ReplyDeleteI love blogs. :) Great chefs put up recipes for free. Mine may not be as pretty as theirs in the end, but they taste just as good (I would assume).
ReplyDeleteI love kraft recipes online but also my collection of old recipes from my immediate family, friends and from my past.
ReplyDeleteI usually do a Google search first but I always seem to land on someone's amazing blog that has recipes and photos and I compare them to some of my favorite cook book recipes ...then I tweak it enough to call it my own, lol. Thanks for this great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteMy source of inspiration would be magazines, Pinterest and blogs.
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I am a second generation Greek who cherishes rooting through my grandmother's and mother's recipes decorated with many a happy food stain. In my heart I know they are standing over my shoulder as I lovingly try to duplicate their time honored cookies and cakes!
ReplyDeleteI have a library full of different cookbooks and can usually find the one I like. Also woman day has great receipes and I buy one of them each time they come out. I follow
ReplyDeleteI have my trusted cookbooks on my shelf, friends who are great cooks, magazines, books, and the web. Love to read new and inventive recipes!
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I find recipes everywhere. I am partial to certain chefs and certain websites but I will pretty much try anything. My fav recipes are ones I get from friends but I've also found some gems on the internet. The Southern Living website has really come up good recipes that are now part of my regular menu. FoodTV, of course, Cooking Light and recipes.com. I love Emeril, Paula Deen, Julia Child and so many others. I love my subscription to Cooking Light.
ReplyDeleteI like allrecipes and a wonderful old cookbook that my grandmother gave me.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great giveaway!
I usually hit Allrecipes.com first, when I'm looking for something.
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ReplyDeleteFavorite place for recipes are all my grandmothers cookbooks and then allrecipes.com. I'm on the mailing list and post on Facebook!! p.s. I LOVE books!
ReplyDeleteI found out about this blog through Craft Gossip, which is my most favorite of all, I think. Books are and have been my oldest love. Books which have anything to do with sewing, crafting, cooking, and living well are just icing on the cake of reading!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win this giveaway, but even if I don't, I've signed up for your newsletter, which I hope will be just as good.
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My favorite recipe search is a mix between searching my fav food blogs and the foodnetworks recipe collection. Thank you for a chance to win!!!
ReplyDeleteLiked you and spread a little holiday cheer on your fb page!!
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ReplyDeleteI love perusing books the best for recipes, but when I see something come up on Facebook or Recipes.com, I will head to the site and check them out.
ReplyDeleteI love foraging for recipes on pinterest, or going old style and calling up my grandma! you cant ever go wrong with classic russian dishes!
ReplyDeleteI love to pick the brains of my Aunts and older cousins for recipes that my Grandmother made on special occasions.They end up telling me stories from their childhood with her, and that makes it twice as special!
ReplyDeleteI love my collection of old & new cookbooks & use them almost everyday. I probably use my very old books the most as I live in the country & don't have a lot of store bought ingredients on hand. Thank you for a wonderful giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI liked you on Facebook & left message!
ReplyDeleteFundraising cookbooks by schools, churches, companies and neighborhood groups have some of the best recipes. Probably because people submit their favorite or family recipes to these publications.
ReplyDeleteI have kept my Moms old recipe cards and these classics are still the best.
ReplyDeleteI like finding the best recipes on Quarry Spoon of course! Duh!
ReplyDeleteBut I do have a small collection of cookbooks that I love to get inspired by.
I usually go first to 'Joy of Cooking' and then Google.
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway!
If I'm searching for a certain recipe I search on Google or I check my Joy of Cooking book.
ReplyDeleteIf I'm not using a cookbook I have, my next stop is usually Allrecipes.com for recipes and/or Pinterest for ideas! :)
ReplyDeleteI've collected a number of cookbooks, but I'm on a writers' list and some of the authors feature a day of recipes on their websites (especially if they write culinary mysteries). It's especially helpful at the holidays. I also watch Julia Child TV shows as well as PBS-type cooking shows and New York's The Chew. Now I'm signed up here, so I imagine my choices will swell! :)
ReplyDeleteI like searching on Google for recipes!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite places are online...and they vary depending what I am looking for. I also have a small collection of cookbooks that I refer to.
ReplyDeleteI subscribe to you!
ReplyDeleteI get most of my recipe favorites from food blogs and pinterest and cookbooks.
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ReplyDeleteI love recipes from Pinterest.
ReplyDeletePinterest is my current favorite, especially if there are comments talking about the recipe.
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ReplyDeleteI usually go to Pinterest for recipes. My husband just do Google search.
I check out the major food websites and/or google what i'm looking for.
ReplyDeleteI always do a Google search or Ask.com the bad thing about that is hundreds of ways to do the same thing.
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ReplyDeleteI love Pinterest for recipes!
ReplyDeleteI love vintage cookbooks and taste of home for recipes. Marlene mplemel@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI am now on your email list Marlene mplemel@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteAs a Christmas gift years ago, before my mom passed away she typed up all of our family recipes, favorite recipes, traditional recipes, and so much more, and put it in a binder for me! This is always my go to book :)
ReplyDeleteSigned up for your newsletter!
ReplyDeleteI posted a holiday greeting on Facebook :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun assortment of crafting books!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite places for finding recipes are blogs and my ever expanding collection of cookbooks.
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I shared on your Facebook. (Ashley Toth)
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My favorite place for recipe hunting is Foodgawker.
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ReplyDeletei get my recipes from pinterest and my cookbook collection. those books all look great..i'm looking forward to the pasta and foraging books most!
ReplyDeleteI get many recipes from the different blogs, cookbooks from the library, allrecipes.com, Food Network, cooking shows...just about everywhere something sounds or looks good!
ReplyDeleteI run to my books, my husband searches online- we meet somewhere in the middle...those books looks really good
ReplyDeletei search everywhere online!!!
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I have quite a few (mostly vintage) cookbooks - one can never have to many, right? If I can't find what I'm looking for in one of these I'll check the web by google searching!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win this fabulous collection!
its a 4 way tie: books, blogs, magazines and cookbooks
ReplyDeleteMy first place is to sit down with my collection of cookbooks. If I am in a hurry and need something specific I will go to All Recipes.
ReplyDeleteI get some inspiration from Pinterest but I'm more likely to actually try recipes from blogs that I follow (and there are a LOT of them) or by spotting a great looking dish on sites like Tasteologie, Tastespotting or FoodGawker.
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