The Pastry Queen cookbook giveaway!
Who’s excited?!
I meant to post this on Tuesday when I was out of town but I woke up in Minneapolis and the temperature was in the 60s. I did what any southerner would do – I grabbed a hot coffee (and a sweater!) and took a stroll outside. I had to take advantage of it since it will probably be December before we see temps that low around here!
So today I am going to give someone a brand new copy of The Pastry Queen that I bought with my own money my stash of giftcards. Full disclosure, of course.
It’s a great cookbook filled with sweet and savory items and I guarantee you will love it. And if you feel like you, you could join Project Pastry Queen and bake your way through it with a great group of ladies!
The giveaway is now closed. And the winner is:
Natalie! I’ve emailed Natalie and if I don’t hear back within a couple days, I’ll choose someone else.
Thank you all for entering! I will be doing more cookbook contests very soon! :)
The Blue-Eyed Bakers:
August 27th, 2010 at 4:31 am
Oooh we’ve been dying to get our hands on this cookbook! And we totally basked in those cooler temps this week…sweaters, hot coffee, soups and all!
Ellen:
August 27th, 2010 at 4:32 am
If the contents of this book look anything like what is on the cover, this is a must have!
Samantha Angela @ Bikini Birthday:
August 27th, 2010 at 4:32 am
I would love to win this book :D
.-= Samantha Angela @ Bikini Birthday´s last blog ..Sprouted Quinoa Bread =-.
nicole:
August 27th, 2010 at 4:33 am
I WANT! Not like I dont have enough cook books. I have a bookcase full, but there is something magically about flipping through a new one, tagging it with post its, and then going shopping for everything. Like Christmas morning! Okay I am really into cookbooks :-)
.-= nicole´s last blog ..Sketchbook 2- Day 6 =-.
Samantha Angela @ Bikini Birthday:
August 27th, 2010 at 4:33 am
My best dish is probably potato leek soup with homemade sourdough bread on the side.
.-= Samantha Angela @ Bikini Birthday´s last blog ..Sprouted Quinoa Bread =-.
Martha:
August 27th, 2010 at 4:33 am
I have been dying to get this cookbook and I will … one of these days. What a great giveaway – thank you SO much for sharing your knowledge and now this cookbook! :)
Breige:
August 27th, 2010 at 4:34 am
Oh wow, what a great giveaway Amanda! :)
.-= Breige´s last blog ..I have some stalkers… =-.
nicole:
August 27th, 2010 at 4:35 am
I thikn My best dish at this point is salad. I make some amazing salads and dressings. My mom makes Chicken Soup for me and it is just so good. I love that she puts tomatos in it.
.-= nicole´s last blog ..Sketchbook 2- Day 6 =-.
Elizabeth:
August 27th, 2010 at 4:41 am
I can never say no to a cookbook! And um….I’m a Texan so NEED this book – LOL!
.-= Elizabeth´s last blog ..Crockpot Sticky Chicken Legs =-.
Christine:
August 27th, 2010 at 4:57 am
Thanks Amanda! This is on my Amazon wish list too!
.-= Christine´s last blog ..Guacamole Salad =-.
Laura:
August 27th, 2010 at 5:06 am
Oh I’d love to win a copy. I love baking!
Danette:
August 27th, 2010 at 5:12 am
Looks delectable!
Pam:
August 27th, 2010 at 5:16 am
What a neat giveaway! I’m in ; ) Now, off to FB….
.-= Pam´s last blog ..Recipe Makeover- Broccoli Cheese Soup =-.
Shelley:
August 27th, 2010 at 5:17 am
Yum! The cover looks awesome!
.-= Shelley´s last blog ..Barbasol Not Just for Grandpas Beard =-.
Micki:
August 27th, 2010 at 5:36 am
Ooooooooooh! I want it; I want it!!!
Adriana @ Bittersweet Baker:
August 27th, 2010 at 5:38 am
I’ve heard great things about this book and have wanted it since. Thanks for a chance to win it!
.-= Adriana @ Bittersweet Baker´s last blog ..Devil’s Food Cupcakes =-.
Allison A:
August 27th, 2010 at 5:38 am
I would LOVE to win this!
Judy P:
August 27th, 2010 at 5:50 am
I love meringue, how it looks, how it tastes and the fact that, in the scheme of things,
it’s not too fattening. I remember my grandmother’s lemon meringue pies cooling on the table; it was nearly impossible not to touch those little droplets of dew (that aren’t supposed to be there but are beautiful) !
