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 feel like I already wrote a cookbook. Just need to get it published. I have a digital copy of everyone of my recipes. The recipes are also printer out and put into a binder. I have a word documents with links of every recipe I would like to try.
I would like to write a heritage cookbook with my family recipes for both my husband’s and my families. There are so many times aI get a frantic call for “those raisin cookie” from one of my late husband’s niece’s or for “Nana’s potato rolls” from my side of the family. Maybe this is the year, as a tribute to Gary, my husband, and as a tribute to family dinners!
I would love to create a dessert cookbook!
CONGRATS !! i would LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE to have your book !! none of your recipes disappoint !!!
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Not sure about writing a cookbook–I’ve entered many cooking contests and just writing the recipes is a lot of work, not to mention all the testing, re-testing, etc. I don’t think it’s for me!
I don’t really want to write my own cookbook… I just want to buy yours. 🙂
I also subscribe to your email list – good stuff!
I would like to do a cookbook of family recipes. These recipes need to be past down.
I love to bake so it would be a baking cookbook
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i’d love to write one on desserts
I have subscribed to your feed
i would love to write a cookbook that is gluten free, low carb and Splenda free
I think writing a cookbook is a difficult task, but if I could I would love to write one that had nothing but sweeeeeeeets…drooling now 🙂
If I wrote a cookbook my recipes would all be comfort foods like your mac and cheese. Yum! I can’t wait to see your cookbook!
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If I was to write a cookbook I think I would first write one with all my mom’s awesome recipes. She was a wonderful cook and I would love to be able to showcase her recipes. Yes, that’s what I would do.
I’d write a cookbook on baking because it’s what I love to do and what I do best! 🙂
Love this cookbook – looks like it would be a great collection to my always growing collection. I would love to write a cookbook but it looks like you did it for me!
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I am entering your cookbook contest.
Yes, I would love to write a cookbook. My focus would be on taking “comfort food” and making it “healthy comfort food”. I do thia at home with all my food I create. Yes, I said create. I tell people I dont cook, I create. Looking forward to becoming one of your winners!
I would love to a do a cookbook – it would be about cooking with my little ones.
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I think I would do a cookbook that was a collection of things. I don’t know if I would actually do one though – it is a lot of work it seems. CONGRATS!!!
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I would do a cookbook of baking. LOVE to bake and rely on cookbooks like yours for dinner recipes. Congrats on the cookbook!
HIIIII JEEENNNNNYYYYY!!!! I’ve been following your blog for a long time and i love you! Congrats on the new cookbook. I’ve always wanted to write my own cookbook. It would be a collection of my family’s favorite cookies, cakes, breads, etc. My other dream is to one day have a baking catering business! Well I can dream! 🙂 Good luck with the cookbook Jenny!
~Erin