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!!
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I already Like you on Facebook! Congrats on the publication of your cookbook!
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I would write a cookbook filled with my Mexican recipes from my mom’s side of the family, and my own creations.
I love to read and look through cookbooks, but I am not big on measuring my ingredients, i am more just throw things in and find out if it works, so writing a cookbook would probably be really hard for me. Congrats on yours, I cant wait to pick it up!
I don’t think I could write a cookbook but if I did I would want fun things for kids to make and eat in it.
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Desserts all the way!!! Congratulations!!
I have been following your blog for about a year now..how exciting to have a published cookbook! I would love to write a cookbook all about SUGAR and SWEETS!
I would write a cookbook all about pancakes!
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Nah, I have no desire to write a cookbook! I’d rather someone else do the work and I can reap the benefits! LOL
Congrats on seeing all your hard work come to fruition. I love to bake and desserts on definitely a weakness of mine. If I ever thought about writing a cookbook it would have to be about sweets! Thanks
My cookbook would be full of desserts.
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I wish that I was creative enough to write a cookbook! I love to read cookbooks all the time.
I couldn’t. I can only collect other people’s recipes!
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I’m not creative enough to write a cookbook – I leave that to people like you so that I can then follow your recipes! I’m good at that 🙂
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I don’t think I feel the need – there’s so many good ones already, including yours!
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I would love to have the cookbook of the original Oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookie author! You Rock! 🙂
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I love cookbooks, but have no desire to write one! I can follow a recipe like a champ, but have no interest in creating my own.
I started a cookbook for my daughter and daughter-in-law……family favorites, that arent really made from recipes
I would love to write a cupcake cookbook with all my favorites 🙂 Congrats to you on your cookbook. Looks yummy!
Yes, I’d write a cookbook full of family favorites 🙂
If I were to write a cookbook, it would absolutely have to include decadent desserts, since I am a Pastry Chef. I would also love to include some of my Bubby’s recipes. She is a fabulous cook and baker, but my recipes never turn out like hers.