As other’s have mentioned, if the rest of the book is as beautiful as the cover it would be a joy to own. That cover photo is an inspiration !
Judy (bakerwannabe):
August 27th, 2010 at 5:53 am
You are so awesome and so is this book. Just send it on.
Larie:
August 27th, 2010 at 5:53 am
I’ve seen these recipes pop up all over blogs recently, and they all look delicious!
.-= Larie´s last blog ..My Favorite Cornbread Recipe =-.
Melynda:
August 27th, 2010 at 5:56 am
This is an awesome giveaway!!! I would love to win!
.-= Melynda´s last blog ..Spaghetti Squash =-.
Emily:
August 27th, 2010 at 6:06 am
I would love to win this book!!
Jessica Matias:
August 27th, 2010 at 6:06 am
I found your blog a few months ago and have been checking it weekly ever since! Great recipes and more importantly, great directions for someone who is just starting out. The pulled pork was DELISH and SO easy!
Natakie16:
August 27th, 2010 at 6:10 am
Hi, I just found your blog, it’s awesome! Thanks!
Susannah:
August 27th, 2010 at 6:12 am
So excited about this book – my husband and I were just at Rather Sweet Bakery last month while on vacation – I couldn’t get enough of the baked goods there!
AudraG:
August 27th, 2010 at 6:15 am
Yummy!!! The pic on the cover looks amazing. I can only imagine what the rest of the book holds…
Amber:
August 27th, 2010 at 6:21 am
Let’s get this straight – pastry, Texan, and *that* on the cover? If I don’t win it, I’mma buy it.
.-= Amber´s last blog ..How to get thrifty with a chicken =-.
anna:
August 27th, 2010 at 6:24 am
That cookbook looks fantastic. I love nothing more than trying new recipes and that book looks like it has lots of new things to try!
Mary:
August 27th, 2010 at 6:26 am
Thank you would love to win it.
Cristine:
August 27th, 2010 at 6:34 am
I haven’t seen that book yet but now I MUST have it! :) Definately going on my wish list!
Barbara:
August 27th, 2010 at 6:44 am
The cookbook cover looks scrumptious!!! I love pastry and I love your posts. Keep up the good work
Michelle:
August 27th, 2010 at 6:48 am
This book will fit right in with my collection.
mperdue_99@yahoo.com
Andrea:
August 27th, 2010 at 7:01 am
I would LOVE to get a copy of this book! I’m practically drooling over the meringue tart thingee on the cover. Is it lunchtime yet???
Stella:
August 27th, 2010 at 7:10 am
The cover is killing me, it’s 9 am and it’s got me thinking about dessert already! I can only imagine that the recipes inside will cause a surge of cravings as well!!!
Kim:
August 27th, 2010 at 7:10 am
Looks like a fun addition to any cookbook collection!
maggie g:
August 27th, 2010 at 7:16 am
Oooh, I’d love a copy of this!
.-= maggie g´s last blog ..Banana Bread =-.
Suburban Prep:
August 27th, 2010 at 7:50 am
I have seen this book on other site and this looks way so wonderful. I would love to try a number of the recipes included.
Erin:
August 27th, 2010 at 7:52 am
Ohhhh I want, I want!
.-= Erin ´s last blog ..Huckleberry Muffins =-.
Hila:
August 27th, 2010 at 8:06 am
That cover looks amazing! YUMM! I love to bake, it soothes my soul!
Holly H.:
August 27th, 2010 at 8:46 am
I’ve seen her recipes on other blogs! I can’t wait to try this cookbook!
farmkat:
August 27th, 2010 at 8:51 am
Love Bakery cookbooks. well, any cookbooks. But there’s just something great about dessert! Thanks for offering.
Laney:
August 27th, 2010 at 9:28 am
This book looks fun! I would love to win!!
May Bowser:
August 27th, 2010 at 9:32 am
I could sit and look at cookbooks for hours!! I appreciate ones with pictures, all others should be banned!
Betty:
August 27th, 2010 at 10:11 am
This is so neat. :)
Plus it gives me the opportunity to tell you that your site is my absolute favorite. Sometimes my email piles up and I just delete everything EXCEPT the Fake Ginger emails! I love them!
Natalie:
August 27th, 2010 at 10:27 am
This looks so awesome! The cover alone makes me want to whip up something delicious!
Judy R:
August 27th, 2010 at 11:18 am
I would love to win this book – it looks awesome!
