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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”

fiona

November 4, 2011

i’d been baking some and looking forward to a bbq we’ll be hosting this sunday. our first time! i’ll be whipping up shepherd’s pie for the day too.

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Tania

November 4, 2011

Lovely giveaway! I really liked what you showed of it in your post. Tonight I’ll be cooking up not-terribly-exciting spaghetti bolognese. The kids do like it though.

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heather

November 4, 2011

Ooooh! yes, I’d LOVE to have a copy of this book! As the seasons have changed I’ve really been into making things, little pies and fruit breads. Next up I want to make an apple sauce cake. This book looks so beautiful and the recipes so good. Thanks for the chance to win!~

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jenna

November 4, 2011

tonight i made a soup with white beans, kale, & sausage. but i wish i was making those macaroons!

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Mary Beth

November 4, 2011

I would love to win this! Thanks for hosting, Melissa.

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Joanne

November 4, 2011

With the warmer weather these days, simple salads with avocadoes and tomatoes are showing up on the table quite a bit!

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Iliyana Nedkova

November 4, 2011

We have been cooking Dinara’s Russian Salad from this very yammy book courtesy of her own website and my Mum’s recipe cards.

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Tani

November 4, 2011

I’ve been cooking… anything with less than 5 ingredients XD Last night I made a curry-like substance with potatoes, onions, tofu, and carrots.

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Emma

November 4, 2011

just popped by for my regular update of tinyhappy while browsing online for some recipe inspiration. This could just be the ticket, much prefer turning pages.

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Funky Mommy

November 4, 2011

I have been trying a lot of smoothies and vegan recipes. Thanks for the chance!

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Megan W

November 4, 2011

It’s just starting to turn chilly where I live so my kitchen is all soups and crusty breads and taste testing recipes for thanksgiving. This week has been potato & chorizo soup with kale, Tuscan bean soup, and a trial run of the apple cider cream pie from Allison Kave in the November Food & Wine. If you haven’t tried the pie yet, it’s a keeper, but it is easy to overcook.

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Larissa

November 4, 2011

My husband just made us Swedish meatballs tonight. I think I’m doing brownies on Sunday.

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Cassandra

November 4, 2011

Green Tomato Chutney as my tomato crop this year has failed 😦

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Kay Young

November 4, 2011

Interesting book.. just made Weetbix chew..yumm!

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Hannah

November 4, 2011

It looks just marvolous!
Cooking in my Kitchen is n apricot Roast.

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Amie

November 4, 2011

I’ve been baking biscuits (cookies) lately. My last batch were dark chocolate and cherry. My next batch I’m planning on using some absolutely beautiful crystallised ginger I picked up at a local fruit and veg shop.

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JoanneF

November 4, 2011

Lovely publishers. Looks like a great book.
Tonight we have a ‘morrocan’ lamb/pasta/salad thing going on. Major case of fusion cooking! But it is tasty and gets eaten by everyone which is a big selling point! LOL

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Dana TM

November 4, 2011

We just had spaghetti with pumpkin – prosciutto – cream sauce. danainalaska -at_ yahoo. Apple things sound great too, I should make another pie!

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joni

November 4, 2011

i put this book on my amazon wishlist because of your mention! anyway, we are “cooking” some hard cider, a lot of filet mignon and fried potatoes. oh, and waffles on the weekends.

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stricker

November 4, 2011

I like your blog very much! We are having a birthday and some guests this weekend, so I will bake a cake and cook something easy, probably steaks or something like that.

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Eyecatchers & Wind In The Willow

November 4, 2011

YES, please put me into the draw!! It looks like a FANTASTIC BOOK ~ yummy recipes with gorgeous illustrations, what a wonderful combination!

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Eyecatchers & Wind In The Willow

November 4, 2011

Whoops, forgot to mention ~ I’ve been trying out different Muffin recipes at the moment ~ Feta and spinach me fav!

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Tammy

November 4, 2011

There’s always something cooking in my kitchen — soup is definitely a must-have all year long, even if it is super duper hot here 3/4s of the year. I recently tried a new pumpkin cake recipe. One of my favorite quick meals is smoked salmon pizzas made on pita bread and Greek salad. Yummo! This cookbook looks absolutely delightful. Wishing you a wonderful day. Tammy

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Ligia Santos Rodrigues

November 4, 2011

omg I am a follower of TDAC at facebook 🙂
well, we just moved from Germany to Portugal and funny thing is : it is colder over here! So it is finally time for Kürbis-suppe : pumpkin soup! and loads of chestnuts for dessert 🙂

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Shannon

November 4, 2011

I love baking! Lately my kitchen has been filled with french toast and gingerbread. I love autumn!

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Heidi Z

November 4, 2011

We cannot get enough of vegetables at the moment! Canneloni with tomato sauce.

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Karyn Taylor-Moore

November 4, 2011

Those macaroons look fabulous 🙂 Tonight we have friends coming round and I have, simmering in my crockpot, Coq au Reisling – a lovely variation on Coq au vin – by Nigella Lawson. We are eating it with slow-baked layered potatoes and a green salad! Yum.

