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they draw and cook- giveaway for you

November 4, 2011

After I wrote about this great cookbook here the other day, the publishers at Weldon Owen Publishing asked if I'd like to hold a giveaway on my blog for another shiny new copy for one of my readers.

I'd just baked some coconut macaroons (you can see them in my first photo above) and last weekend Tom made a red rice dish and both recipes came from the colourful pages of this book. So we're really enjoying it- you will too!

You can find out more details about the book here, or here on Facebook. They've even made a little video to promote it.

The publishers will send the book to the winner, wherever they happen to live in the world. Just leave a comment on this post telling us what's cooking in your kitchen these days.

I'll draw a winner randomly on Monday. Enjoy your weekend!

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230 responses to “they draw and cook- giveaway for you”

louana

November 4, 2011

What a great giveaway! I’ve got chicken thighs in a mushroom sauce simmering away in my slow cooker for dinner at the moment! Happy weekend melissa

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Steph

November 4, 2011

When I read your last post on this, I checked out the website and now have a huge list of recipes from it that are on my to-make list, so I would be very happy to win this book. Lately I’ve been doing less cooking, and much more baking: providing the yummy baked goods for meetings of a social group makes me feel very useful!

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delaney @ heartbreakpie

November 4, 2011

beautiful book, I love cookbooks filled with illustrations. great looking macaroons too! they’d be awesome half dipped in dark chocolate…

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Dawn

November 4, 2011

Anything in a crock pot, that way when I get home from work it is hot and waiting for me. I think this book is gorgeous! What a generous offer from the publisher.
~Dawn

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Megan

November 4, 2011

Lovely looking book! Lately I’ve been making lot’s of Fall weather foods: pumpkin muffins, roasted veggies, stew and of course apple crisp. 🙂

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tinyhappy

November 4, 2011

ack! that is such a good idea…

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Olivia

November 4, 2011

It looks beautiful. I so hope to win!

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Viki

November 4, 2011

Sounds great, I would love a copy! At the moment, we are enjoying the start of warmer weather and we’re cooking a lot of BBQs outside, (and salads in the kitchen). Thank you!

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Julie Silcock

November 4, 2011

Would love to win this book – today I’ve made a batch of oaty ginger crunch for the children after school. Omelettes tonight with free range eggs and fresh asparagus. Yummy.

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Carrie @Rhubarb Sky

November 4, 2011

Right this minute, Beef Stew is simmering and my Tom is cutting out buttermilk biscuits for the oven. Yum!
That book looks delightful!

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Hello Sandwich

November 4, 2011

Hello!
Oh waou – what nice publishers 🙂
I would love to have a copy of this sweet book!
In my mini-me Tokyo apartment (like most Tokyo apartments) we don’t have a regular oven so it can be interesting trying to cook things in a mini toaster oven. Sometimes I see pizza bases in the supermarket that are giant – way too giant for my oven toaster – I wonder who is able to use them! maybe they chop them down to size before putting them in the mini ovens. he he.
I cook lots of salmon, hijiki seaweed salad, okonomiyaki, kinoko no gohan, on western nights I like to make mexican food or taco rice!
xoxo

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Gracia

November 4, 2011

In the kitchen right now, a bubbling hot soup boils. I am enjoying the cool spring days and making the most of it still being veggie soup weather. I have a loaf of bread to go with it, fresh from my Mum’s kitchen too.
Love the look of your coconut macaroons. They are a weakness of mine.
be well,
g

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Natalie

November 4, 2011

The book looks great. I would love to have a copy. I could see my girls searching through the pages for things to cook. At present there is a large pot os chicken stock simmering away, cheese resting in-between stages and some carrot cake in the oven. We have had a productive morning so far!! Even got the beef marinading and rice soaking for dinner.

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Annette

November 4, 2011

Just getting ready to make some panini’s with pesto, turkey, salami, onions, and muenster cheese. Yumm.
Love that little video.

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Africanaussie

November 4, 2011

Oh I have been hankering after that book ever since your first post about it. Last night I made the yummiest fish – I crushed a couple of lemongrass stalks (out of my garden) then rubbed them all over the fillets, sprinkled with lime juice salt pepper and fresh parsley (also out of my garden). I set that aside for an hour to rest, and made a white parsley sauce and roasted veggies. A dusting of flour on the fish and a quick saute in a hot pan with some extra virgin olive oil and we sat down to a wonderful meal.

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Emily

November 4, 2011

It looks like a lovely book.

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Rosa in the Antipodes

November 4, 2011

I’ve just baked a cake to celebrate Nico’s third birthday, while it cools down to be decorated I came to check on your blog and I was happily surprised by the giveaway. I loved it, Melissa! Also thanks for remind me about Fabric-a-brac tomorrow! Have a juicy weekend!

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monica

November 4, 2011

flour power seems to be the top of the pops at present. having a go with bread products coz the weather is perfect for rising- sunny and warm. made cheese scones for the builders this morning. pizzas yesterday and afghans previously. rose made the skeleton biscuits which has added to the smells of niceness in the kitchen. making sabrina’s breadsticks now from the stephanie alexander cookbook. magic happens.

