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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Congrats! I’m not sure I’d write a cookbook, but I’d love to write a kid’s crafts book!
Must try the Skillet Baked Mac and Cheese recipe! I would like to write a cookbook with recipes for large families or crowds. I cook for seven and frequently find myself making salads and desserts for fifty or more, or hot chocolate for the whole marching band! I can’t even imagine testing for that book!
Congrats, Jenny! I would love to write a cookbook! I have so many family recipes I’d love to share – from savory meals to sweet desserts!
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I recently tried the lemon pound cake recipe from Starbucks and it was amazing! Its my boyfriends favorite and it tastes exactly like it, maybe even better lol. So moist and lemony with a slight tang to the icing, absolutely love <3
I had put your cookbook on my birthday wishlist and just received it yesterday. I am SOOOOO excited! Everything looks delicious, I can’t wait to try all the recipes! I can honestly say that I want to cook my way through the entire book 🙂
I also need to actually follow a recipe when cooking/baking so coming up with my own recipes for a cookbook would be tough.
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I’m very good at following recipes, but not at all good at making up my own, so I would have to say that writing a cookbook wouldn’t be for me. On the other hand, I LOVE collecting cookbook and your book looks amazing! Congratulations!!!
I do believe I follow you on FB too.
I love assembling my favorite recipes but I don’t think I’d ever be interested in actually publishing a cookbook of my own. I don’t really have original ideas – I just have favorites from others, if that makes any sense ya know? If I did, it’d probably be a good balance of main dishes and yummy desserts – an all around cookbook. 😉
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I LOVE cookbooks and want yours!! If I wrote a cookbook, mine would be filled with family recipes. It would also include a memory or story about its significance!! 🙂
I would love to taste test for a dessert cookbook, does that count?
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I’m not sure I could write a cookbook but can’t wait to read yours!
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I would write a cookbook full of recipes that parents and kids can prepare together
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I would write a cookbook with family friendly recipes. With things that starting out families can make and afford. Also things that are kid friendly. Thats why I started to follow your blog. It really was what I was looking for. I have not been disappointed. Thanks for sharing.
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Definitely a dessert cookbook!! It’s my weakness : )
I have been wanting to put together a cookbook of favorite recipes for family and friends as a holiday gift.
I would love to write a cookbook with lots of chocolate desserts!!
I would write a cookbook about all the recipes I have tried from blogs like yours!
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Congrats! I would love to just compile all my family’s favorite recipes.
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