Jacque O:
August 27th, 2010 at 11:34 am
This book looks delicious!!!
Charlene:
August 27th, 2010 at 11:48 am
I would love to have this book! Thanks for the chance to enter! Have a great week-end!
Audrey:
August 27th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Looks like a great cookbook!
Maria:
August 27th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Entering the contest! :)
Sarah:
August 27th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
I love cookbooks, and that looks like a great one!
Tammie:
August 27th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
I haven’t had a new cookbook in ages. I want this one!
Amanda @ bakingwithoutabox:
August 27th, 2010 at 1:11 pm
How could you resist a cookbook with that title?
Lisa:
August 27th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Oooh, I love new baking cookbooks.
Sarah:
August 27th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
That lemon meringue tart (I’m guessing) on the cover looks DIVINE! I’d love to win the book :)
Sarah Quincey:
August 27th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
PICK ME! PICK ME!
I have an addiction to buying cookbooks, and this can be added to my collection :D
Melinda:
August 27th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
I want it, I want it!
Eva:
August 27th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
I love having cookbooks even though I am not capable of following recipes
Meg:
August 27th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
I don’t have any dessert cookbooks!
AshleyOhio:
August 27th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
I would love to win! I have a legacy to live up to at work—bringing in one outstanding dessert a week!
Rachel:
August 27th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
A cookbook that isn’t cupcake or cookie related would be a nice addition!
Nicole:
August 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Eee! This is so awesome! I’m just getting into baking, too, so this would be puuurfect.
Kim:
August 27th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
I love your blog, you probably noticed in the past 3 weeks. Of course, I have a cooking blog, so I like cookbooks! Thanks for the giveaway!
.-= Kim´s last blog ..Petits fours glacés au chocolat et aux noisettes =-.
Gale Reeves:
August 27th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
Thanks for the cookbook give away! I’m a cookbook collector. I would be honored to add this to my collection. cgreeves@comcast.net
.-= Gale Reeves´s last blog ..quiche quest =-.
Sarah Solducky:
August 27th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Oooh, that looks so yummy!
Jessie:
August 27th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
This looks delicious. I would love to win a copy. Thanks for the opportunity! :)
.-= Jessie´s last blog ..Bunkbeds! =-.
Angie:
August 27th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Can’t walk by cookbooks without reaching out for them, must browse when I see one. I want to grab this one and have a good sampling of the pages and recipes.
Barbara:
August 28th, 2010 at 12:09 am
please please pick me random number generator! I am just finding my groove with cooking and being in Australia I’m never able to enter great contests like this! Thank you for shipping anywhere you ROCK!
Carolyn Olsen:
August 28th, 2010 at 12:59 am
Mmmm, this cook book looks great, Pasrty Queen, am loving the title of the book, and would love to see whats inside.
If I win, will you send it to me, all the way to New Zealand?
Love your blog Fake Ginger =)
Caro xx
grace:
August 28th, 2010 at 2:39 am
mostly i just like the name of her bakery–that’s so clever. :)
.-= grace´s last blog ..heeeeeeres harold! =-.
Christy:
August 28th, 2010 at 4:24 am
The cookbook and challenge look great!! =) Itd really get my blog a rolling better if I took up that challenge LOL
Anu:
August 28th, 2010 at 4:37 am
Looks like a fun book. Thank you for having the giveaway :)
Alison M:
August 28th, 2010 at 5:23 am
I love cookbooks with recipes that allow me to use my kitchen torch!!! Great giveaway!
Melissa:
August 28th, 2010 at 6:22 am
I have been eyeing this cookbook for a while now, I would love to win it! :)
.-= Melissa´s last blog ..Honey Ginger Pork Tenderloin =-.
Kate:
August 28th, 2010 at 6:55 am
Great giveaway! I love new cookbooks!
Gayle L.:
August 28th, 2010 at 8:19 am
Sign me up! All help is appreciated when it comes to cooking!!
Katie Pickrell:
August 28th, 2010 at 9:40 am
MmmmMMmMmmm! My mouth is watering!!!
Joan:
August 28th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
This sounds like a fun cookbook. I’ve had it on my wish list since a friend told me about it. If I win I just might sign up for trying to cook my way through. Thanks for a great giveaway! Love the title too!
joosbornenc@yahoo.com
Carla:
August 28th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
I have heard nothing but good things about this book. Thanks for giving a copy away. :)
Fiona:
August 28th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
It would be super duper wonderful to win this book!! With a family with 3 kids to feed there’s not much budget for me to buy cookbooks, so by making do with borrowing from library & various food blogs I still manage to bake.