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Joy Lines

November 4, 2011

Boiled potatoes butter seasalt bunch of mint mustard greens celery minced up fine… Villa maria chardonnay … tahini. yoghurt rhubarb fresh homemade toasted muesli- oats bran wheatgerm pumpkin seeds coconut WALNUT OIL walnuts brown sugar handful of raisins with dash of cognac and maple syrup

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Emilia

November 4, 2011

Cool book, today we are making Romanian pancakes: pancakes filled with cheese and raisins, covered with a vanilla sauce, everything goes in the oven and towards the end u add the whites from the eggs to make a superb finishing.absolutely divine.

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louke bamps

November 4, 2011

This looks wonderful! And i saw our national dish (moules with frites)even on the list!
Wah!i would love to start from this book….oops i never win…. but anyhow, great book, hope that lots of readers will enjoy it! X

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Stephanie

November 4, 2011

Not much to be honest. We’ve recently moved into a new house and it has a gas oven that I don’t know how to use. In saying that I recently visited my Nana who gave me fresh rhubarb from her garden which I used to make a rhubarb and apple cobbler. The recipe was in one of my old NZ House & Garden magazines. Mmm… that was some good cobbler.

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Mar Ruiz

November 4, 2011

I love coconut cookies and last weekend I baked them for the first time in my life, they are delicious!!!
I´m not a great cooker, I usually cook vegetables in a simple way. But I´m very good making croquetas and spanish omelette.
Have a nice weekend.
Greetings. Mar

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Matariki

November 4, 2011

About to try a brioche loaf for the first time!

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lekki

November 4, 2011

ooh, entering this, I had a peek at the blog online and loved the look of it.

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Petra

November 4, 2011

Cute book. 🙂 I like your blog and everithing about NZ!

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Rachel Probert

November 4, 2011

Its pretty chilly here in Wales at the moment… so we’re warming up in front of a roaring fire, with some chunky chicken Broth and fresh bread. Yummy, Yummy in my Tummy! 🙂 Have a Good weekend x

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Saskia

November 4, 2011

What an amazing book! At this moment it’s mostly soup (all sorts), salads, cookies & cakes!
Have a great weekend!
xoxox

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Renee

November 4, 2011

We have a lovely new friend from Nepal who is teaching us lots of vegetarian curry recipes. Curry, curry and more curry 🙂

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Jessie

November 4, 2011

What a lovely looking cookbook. Over here it has been-constant stream of vegetable-lentil soups lately, though yesterday we had a break for meatballs in tomato sauce. I was planning more cooking today but am feeling rather I’ll, so it might just be leftovers instead.

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Sarah Allen

November 4, 2011

This looks such a great book, I’d love to go in the draw!

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Elisa

November 4, 2011

as here in Italy it’s going to be colder, I cooked a sweet creamy cream with apples in a thick caramel with nuts and cinnamon.
Great book: I’d love to have one copy!

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Sarah Allen

November 4, 2011

Oops I forgot to say what’s cooking in our kitchen, well tonight a wonderful friend cooked us felafals (surely spelt wrong), baked mushrooms with cheese and nuts, asparagus (yum that time of year again!), cous cous (try that on predictive text!) and a yummy garden salad. I wonder if that counts.

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carla

November 4, 2011

It’s tuning into winter here! So at this very moment a heartwarming soup is cooking. I used vegetables from my own tiny garden, from my grandmother’s and from the horticulture school in my street. Mmmmm, all fresh!!
Now and then i marvel on the blog of They draw and cook. beatiful mix of cooking and drawing! To have the book I would love it!

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tea

November 4, 2011

Had a fabulous Macaroni & cheese from Jamie Oliver’s America book last night… the kids devoured it! Today I’m making some coleslaw…

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By Night

November 4, 2011

I think I spent more time on their website than doing anything else since you told us about the book! what a great giveaway! On the menu for the weekend, you’ll find ricotta and spinaches cannellonni’s and a Safran potatoes and mushroom pie. Two of my favorites 😉

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MeganK

November 4, 2011

Fantastic giveaway!
I’ve been cooking up a favourite: napolitana sauce using basil grown in my garden. Hopefully this summer I’ll be using home-grown tomatoes, too.

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Kevie

November 4, 2011

Great giveaway! I’m cooking a lot of pumpkin as it’s in season in England at the moment and very cheap… in risottos, roasted and stuffed in a pitta and grated and baked and in a sweet tea cake.

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Maria

November 4, 2011

What a wonderful giveaway! I really would like to have that book…. Yesterday I made cinnamon rolls and it has been a lot with apples this fall: pies, apple juice and so on.

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becky

November 4, 2011

these days we are trying to limit eating meat and fish to one day a week, so we’re celebrating pulses on a very regular basis. Today it is moong dhal, tangy aubergine curry and rice and yesterday braised red cabbage, mash and turtle bean burgers. Thank goodness there are so many different types of beans….

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Kelly

November 4, 2011

I have been living on chicken curry for who knows how long – think I need to try something different!

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