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they draw and cook- giveaway for you

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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”

  1. Denise | Chez Danisse Avatar
    Denise | Chez Danisse

    My kitchen? I recently made a delicious Apple Yorkshire Pudding. Recipe: http://andbabycakesthree.blogspot.com/2011/10/apple-yorkshire-pudding.html

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  2. Marta Avatar
    Marta

    Thank you Melissa for this nice giveaway.
    Baked apples with cinamon. That has a smell of autumn. And I like it very much.

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  3. Chloe Pinel Avatar
    Chloe Pinel

    I made these lovely chocolate swedish biscuits, I can’t remember the name and could never pronounce it but so nice to make something I’ve never seen before

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  4. Adri Avatar
    Adri

    What a fun book! Homemade crepes + nutella is what’s happening in my kitchen right now 🙂

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  5. adriane Avatar
    adriane

    Beautiful book! I’m not sure that this counts as cooking, but we just got a dehydrator and have been drying just about everything we can think of. Also lots of quick fall soups! Thanks for the chance!

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  6. Jo Avatar
    Jo

    Salads…all kinds of salads! Tis the weather for it after all!

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  7. Katie Avatar
    Katie

    The book sounds great. I’m on a health-kick at the moment so lots of veggies being prepped in this kitchen. And tonight we are having homemade chicken tandoori….yum!

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  8. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    Well you know, it is exam season and my elderly in-laws are unwell so last night it was takeaways for us and omelette with cheese and bacon for them. Ho hum. Actually, light and yummy and when you are unwell it’s so great to have someone else cook for you isn’t it.
    So, you can see I would love to win such a cookbook to open and enjoy and USE after exams end next week 😉

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  9. mori Avatar
    mori

    today fresh bread and crescent rolls….

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  10. jasmin Avatar
    jasmin

    i made yome pumpkin-lentil-curry today and it turned out really nice. hope it helps chase away my cold…

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  11. catherine Avatar
    catherine

    Good to see those macaroons. Would love the chjance to see if that recipe is as good as my peruvian cocaditas.

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  12. dee Avatar
    dee

    Pancakes, Mexican food and pasta are real crowd pleasers here, so they emerge from the kitchen every week. Ottolenghi recipes (fromt his book ‘Plenty’) are our fvourites for grown-up friends, especilly green panckses with lime and chilli butter.

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  13. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    Sounds like a fun cookbook. I made some pumpkin bread yesterday and risotto today and even though it is autumn and we had a very early snowstorm Scarlet and I discovered a ripe red strawberry in the yard- a tiny miracle that she popped in her mouth straight away.

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  14. M Walst Avatar
    M Walst

    It’s exam time at the moment and I’m on survival mode. Mince last night, sausages tonight, boil the veges, forget to check them… Looking forward to better days!

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  15. Andree Avatar
    Andree

    Always baking something but my 12yr old made strawberry cloud for pudding last night, a frozen dessert that is just egg whites, sugar and strawberries. it was delicious!!

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  16. karenhynds Avatar
    karenhynds

    Our lasagne recipe gets used often for family get-togethers. Just add a salad and a bottle of red wine. This time we also had pavlova with kiwi fruit for dessert-YUM!!
    Cheers
    Karen
    Newcastle NSW

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  17. Alisa Avatar
    Alisa

    Oh I couldn’t resist this. We’re always on the lookout for new fun recipes to try, especially ones that our little peeps will love. And these are illustrated as well! What a lovely giveaway. : )

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  18. Alisa Avatar
    Alisa

    …Oh I nearly forgot, we’re trying out a recipe for orange/tomato glazed drumsticks.

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  19. Hannah Avatar
    Hannah

    Would love to win this than I can cook and fantize when it just me and hubby I cook for and I can finish artwork before I cook! 🙂

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  20. lori Avatar
    lori

    i wish i were cooking, i’m on a cleanse and juicing only. but soon…i would love to win this cookbook. you always have the best giveaways. thank you. 🙂

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  21. Katherine Avatar
    Katherine

    This week I made a Boston cream pie. Yum!

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  22. *karen Avatar
    *karen

    I just got my wisdom teeth yanked so there’s been a lot of soft stuff cooking in my kitchen. Mashed potatoes. Mac ‘n’ cheese. Pumpkin soup. And water. Water goes down so smooth :o)

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  23. Monika Avatar
    Monika

    Oh, I would love to win this book, my “cyber friend” Geninne illustrated the green salsa recipe 🙂
    These days I am using lots of squash in my kitchen and also other fall veggies from our garden. Thank you for this wonderful giveaway……

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  24. nathalie Avatar
    nathalie

    this book looks so happy and colorful and deliciouuus!:-)

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  25. Carla Avatar
    Carla

    Caramel and almond cookies – and completely separately – asparagus roasted with garlic, lemon and a tiny bit of balsamic vinegar!

