Eve won the copy of Baking With Kids by Cindy Mushet and Sur La Table. Eve said that she luved baking brownies while growing up . To mix things up she’d either put pecans or M&Ms in her mix. Eve is 22 and is the eldest of 4 siblings. She cooks quite often for the housefold and loves to cook Italian food. Her favorite cooking magainze is Taste of Home and likes to hang with her friends at the mall and Starbucks! Congrats Eve, I hope you enjoy the book. It has lots of great recipes.

Theresa is from South Carolina and being a diabetic she knows the importance of watching what you eat and the importance of watching the amount of sugar intake. The book is packed full of information that anyone, not just diabetics like you and myself, should read. Enjoy the book and let us know what your favorite recipes are from the book!

Enjoy the books and Happy Holidays!

To enter for a chance to win Baking Kids Love, click here…

To enter for a chance to win A Recipe for Life by the Doctor’s Dietitian, click here…

Winners will be drawn at 11:59pm on Wednesday, 11/25. Winners will be announced on Friday, 11/27.

Susan Dopart is a highly regarded nutritionist and fitness expert here in Southern California and has been in practice for over 15 years. She specializes in medical nutrition-related issues, including diabetes and endocrinology, heart disease, weight management, pregnancy, infertility, PCOS (Polycystic ovary disease), and exercise nutrition. Susan recently released her new book A Recipe for Life by the Doctor’s Dietitian.

Wanna read more about this great book and resource? Visit my blog entry http://www.foodieindisguise.com/2009/11/09/cookbook-giveaway-a-recipe-for-life-by-doctors-dietitian

So want to win a copy of this great book and resource? In the comments section, tell us what you do to keep a healthy lifestyle. Do you watch what you eat or do you focus more on exercise? Tell us what you do to keep healthy in body and spirit.

This contest is open to the residents of the United States, you must provide an email address (which won’t be published or used for any other purpose other than notifying you if you win) and your tips for healthy living.

Entries not fitting the parameters will not be entered in the contest. This contest ends on Wednesday, November 25, 2009.

Click here and leave a comment so you can be in the running for a copy!

Contest ends on November 25 and will make a great Holiday present!

Cindy Mushet has done it again and released a new book sponsored by Sur La Table called Baking Kids Love. This wonderfully put together set of recipes and instructions is made just for the young baking enthusiast in your home. Together with her daughter, Bella, Cindy carefully guides her through the experience of creating awesome masterpieces in the kitchen.

The instructions are crystal clear and Bella even offers her own input throughout the book. From cookies to tarts and pies to cakes and even bread – this book is wonderful addition to any kitchen with eager young chefs.

So want to win a copy of this wonderful book? In the comments section, tell us your favorite thing to bake as a kid – or at least tell us what your favorite baked item was that was made in your house growing up. I’m always interested to see if there is a winner of cookies or cake. You tell me and let’s see how it turns out. So this contest is open to the residents of the United States, you must provide an email address (which won’t be published or used for any other purpose other than notifying you if you win) and your baking experience growing up as a kid.

This contest ends on November 25th at 11:59pm. The winner will be announced over the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. Just think, what a wonderful gift for the young baker in your home this Holiday season! Good luck and I look forward to reading your stories!

You can also purchase a copy of Baking Kids Love from the online FoodieInDisguise store or click on the link below:

Baking Kids Love is published by Andrews McMeel Publishing.

Please join me in congratulating Amy Moore of Laguna Niguel, CA. Amy recently purchased her first condo and looks forward to using her kitchen more and more. She has always enjoyed cooking and loves trying out new recipes.

Amy can’t wait to see the new store at South Coast Plaza and can’t wait to pick out something new and exciting for her new condo.

When Amy isn’t in the kitchen, she is a tech and gadget geek and probably loves technology as much as I do. She’s obsessed with Twitter and with her iPhone!

Congratulations Amy, what time is dinner? :)

Only HOURS left for this contest!!! Hurry and leave a your comment below for a chance to win. However, remember that it is for Southern California residents only.

Sur La Table will be opening their newest store in the West Wing of South Coast Plaza tomorrow, Friday, August 28 and we wanted to give a lucky reader a $50.00 Gift Card good only at the South Coast Plaza store.

They are prepping the store as we speak and will be located on the first floor right across from the Apple Store and near the center rotunda.

