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I have a bit of an addiction to cookbooks. It’s really quite a problem. My collection has officially outgrown the storage cabinet in the kitchen, so they’ve recently worked their way to my office and into their own shelving unit. Like many food lovers, I devour the pages of cookbooks and food related magazines more so than novels.
If I am really geeked about a cookbook, I’ll preorder it on Amazon, so it arrives on my doorstep pretty much on the day of its release. That was exactly what I did for Alice Currah’s debut cookbook, Savory Sweet Life, which hit store shelves on June 5th. I get really excited when fellow food bloggers secure book deals and it’s pretty fantastic to see their recipes, stories and photos transform from the web into tangible pages.
I met Alice a couple of years ago at BlogHer Food in San Francisco and she quickly became one of my absolute favorite sites to read. Her genuine approach to food and life allows her to connect with her readers in a truly special way. After you read just a few pages, you’ll feel right at home in Alice’s kitchen as she expertly guides you through each of her recipes.
Alice’s book, Savory Sweet Life is full of 100 delicious and beautifully photographed recipes that are perfectly divided into family occasions. Whether you’re looking for a menu for a birthday celebration, a lunch with friends, or scrumptious snacks for family game night – Alice has you covered with her simple and creative recipes that are sure to create meaningful memories.
From the moment I first flipped through the book, her recipe for chocolate chip cookies immediately caught my attention. Alice dubbed this recipe “The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever”, and I must say, they are quite incredible – in fact, I made them twice within two days. Her use of dark brown sugar creates a deep, rich flavor that pairs perfectly with the crispy bottoms and soft, chewy centers. There is really no question why this recipe became one of the most viewed recipes on Alice’s blog.
You can find Alice through her blog, Savory Sweet Life and also through Facebook and Twitter.
Because I think Alice’s cookbook, Savory Sweet Life is incredibly lovely, I want to give 3 MBA readers a chance to win a copy of their very own.
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HOW DO YOU WIN?
Simply leave a comment within this post telling me about your favorite food memory.
IMPORTANT DETAILS:
-This giveaway is open to USA residents only and will run until Monday, June 25th, 2012 at 11:59 pm EST.
-Winner(s) will be generated via a random number generator software program. Winner will be notified via the contact email provided on the comment contact form.
-Winner(s) will have until 6/29/12 to claim their Savory Sweet Life cookbook or we will choose another winner.
-Books will be shipped by My Baking Addiction through Amazon.
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-No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited by law. Must be 18 years of age to enter. See Official Giveaway Rules
DISCLOSURE:
This giveaway is provided to you by My Baking Addiction.
All images provided by Alice Currah
Savory Sweet Life's Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups firmly packed dark brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon sea salt
2 1/4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 360°F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
2. Using a hand or stand mixer, cream the butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar together on medium-high speed for 3 minutes, until nice and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one ay a time, then add the vanilla, and mix for 2 minutes. Reduce the mixer speed to mediium-low and add the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. When the cookie dough has absorbed the dry ingredients, stir in the chocolate chips and mix until they are well distributed.
3. Drop 2 tablespoons of dough (or use a medium cookie scoop) onto the cookie sheet for each cookie, spacing them 2 inches apart. Bake for 15 minutes, or until the edges are nice and golden brown. Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and allow the cookies to cool for 2 minutes. Then slide the parchment paper, with the cookies still on top, onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes:
- Kosher salt can be substituted for the sea salt.
Source: Savory Sweet Life Cookbook
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One of my favorite food memories is about being in the kitchen with my mom at Christmas time as she taught me how to make my Italian Grandmother’s braided cookies. It is how I learned to braid for the first time!
My favorite memory is with my mama and my daughter. We bake a lot together! This one year we were making sugar cookies and gingerbread houses. We had powdered sugar and flour everywhere! We tok the icimg and pit icing on our noses with a red gum drop to look like Rudolph! We took tons of pictures and have great memories too!
Not sure if this is a favorite, but since you post is all about ccc’s, this is what I thought of. As a teen, I used to make my mom’s recipe for chocolate chip cookies all the time. She kept buckets of flour in our food storage. To keep flour from going rancid and keep the weevils out, she’d put a couple bay leaves in the buckets. One time I scooped up some flour and didn’t see one of the leaves. I baked cookies with a bay leaf in it, it got all chopped up into the dough and we didn’t know until we tasted the cookies, which were pretty inedible! I know bake ccc’s more than anything else and love trying new recipes.
My favorite food memory involves dinners at my grandmother’s house when the star dish would be her famous broccoli-rice casserole. To this day, I’m still trying to perfect that recipe… :)
Favorite food memory? Where to begin…
Summer picnics with the family. Potato salad, burgers, baked beans & brownies.
Although it could be ANY food as long as it was enjoyed with family and good friends.
My favorite food memory is baking my Grammy’s sand tarts every Christmas with my mom. From a very young age I was employeed as the egg washer and sprinkler, and I loved every minute. we would make thousands of cookies as every family member and friend would place their “order” the year before. I loved when they would be a little too brown, and those became our samples!
My favorite food memory…….helping my grandma make her delicious divinity. She’s the only person I knew that could make divinity……..and now that she has passed I would love to have that recipe so I could try to make it. Probably wouldn’t be successful but it would still be worth a shot just for the memory of her. :-)
My favorite food memory is my mom’s homemade chocolate chip pancakes :)
My favorite food memory is of my mother making my favorite food, lasagna, every year for my birthday. :-)
My hands-down favorite food memory is gathering with my family for Mom’s Sunday pot roast dinners! Falling apart roast beef!!!!!!