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  26. Lisa Avatar
    Lisa

    After reading about this funny book in your blog I bought it as the perfect birthday present for a friend and enjoyed the homepage a lot. So having one for our kitchen shelf would be great, too 😉

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  27. Victoria Avatar
    Victoria

    With autumn in the air I’m baking ginger and chocolate flapjacks and ginger brownies. I bought a plump pheasant from my butcher doubtless acquired from a local shoot, which will be roasted with bacon for Sunday lunch.
    That book looks very tempting!

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  28. Cassie E Avatar
    Cassie E

    I’m baking pies for my brother’s wedding!

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  29. veronica palmer Avatar
    veronica palmer

    Bonfire Night, so it’s sausages, black peas and baked potatoes at the ready followed by parkin and cupcakes.Veronica.

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  30. sonata Avatar
    sonata

    I am eating pear salad with feta 3 days long – and can’t stop:) But these kinds of book are so inspiring, so apealing, they push you to try something new…

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  31. Fusedglass.wordpress.com Avatar
    Fusedglass.wordpress.com

    Soup, soup, more soup… it’s soup-weather, m’dears.
    Oh, and there’s always a shawl, and some socks, or maybe a scarf, some enamel… something crafty ‘cooking’ at the same time.

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  32. Mali Avatar
    Mali

    Homemade chicken nuggets!

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  33. Els Avatar
    Els

    What a lovely book (scrolled down a bit !)
    Your stitched flowers look so lovely … and the green peas !!! 😉

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  34. Els Avatar
    Els

    … oops sorry forgot: homemade apple pie with the fresh apples that are abundant these days here …. (no better smell than that !)

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  35. keren@thebreathingspace.co.za Avatar
    keren@thebreathingspace.co.za

    Hi am new to your blog and have been just loving reading it. I live in Durban, South Africa and a friend of mine worked on a cook book at the budhist retreat in Ixopo, called “The cake the Buddha ate’ so tonight am cooking for a friends 40th he is having a braai (it is like a barbecue)- dish is called chakra-laka and it is a tradional south african chakalaka – a saucy dish to eat with the barbecue.

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  36. allison Avatar
    allison

    I just moved to a new place, so I’m having fun using my new kitchen. I’ve got lots of squash on my counter, so I’m thinking roasted squash soup would be a great way to warm up my day, paired with salad greens and homemade bread.

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  37. shayray Avatar
    shayray

    What a great giveaway! This book looks fun.

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  38. Sara Avatar
    Sara

    Its getting colder and colder by the day around here, so I’ve been cooking hearty stews, apple crumble and the like =) Warming up from the inside out ^^

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  39. camille Avatar
    camille

    winter squash risotto and homemade bread

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  40. simona Avatar
    simona

    great giveaway! I’m here too!
    simona

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  41. Tash Avatar
    Tash

    Would love some more cooking ideas and this book sounds great! i made some anzac biscuits yesterday with choc chips in them for the kids at playgroup (and husband at home!) and our ducks have been laying alot of eggs so lots of omlettes and scrambled eggs on toast as well as choc brownies. Thanks Melissa

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  42. Genevieve Avatar
    Genevieve

    They draw & Cook looks fantastic! I have been making lots of soups & stews since Winter’s snowy arrival.

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  43. valeria Avatar
    valeria

    Still enjoying “trampó” salad, tomato, green peppers and onion salad.

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  44. Anne Avatar
    Anne

    Yummy! Sour Cherry Toaster Tarts look fantastically grumptious!! I love how the cookbook is worked with the art and the easily completed recipes. Yesterday I made Almond Cranberry chocolate biscotti which I’ve having right now with tea while reading your blog! 🙂

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  45. Anne Avatar
    Anne

    lol I meant scrumptious!! lol

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  46. Julia Avatar
    Julia

    I’m making whipped sweet potatoes with ribbons of collard greens (so healthy, so good) and lots of birthday cakes as we celebrate four in a row beginning with my littlest whose birthday is today.

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  47. Anna Avatar
    Anna

    Funny you should ask! Yesterday I had an Indian feast with family and friends. It involved samosa, curries and…um, vodka. I would love a new cookbook, that one looks lovely.

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  48. katherine.hope6@gmail.com Avatar
    katherine.hope6@gmail.com

    That Cookbook looks fantastic! I’ve been following them on Twitter and love all the recipes. I’ve been cooking lots of summery beef salads and fresh fish lately while the weather has been nice.

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  49. Karen Avatar
    Karen

    I live in an inner suburb of Sydney, Australia, which is a melting pot of many nationalities. Currently experimenting with variations of Vietnamese noodle salads as the children love it and it’s so easy, fresh and tasty in the warmer spring weather!

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  50. Andrea Avatar
    Andrea

    food and art two of my favorite things! Thanks for the giveaway. I hope I win!

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