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robyn pope

November 4, 2011

what a nice giveaway ! cooking rose jelly ! http://www.gardenrooms.typeppad.com Cheers ; )

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Mathilde

November 4, 2011

Melissa, am going to make Basque macarons (or MUXU – kisses – as they are called in the region) on the weekend with my son … rustic almond ones, no colours no flavours, but still with the little smooth dome on top. Have just been in the Pays Basque with my aunt and we ate a whole boxful. Missing France and them … so that’s the weekend’s project. Good to be visiting your blog once more after 6 weeks away. x

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christina

November 4, 2011

New England Baked Beans and Apple Cake — ’tis the season!

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Gabby O

November 4, 2011

no knead bread, amish cookies and gingerbread ninja’s are on high rotate in our little kitchen. yum

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Cait

November 4, 2011

Biscotti. Yum. Would love a new cookbook to add to my collection. Thanks

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paula

November 4, 2011

after you last mentioned it I went and had a look at the website, its super cool, cooking in my kitchen today is a blackberry shortcake ……….

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Katherine

November 4, 2011

Since visiting the local apple orchard, I’ve been cooking up apple everything — apple crisp, apple butter, apple muffins… even apples and porkchops!

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Kylie

November 4, 2011

what a neat giveaway!
the macaroons look so good … we like to dip them in chocolate at our house!
and, bread is being baked here.

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Caitlin

November 4, 2011

Ooh! Thank you!
We eat curry just about every night now, and we are also trying to perfect homemade Thai food.

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marie

November 4, 2011

Wow…I’d love a chance at this cook book! Nothing’s cooking right now – but a batch of acorn cookies was baking earlier. Yum!
Thank you!

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Normatika

November 4, 2011

amazing book… we’re making muffins for a bake sale.

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Angela

November 4, 2011

I know what should be cooking & that’s my Christmas cake! xxxxx

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Miss Smith

November 4, 2011

I loved the look of that book when you posted about it a few days ago. Hmmmm, well the last exciting thing I cooked was Digby Law’s carrot cake with cream cheese icing, and it was extremely delicious.

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Amy Seven-Stitches

November 4, 2011

We are making lolly cake – very high energy, low brow food for a kiddy afternoon.

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Connie @ Daydream In Color

November 4, 2011

Aww! I totally follow that blog & I love it. I’d love to win!

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Caroline

November 4, 2011

What’s cooking… well… dinner is done and bread is rising for tomorrow. I’m feeling a little uninspired in the kitchen right now. Maybe a new cookbook is needed!

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Donna Topp

November 4, 2011

Sticky chicken drum sticks for dinner. My little girl (6) would love this book. Thanks for the chance.

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Jo

November 4, 2011

Looks like a lovely cookbook, would be a great addition to my cookbook library. At the moment I’m enjoying using fresh broad beans from my mum’s garden. My favourite way to use them is in a tomato pasta sauce with penne and garlic croutons on top.

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Heather

November 4, 2011

It’s getting cooler here, so I’m roasting bits of pumpkin with garlic and onions and curry.

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Cherie

November 4, 2011

Those coconut macaroons look amazing and so does the book! I love the pictures in it. Last weekend I made ginger crunch for the first time and it has inspired me to make a point of trying some other new things. Have a lovely weekend x

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Anna McClurg

November 4, 2011

Oh, what a fun cookbook! And mmm…macaroons! Right at this very minute there is a chocolate bundt cake in the oven. I know I shouldn’t be baking this late at night (8:30p.m.) but it’s one of those kinds of days! Chocolate cake to the rescue! 🙂

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Erendira

November 4, 2011

So much winter squash! Squash soup, squash in salads, roasted squash, squash on pizza and in salads. Squash! This book looks adorable and would love to add it to our collection!

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marilyn

November 4, 2011

I had to take a salad to a dinner tonight so i made potato salad.
I would love this book as the artwork is so impressive.

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jackie

November 4, 2011

I made the “scones that will not rise” on the weekend – I’m determinted through belligerent practice to get back the knack of making scones. In the meantime, a new cookbook would be a welcome distraction.

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Heart Felt

November 4, 2011

Oh how lovely, the kids and I have just picked fresh peas from the garden…they won’t be cooked, because they have eaten most of them while they were podding them! Jxx

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Santa

November 4, 2011

My mom gave me several different apple pie recipes today which I intend to use very soon, there is nothing better than autumn and the tasty things it brings 🙂

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Rachel

November 4, 2011

Double chocolate chip bundt cake and jalepeno pepper jelly!

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Sarah

November 4, 2011

Ive just made a Brioche for afternoon tea. Book looks FAB!

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sloane

November 4, 2011

Yay for giveaways at tiny happy! Looks like a fabulous book. 🙂

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Kerryn

November 4, 2011

We have just been making the tastiest Zucchini chocolate cake. Of course you can’t taste the zucchini at all even though there is a whole cup of it grated in there, but it is a good one for the kids because it is easy to make, involves grating (which my 4 year old loves), has a vegetable in it AND of course tastes like chocolate -the latter being the most important to adults and kids alike in our household!

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Susan Claman

November 4, 2011

We are transitioning to winter here in New Jersey. That means it’s time for soups and roasts. I use whatever veggies I have on hand and the possibilities are endless. One of my favorites to use in soup is kale. Always love your blog for ideas and inspiration! XO from New Jersey.

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Jacq

November 4, 2011

What nice publishers!
At this very second nothing is cooking ( I am out of cooking inspiration at the moment) but my 11 yr old son is a cook and a half and he will cook what he fancies 😉
Jacq

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