Simply leave me a comment on this blog posting and a random winner will be chosen on TODAY, August 28 at 4:30pm (PDT). I will then meet you at Sur La Table on Friday, August 28 at 10:00am (their soft opening date) or sometime on Saturday, August 29 or Sunday, August 30, to give you your gift card and I might interview you and see what you bought with that card! :)

Remember, including your email address on the comment form will NOT make it visible to the public, only to FoodieInDisguise.com. Your privacy is very important to us.

Remember, you must be a Southern California resident to win this gift card. The card is only good at the South Coast Plaza location and will be hand delivered at the store – it will not be mailed out.

Comments in this blog post will be added to the original blog listing of comments for the contest located at Win a $50 Gift Card to Sur La Table at South Coast Plaza

THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED, WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY!

Just two more days left for this contest!!! Hurry and leave a your comment below for a chance to win. However, remember that it is for Southern California residents only.

Sur La Table will be opening their newest store in the West Wing of South Coast Plaza next weekend and we wanted to give a lucky reader a $50.00 Gift Card good only at the South Coast Plaza store.

They are prepping the store as we speak and will be located on the first floor right across from the Apple Store and near the center rotunda.

Simply leave me a comment on this blog posting and a random winner will be chosen on Thursday, August 28 at 4:30pm. I will then meet you at Sur La Table on Friday, August 28 at 10:00am (their soft opening date) or sometime on Saturday, August 29 or Sunday, August 30, to give you your gift card and I might interview you and see what you bought with that card! :)

Remember, including your email address on the comment form will NOT make it visible to the public, only to FoodieInDisguise.com. Your privacy is very important to us.

Remember, you must be a Southern California resident to win this gift card. The card is only good at the South Coast Plaza location and will be hand delivered at the store – it will not be mailed out.

Comments in this blog post will be added to the original blog listing of comments for the contest located at Win a $50 Gift Card to Sur La Table at South Coast Plaza

Hello readers! We have a new contest, however, it is for Southern California residents only. Sur La Table will be opening their newest store in the West Wing of South Coast Plaza next weekend and we wanted to give a lucky reader a $50.00 Gift Card good only at the South Coast Plaza store.

They are prepping the store as we speak and will be located on the first floor right across from the Apple Store and near the center rotunda.

UPDATED INFO: So what do you need to do to win?? Simply leave me a comment on this blog posting and a random winner will be chosen on Thursday, August 28 at 4:30pm. I will then meet you at Sur La Table on Friday, August 28 at 10:00am (their soft opening date) or sometime on Saturday, August 29 or Sunday, August 30, to give you your gift card and I might interview you and see what you bought with that card! :)

Remember, including your email address on the comment form will NOT make it visible to the public, only to FoodieInDisguise.com. Your privacy is very important to us.

Remember, you must be a Southern California resident to win this gift card. The card is only good at the South Coast Plaza location and will be hand delivered at the store – it will not be mailed out.

The world needs more dinner parties! Mine are usually BBQ oriented, but we’re in the middle of a kitchen remodel so I hope to expand my horizons! The last party we had was the Super Bowl, and we grilled lime-garlic prawns and fresh oysters, followed by thick rib-eye steaks. Mmm!

Kurt lives and works in Olympia, WA with his wife and 10-year old daughter. Kurt took the time to answer a couple of questions I had for him:

1. What draws you to cook?
I was in the restaurant business for over 20 years, and did everything except cooking. However, I did work with a lot of fantastic chefs, and once I got out of the business, I wanted to cook some of the same food they did. Only now that I was finally out of that crazy but wonderful business, I actually have the time to cook!

2. What is your favorite thing to cook?
I enjoy a wide variety of flavors and cooking styles, but I do keep going back to the barbacue and smoker. I did a smoked 19 lb. turkey for Thanksgiving this past year that turned out great, and am looking forward to doing another this year. A friend of mine and I also cooked a whole pig Cuban-style on an above-ground pit that turned out wonderful, and we now have an annual event centered around doing that.

3. Your favorite kitchen utensil and why?
If you say kitchen utensil as opposed to back yard utensil, I guess I’d have to say my omelet pan. I truly enjoy the feeling of making a perfect omelet, and I could never accomplish that with just any old saute pan. Not with my minuscule skill set!

4. Your favorite place to eat
There’s a little Mexican restaurant about 20 miles south of where I live, and they make their phenomenal tortillas by hand, and slow cook their sauces for hours. The closest to authentic Mexican food I’ve tasted in the Pacific Northwest.

5. Your favorite place to shop
Pike Place Market when I’m in Seattle, but our local farmer’s market here in Olympia is great too. Costco always has very good quality meats. Top Foods for most everything else.