Brooke DiGiuseppe:
August 28th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
I’ve been enjoying all your Project Pastry Queen posts and would love a copy of the book!
Karen:
August 28th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
Thanks for the awesome giveaway – I have flipped longingly through that book and would love to win it!
karenreichmann@hotmail.com
Meryl:
August 28th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
The Pastry Queen Cookbook sounds great!
Brenna:
August 29th, 2010 at 3:10 am
Mmmm the photo on the front looks like everything inside would be so tasty!
Laura:
August 29th, 2010 at 4:05 am
With a photo like that on the cover, who could pass up that book! Fingers crossed that luck smiles on me. :)
Nancy:
August 29th, 2010 at 5:11 am
ooooooooooooh YES!!! I want!!! LOVE the spikey looking tarts on the cover…what a cooool cookbook!!
Gloria Chiras:
August 29th, 2010 at 6:00 am
I am a Texan living in Florida….and I love everything Texan. Maybe I’ll get lucky! Thanks
Jacqueline:
August 29th, 2010 at 6:23 am
I’ve heard so many good things about this cookbook! Thanks for this giveaway!
Katie R:
August 29th, 2010 at 7:01 am
I love visiting Rather Sweet (the author’s cafe/bakery) whenever I am in Fredericksburg, TX! Yum yum.
Lori:
August 29th, 2010 at 9:45 am
I would love a new cookbook!! I’d love a chance to win this one!
Lynne:
August 29th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
This looks like a wonderful book to add to my collection.
It would seem that I eat, sleep, dream and breathe food on a regular basis….a wee bit of an addiction I would say but ohhhh the possibilities!!
Thanks for sharing this :)
sirenjess:
August 29th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
I’ve been wanting to buy this cookbook and go to her restaurant. I only live like 45 minutes away from it.
Christie:
August 29th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
I’ve been wanting this cookbook! I would love to win!
jan:
August 29th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
delish! LOVE the Pastry Queen!
sunny:
August 29th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
love your site! (would) love this cookbook!
Sarah:
August 29th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Whoa, that book sounds awesome! Don’t know how I’ve never heard of it before… even if I don’t win I’m definitely checking it out!
.-= Sarah´s last blog ..Oh- For Goodness Cake! =-.
Pamela:
August 29th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Looks like a fabulous book to have!
.-= Pamela´s last blog ..CEiMB-Mixed Berry Cobbler =-.
Becki Sue:
August 29th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
That cover recipe is calling my name!!!
courtney!:
August 29th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
I’d love to win this!! The photo on the cover made my mouth water! Haha
Taylor:
August 29th, 2010 at 6:41 pm
I’m excited about this giveaway!
.-= Taylor´s last blog ..zucchini- leek- and bean soup with homemade croutons =-.
Amy:
August 29th, 2010 at 7:08 pm
Yay! U love your blog because it’s simple do-able stuff. Other sites are scary to a newbie cook.
Lauren Boles:
August 30th, 2010 at 2:55 am
Love reading your blog and yay cookbooks:-)
Deb Becker:
August 30th, 2010 at 6:10 am
Loved all the photos and info on your Baking with Betty trip!
Cara:
August 30th, 2010 at 9:42 am
Oh I want this cookbook!
liz:
August 30th, 2010 at 9:50 am
looks like an exciting book! i don’t have a pastry one…
OTA Mom:
August 30th, 2010 at 11:19 am
I have seen so many bloggers refer to this cookbook, sounds like a great reference. Please pick me and I will promise that I will get your money’s worth out of it! :)
Cookies4kids:
August 30th, 2010 at 11:40 am
I would so love to ad this book to my kitchen collection. Thanks for giving us the chance to win this beautiful book.
Deb Smith:
August 30th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
just surfing thru some blogs and found yours. I will be following.
.-= Deb Smith´s last blog ..Operation Christmas Child =-.
Kecia:
August 30th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
I would love to win, I’m a cookbbok junkie!
SHIRLEY:
August 30th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
Being a longtime ‘misplaced’ Texan who is longing for my Texas home, I would so enjoy a bit of Texas in a cookbook. I just found your website a day ago & am blessed by it. THANKS!
Holly:
August 30th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
I’ve had my eye on this book for awhile. I’d love to own this book. Thanks for the chance to win.