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An Upcoming Party and a Giveaway

Posted August 12, 2009

This coming Saturday, my husband and I are hosting a summer party.  We have a good party house and this has been a summer to celebrate in Seattle with all of the gorgeous sunshine.  What more reason do you need to have friends over?  Clearly though, we need to pick up the yard a bit.

I’m going to do a giveaway.  It’s a first here at Dana Treat but it’s time.  You see, the other day I bought a cookbook.  No big deal, right?  It’s just that I have something of a cookbook situation on my hands here.  There are lots of them.  They are stacked everywhere.  I am usually very careful about the ones that I buy because I already have so many.  I look at them carefully, I make sure there are not lots of repeats of recipes I already have, and if a cookbook is worthy, I buy it.

This one, I bought on a whim without looking at it.  I had heard about The Big Sur Bakery Cookbook from multiple sources.  That it’s a story as well as a cookbook.  The story of two great chefs who open a restaurant in the majestic area that is Big Sur and all the wonderful people who help them along the way.  Everything I read about the book was wonderful, including lots of compliments about the recipes.  What’s not to like?  So I bought it without so much as a glance at the table of contents.

It is a truly cool cookbook.  The story is great, the photos are gorgeous, I love the profiles of the farmers, beekeepers, and employees of the restaurant.  For every one of us who has thought of opening a great restaurant in a place that you love – this is a book to have.  Here is the problem for me.  There is LOTS of meat.  Now, not every cookbook in my collection is vegetarian.  I have The Joy of Cooking, The New Basics, The Silver Palate, four of Ina Garten’s books, and many other cookbooks which feature plenty of meat recipes.  I use those books often.  This one just, well, it kind of turned me off.  There are some lovely salads and exquisite sounding desserts, but after I finished paging through it, I realized I didn’t want it anymore.

Here is where you come in.  I’d love to send this book to one of you who could use and appreciate it.  I would much rather do that than have it sit on my shelf, unopened, unloved.  I have a few books like this in my collection – books bought on a whim who now sit sadly neglected.  I plan to give a few more away before the year’s end.  And to be more careful with my book purchasing.

All you have to do is leave me a comment and tell me what your favorite cookbook is.  I will most likely replace this one’s spot on my shelf (or on the table or the floor) with one that you suggest.  US and Canada only please (with apologies to Hilary and Jacqui – two of my faithful UK readers).  Deadline to enter is party time – Saturday, August 15th at 6:30pm (PDT).


(Proof that my life really is surrounded by trucks.)


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