Oh boy, this is quite fun to see my cookbook that I’ve been working on for almost 2 years come to life this week! Today is the official release date which means you can purchase it in various stores and order it online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Books A Million.
For those of you who pre-ordered the book on Amazon, you have received it already. It has been so much fun seeing Instagram photos of you receiving the book in the mail, makes me smile 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing your pictures!
I’ll never forget the months while I was cooking and baking recipes like a mad woman preparing for the book back in 2010/early 2011. I was in a tiny Newport Beach kitchen and ingredients were flying everywhere, lol! It was fun, exhausting and exciting all at the same time. I remember thinking, I can’t believe I am going to have my own cookbook. Now, it’s really here! All of that sweat and hard work has paid off and I finally get to share those recipes I’ve kept secret for so long 🙂
Another highlight for me through this journey was watching Matt Armendariz and Adam Pearson photograph and style my cookbook. They are so unbelievably talented and made my recipes look just as incredible as they taste. I won’t ever forget being able to watch them in action.
I feel so grateful to work with an amazing agent and team at Wiley, they have made this experience so special.
I hope you will all enjoy my book, the recipes were made with lots of love and I assure you they are incredible!! There are over 100 new recipes you can’t find on Picky Palate 🙂 Enjoy!!
Here’s a sneek peek at my Skillet Baked Mac and Cheese recipe!
Giveaway is now closed. Winners have been notified.
To celebrate the release day I am giving away 10 signed cookbooks from little ol’ me!
Here’s How To Enter:
1. Leave a comment here and tell us….Would you like to write a cookbook? If so, what kind of recipes would you include?
For extra entries:
2. Join me on Facebook, twitter, Pinterest and subscribe to Picky Palate via email. (Leave 4 separate comments for these)
3. For those of you who have received the book, and would like to write a review on Amazon, do so here: https://su.pr/1qzpDR (leave a comment if you do this)
4. Giveaway ends Thursday October 25th 8am PST. US Residents only. Winners will be chosen via Random.org and be notified by email. Winners will have 48 hours to respond to my email. Books for giveaway provided by Wiley.
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Good Luck!!
Welcome to my online kitchen! Picky Palate is where you’ll find family friendly recipes along with the best Disney eats, tips and copycat recipes! 
I love your recipies and am so glad they are in a cookbook! I am sending my hubby the link to order it for me for Christmas unless I win. I would feauture menu recommendations in your cook book for each holiday or various events.
I would love to write a cookbook with my families favorite traditional recipes handed down through the generations
I would love to write a cookbook! It would include a lot of baked goodies!
I would love to write a cookbook that includes receipts from Hawaii’s plantation days. Those are oldies but goodies
I would definitely love to do a cookbook, but am not sure I’m at that level yet. If I did, it would be simple comfort food!
I would love to write a cookbook but would have such a hard time narrowing the content down. I read them like novels!
Ah, yes! I would love to write a cookbook!Something that showcases all of my most favorite foods.
Congratulations!! I would love to write a cookbook full of one pot/pan recipies.
I just subscribed via email 🙂
And I follow you by e-mail – for another chance to win a cookbook.
I follow all of your boards on Pinterest!
My cookbook would be all about desserts!!
I’m waaaaay too lazy to write a cookbook. I much prefer reading the wonderful cookbooks written by non-lazy cooks like you. Thanks for the chance to win one!
I follow yo on Facebook!
I just followed you on Twitter!
I follow you on Facebook!
Congrats! I’ve put it on my Christmas list but who am I kidding? I’ll likely buy it before then 🙂
I think I’d like to write a cookbook…however, I know I couldn’t. Mostly because I’m a recipe follower, not an inventor. But if I did it would be a mix of everything! I love to bake but I also love preparing meals, appetizers, and snacks.
Pinterest: Krista
I love cookbooks with healthy, tasty recipes…and those with yummy desserts as well. Yours looks amazing, Jenny. I am a faithful follower of your blog.
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I’m not much of a cook, but my cookbook would include cookie and chicken recipes.
Congrats on the new book!
I liked on FB!
I follow you on Pinterest!
This is so exciting!!! Congrats Jenny!!! I would love to write my own cookbook, mine would be a compilation of cooking and baking recipes, I love spending time in the kitchen!
I would LOVE to write a cookbook and would do a lot of desserts and some savory yummy recipes…I’m a lover of food so it would be hard to narrow it down! 🙂
If I were to write a cookbook, it would be full of family recipes and desserts.
Just started following on Twitter.
I just subscribed to your email!
I follow you in Pinterest!
I liked on Facebook!
I would write a cookbook for school lunches. I’ve purchased just about every one on the market and they aren’t super helpful! They do have some good recipes, but they are too elaborate or things my kids wouldn’t eat. What I really want is YOUR cookbook!
And I absolutely follow you on Pinterest!
I don’t know that I could write a cookbook, but if I did, I’d want to include stories in it too. Maybe like a historical receipe compilation with stories about the people that used the receipes.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I’ve subscribed to the Yahoo feed for your blog. Looking forward to keeping up!
If I were to do a cookbook, it would be desserts.
I, of course, follow you on Twitter! 🙂