I'm coming here empty handed today. Well almost...Looks like I won't be around here much this week and I apologize for that. I was hoping to have pictures of some of the behind the scene moment of the work for Carrie's cookbook but I got to tell you, when 2am rolls around...I have no more energy left to bake and write.
Carrie is here, staying at the house for a few days working with me on her book. It's the first time we meet in person and it really feels special to be part of making her dream come true. Above is an out take of one of the dessert for a her book. I was putting things together and wanted to check the morning light in the studio one morning.
I fall asleep flipping through pages of other people's cookbooks knowing that I am never going to have time to bake or cook anything from them. Instead of seeing them collect dust, I thought about holding a giveaway for a couple I have enjoyed reading so far. More like salivating as I read! I have two wonderful books up for grabs for you today: Amy's Bread and Unforgettable Desserts.
All you have to do is leave a comment here (one entry per person) between Tuesday February 9th and Friday February 12th midnight eastern US time. I'll ship anywhere in the world. My dear B. will pick at random a winner for each cookbook.
I really am bad at having a pool of recipes ready to go for busy times. I wish I was as organized as my buddy Jen. Sigh...I have a post in draft mode. I don't have things properly aligned in my head yet. Ha...that could be a goal for 2010 right - a sort of late resolution. Hmmmm. I promise to work on that.
Thank you for your patience!
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 1127 Newer› Newest»I love, love, love your blog and I hope to win Amy's Bread Book :-)
Awesome giveaway! I would loove to win!
I'd love to have one of those books accompany my ever growing collection! Congrats on the book, can't wait to see the finished product!
Free stuff is a welcome replacement to a quiet blog. ;)
Since I started my new food blog, I'll need all the inspiration I can get. Bread and dessert/baking are right up my alley..... I hope I get it, I hope I get it.
at least your busy doing things you love!! Have fun working on the rest of the book! Can't wait for March for the Mac class!
I am always reading your blog. You are so talented. The things I see are as pretty as pictures in any of my cookbooks. I would love to be entered in the cookbook give away but I can't seem to get the darn google acct to work. I am cp dumb.. But I will keep looking, just in case :)Sandi
OMG this is so surreal! I was just browsing Half.com yesterday trying to find a used copies of Unforgettable Desserts, Heavenly Cakes and Michael Ruhlman's Ratio. So cool that you've posted a giveaway!
Oh I would love to win. :) We'll wait patiently for more recipes from you when you have more time. Don't worry, your loyal readers aren't going anywhere.
Gorgeous photo! I would love a dessert made with those ingredients. Hope you are able to get some rest. We will be here waiting when you have the time and energy to post again. You always make such beautiful food!
What a wonderful giveaway.
Thank you.
Magda
Yes, I know Carrie's site! She's so lucky that you're shooting her book photos...
Those are great cookbooks!
With a life as full and beautiful as yours, little things will be left behind. I love the work you do and am inspired nearly daily by your lovely images and charming prose. Thanks so much. Now - get some sleep!!
love your site :-)
I love your stuff. I am currently exploring more european and american pastries. My main focus has been Filipino desserts.
Mmh, cookbooks! Yummy, delicious cookbooks! I'd sure love one... to replace my now ex-boyfriend...
Thank you! Good luck! :)
Here's my comment to enter the contest! BTW I've been reading your blog for over a year and thanks to you recipes for the goat cheese tart and pistachio macaroons my friends think I'm a baking genius. Thanks for the blog entries!
Hee hee-I don't have things aligned in my head right either, and I'm not just talking organization here! I would love a cookbook. I don't have many, and would love to receive a hand me down from you. A book with a history is better than a new book anyway-it provides aura and such, so please put my name in your drawing bowl or what have you...Thanks!
Ohh! Id love those cookbooks :)
i am all about cookbooks. my husband says even if i cooked 3 new recipes from them every day i would never get through them all. i know everything is available online these days, but i still really love having the cookbooks around.
I love reading cookbooks and collecting them. Please write a cookbook! I would love to own yours.
Would LOVE to read all about those Unforgettable Desserts...YUM!
I would love to have these cookbooks!
Both books look amazing! I wish I win!
Thanks for shipping everywhere; I'm from Spain and love your blog.
I would love either of those cookbooks!
Wow what a fabulous giveaway, I have everything crossed :-)
Leeann x
Oh ouiii moi moi moi !! Random choisis moi !! ^^
I really love your stunning blog and it would be fantastic to get my hands on these books!
I am new to your site but I love it. It has a very uplifting look and content.
Thanks for the great give-a-way.
rghawki@yahoo.com
I enjoy reading your blog (I drool as I read it too!), but never leave comments. This seems like a good insentive!
-Erika
Your blog is beautiful!
I love your blog and photography Tartelette. :) My email is genna.lu@gmail.com.
Yum! I "heart" bread! I bake a lot, but haven't really tried my hand at bread, probably because I'm so spoiled by the great bread in SF - hard to beat!
great giveaway, thanks!!
Oh how nifty!! Both of those books look divine!