6. Tell us a little about yourself to our readers…
I now work a standard day job writing IT contracts for the State of Washington. I left the restaurant business about 10 years ago so I could get married and start a family without working 60 hours a week, and I have a lovely wife and 10-year old daughter. I enjoy fishing, bowling, cooking, and camping. And when I can combine it all by camping, catching the fish and cooking it outdoors, I’m really in heaven! Haven’t figured out how to work the bowling into that, though . . . ;)

Join us next month for our next giveaway!

Scott Mindeaux

Join us in a few weeks when we giveaway another cookbook!

Scott Mindeaux, Editor
FoodeInDisguise.com

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It’s that time of the month! We have another cookbook giveaway. This month we are featuring Memorable Recipes by Renée Behnke.

Renée has been throwing dinner parties for years and she has learned that whether it’s an intimate party of a few guests to two hundred guests, the most important thing to remember is that it’s about creating an experience for your guests, creating a memory for all to share. Memorable Recipes gives you help in throwing a great dinner party with tips and tricks, do-ahead methods and allowing you to enjoy the party instead of being in the kitchen.

This exciting collection of delicious recipes, ingredients, tools, and preparations is inspired by the memorable gatherings hosted and celebrated by Renee Behnke.

Renée is the president emeritus of the culinary mecca Sur La Table, and she brings a bounty of tastes from around the world to her new work. The 140 unique recipes Renée has created from her home and discovered in her worldly travels, will keep family and friends connected. By sharing her experiences of many different cuisines and how they translate back to the American table, Memorable Recipes makes everyone feel at ease and happy to share time in the kitchen. Memorable Recipes is published by Andrews McMeel Publishing.

To qualify for this cookbook giveaway, simply leave a comment in the comment section of this post. You need to make sure you enter your email address in the address field otherwise I’ll have no way to reach you. In addition, tell me and our readers about your most recent dinner party – either as a host or guest and why it was memorable to you.

We’ll pick a random winner from the qualified comments* at the end of the day on June 15, 2009.

Good luck!!

* Qualified comments must have a valid email address and you need to tell us about your most recent dinner party, either as a host or a guest, and what made it memorable for you.

[NOTE] Email addresses will not be used for any other purpose than for this contest. Your email address will not be shared, nor will be visible on the website.

Nicole G. of Alexandria, VA

Nicole  has a blog that mainly uses for knitting, but often finds herself blogging about memorable meals – especially when it involves travelling. Nicole and her husband are both foodies who enjoy eating out and preparing meals at home, though she is the only one who does the baking in their house.

Nicole also incidentally frequents the restaurant of some old colleagues of mine Tom and Christy Prystawick. They own a restaurant called Food Matters in Alexandria!

Nicole I hope you bake many, many recipes from this book and find the tips and techniques helpful when making your next baked good.

Thank you everyone for entering our contest. Join us in a few days for our next giveaway of a $50 Gift Card to William-Sonoma! Details to come!

What do you need to do for a chance to win a copy of this great book?

Click on the following link and leave a comment with a valid email address and you’re automatically entered into the drawing!

Cookbook Giveaway: The Art & Soul of Baking

Simple, to the point!

The winner will be drawn on Wednesday, April 22 and the lucky winner will have a copy mailed directly to them!

Good luck!

That’s right, this 2009 IACP Cookbook Winner can be yours in our first FoodieInDisguise Contest!

Published by Andrews McMeel Publishing, The Art & Soul of Baking just won in the Baking Category. It has also been nominated for a 2009 James Beard Cookbook Award in the Baking Category.

Co-authored by pastry chef and baking authority Cindy Mushet and Sur La Table, this wonderful book will be one that you will come to time after time for answers to all your baking questions.

But that’s not all, there are 250 wonderful recipes and over 100 beautiful photographs. Cindy also gives professional tips and tricks for the home baker – taking you step-by-step through each recipe.

So how do you win this great book?

Tell me about your favorite baked good by leaving a comment below – sharing a recipe is encouraged!!

The lucky winner will get picked totally at random using a random number generator. That person wins the book!

You must have a valid e-mail address in order to qualify. Don’t worry, your email won’t be visible on the blog, but it is the only way we can get a hold of you if you do win. Comments that don’t list a favorite goodie or lack an e-mail address will not be qualified.

Your email address will be kept private and not be used for any kind of mailing list whatsoever.

We will announce the winner on Wednesday, April 22 (my birthday!)

Good luck everyone!!