If I ever get to a point in my "career" where I can make a cookbook, I'm calling you to photograph for it :D I love your shots!!
I love your blog and photography Tartelette. :)
Congrats to you and Carrie for what will be a great book, without the shadow of a doubt!
Looking forward to see more of the behind-the-scenes here :)
I absolutely love your blog and photos!!
I would love one! Esp. Unforgettable Desserts. I've got a sweet tooth.
I love your blog!!I'm from Greece and everyday I check your blog, your photos are fabulous!!
Athina
What a nice give away!
Hi, I am not an ardent cook, I like your food styling and recipes and your blog is one of my few food blog bookmarks. Sometimes I wish the pictures could come alive and be downloaded right on my lap!
Keep up the delicious work!
Eleni from Greece
Mmmmm. Fresh strawberries. I remember they are in season in FL right now. Too bad I live in MT!
I understand the weight of having a backlog of recipes and blog posts. There's just never enough time! Those strawberries look very tasty!
Yay for give aways! Annnnnd it appears I am the first comment! What?! I love all your pictures AND recipes. Yours was the first macaron I ever made and they were delightful. I'm a huge fan of bread and really anything sweet, so I'd love either of these! Thanks for always posting delish photos AND recipes! =)
OH, those strawberries look yummy and I know what I am making for dinner... and I hope I get a chance at one of those cookbooks!
I always love reading your blog!
Two giveaways is crazy. Both books sound wonderful.
As always, your photography is beautiful.
Can't wait until your next post.
My name is Clare, I'm a university student in London, Ontario. As a student I really don't have many options to cook or bake even though I love to. I follow yours (and other) blogs to satisfy my need to cook, so thanks for being there for me!
I've always wanted to know - Who's your photographer? Because she has a gift.
....I would love to win a cookbook. I love your blog the photography is amazing! Thanks. (Exhale) Pick me pick me...she says waving her hands in the air frantically. Hee hee
Love the photos on your blog! This entry especially, since my eyes are flooded with strawberries.
Amy's Bread sounds an interesting cookbook...I received Bake Wise for Christmas and have been meaning to bake, uh, something, and was just telling my friend I'd like to try making bread. Not sure why it seems so daunting to me. I think it's a block I'll need to bust through very soon!
I would love a new cookbook! And that bowl of strawberries :)
Get some rest!
You do indeed spoil your readers, what a treat!
Hi there! I have really enjoyed reading your blog! What a great giveaway. Both books look very interesting, especially the Unforgettable Desserts cookbook.
Jen @ thebirdinboots.blogspot.com
I would love to win one of these, thanks for sharing!
go easy on yourself -- we'll all be here when you're done with your project! :)
Absolutely beautiful food photography as always! Visiting your blog makes me instantly hungry.
That strawberry shot is making me crave Strawberry Shortcake with homemade biscuits! Love to add another cookbook to my collection!
Lovely blog. Very bright and cheerful, like the perfect dessert.
Tina in Baltimore (currently plotting a way to bake my way through Snowmageddon 2.0)
Oooo - those both sound good!
Lovely dessert shot.
How generous of you! I don't have any bread books at home at all. Would love to add it to my other collection of cookbooks. Thanx!!!
would love to win "unforgettable desserts". you're so nice doing this giveaway.
I could use Unforgettable Desserts, because mine aren't.
Starting out in the food blogging world...
Now, if only I baked and took pictures like you. ;) Looking forward to posting more recipes if I'm one of the winners!
Mmmmm... strawberries. Time for the snow to end and Spring to begin!
both books look great!
Busy-ness is a fact of life. Sometimes it's okay to let the blog languish and take care of "real-life things."
Enjoy this time Helen! We will wait you by the oven door :-)
My husband might think I have too many cookbooks, but clearly I don't because I don't have either of those. He would love to make room on the cookbook shelf for those :)
Its amazing you bake and blog as much as you do considering your schedule!!
Looking forward to posting new recipes if I'm a winner!
I've been learning to bake over the years (with the help of my skillful mother), but have lately started to be a bit more adventurous and am trying new recipes that I've never made before! Either cookbook would help me better my skills.
I love love love your photos!
Yeah Cookbooks! I would love to build my collection!
Love the site! Thanks!!
It's fantastic that you ship everywhere in the world - normaly I can't participate :-) Now all I need is a little bit luck :-)
That beautiful photo is almost recipe enough. Honestly, who needs to cook when you've got strawberries.
But i would still love a cookbook!
You popular girl, you'll never see my comment down here! Still, it would be a privilege to have a book from you. DW about not being super organised - makes you one of us.
Empty handed? Oh no....It must be such an honor to work with you Helen. I can just imagine how it is. And the light in that photograph is stunning. Look at the colour and brightness of those strawberries!! No one would expect you to cook or bake at 2am sweetie, thats when you have to get some sleep so you can function again in a few days time with your next pearls of wisdom for this wonderful blog of yours. You are so kind to be giving away some of your books. It would be an honor and priviledge for me to be able to own one of them. Doesn't matter which but the bread one interests me greatly. Thank you and hugs xxx
I love give aways and i love Amy's Bread--perfect!
I love this blog! My friend and I are making some of your recipes for a dinner party that we are having this weekend. We are so excited!
both books look fantastic! good luck with all the hectic-ness - i'm sure all of your hard work will pay off :)
Love your blog! I could use a great cookbook!
Thanks for the giveaway! Those strawberries look so good i could eat them...
I can only say that your photos and culinary skills are out of this world and they never fail to inspire many of us readers! Thank for always sharing your passions and talents with the world of food!
I hope the book is going well. Hope you two are having a good time together too. No worries about a non recipe blog. You can't cook (or blog about cooking) 24/7.
I was just looking for some new cookbooks today...something with pretty pictures so this seems perfect for me :)
I love cookbooks. The more the better. :)
No one can ever have enough cookbooks! I'm just starting my collection :)
Lovely blog. Wish i could win one of those books. Goregeous!!
Thanks for the book giveaway! Have a great week!
adiluria [at] yahoo [dot] com
Pick me...love new cookbooks....love cookbooks period.
i'd love to have either of the two cookbooks! that would be awesome!
kathryn.hankins@gmail.com
Looking forward to your return--your blog posts with pics make the urge to bake/cook that much harder to resist!
I want to make macarons because of you (sounds like a line from As Good As the Cookie Gets.
Your photos always bring a smile to my face. Don't get too stressed and remember to rest!
I, too, love to flip through cookbooks just dreaming about how wonderful the end result will be. "Cooking in my head."
Love your pics!
This is the time of year when life is the busiest! Or so it seems. :)
I love cookbooks, too!
Amy's Bread is such a cute bakery in NY! I could sit there for hours... and sip coffee with my pastry. I didn't even know they had a cookbook out!
It would be great to get book from you :) Greetings from Poland
Looking forward to hearing all about the cookbook when you're back! Both of those books are on my list :)
I'm new to your blog, I found it via Pioneer Woman, but I'm really enjoying it so far!! I LOVE cookbooks, and would love to add to my meager collection :)
One thing I love more than a good bread cookbook is a good dessert cookbook!
Your blog makes me so happy!
That is very awesome of you!
I would love to win.
me please, love your food!
I would love to win either of these cookbooks! They look fantastic!
I love your photos as much as I love your recipes, sometimes its so hard to decide what is more tempting :) Keep up this awesome blog
Yeah! I love giveaways! Cookbooks, can never have enough!
It's always great to have good cookbooks around for inspiration even if you don't get a chance to try their recipes.
yours is one of my favorite blogs to read. you have consistently beautiful food presentation via the photos, and your stories make the recipes sound both enticing and entertaining. thank you for your continued great work here!
i totally relate! i always look online at recipes and tell myself i'll make them. Sometimes i do but most times i don't!
Thanks for the website - it's so beautiful!!
Would love either cookbook. Thanks!
your blog is one of the things that brightens my day...thank you for all that you do to make the world a better place!
I love everything you do!!! Your food is delicious and your photos are gorgeous!!
Would have to be the Desserts book for me! I've never had a lot of luck with bread making.I'll stick with what I'm good at!!!
Have made a few of your recipies and have loved every one! Still haven't worked up the courage to try your macaroons, maybe one day!!
Thanks for the inspiration to push my boundaries.
Tia xxx
I think I might have to join you on that belated 2010 resolution! Love the photo!!
This is an awesome idea!
I am looking forward to seeing your pictures in this upcoming cookbook!
Oh, I am salivating for a strawberry now! How come all the ones here are so white instead of red? :/
Technically, I don't actually have a cookbook but it'd be great to actually win one.Great photographs! That's what i also need, a new camera.:)
Don't worry about being MIA lately, a little dose of one of your amazing pictures works for me! Good luck with the project, looks great!!
my kitchen is longing for these books...
I hope to win one of those books! To win would be awesome! Thank you! :)
Good luck with your work this week! I am sure the result will be beautiful as always.
Both books look wonderful! Thanks for the giveaway.
I had to give up buying cookbooks recently because I was becoming obsessed! Winning one would be a nice way to get a fix :)
I love your blog, thank you for sharing your wonderful art :D
Both book sound lovely!
These books look fantastic... thanks for putting up this post and all your other tempting little inspirations..it's always a delight to see your words and images!
Lilly.
www.ecoburst.net
your site is fabulous! let it be me!! keep up the pretty posts!! best!
Lovely! Thanks for the giveaway :)
Either one would be a great addition to my library! I hope I will...I never seem to have much luck with the giveaways!
love your blog!
thank you for the giveaway.
Hi Hi. Love your blog.
Hi, Mme. Tartelette! I would love to win a cookbook, plus I am super-excited to participate in your class on March 6th in CA!
Those strawberries look so luscious and ripe! Your lighting is always so beautiful.
I, too, fall asleep reading cookbooks.
<3
Yes, please!
What a great giveaway! I would love to win one of these books.
I'm a breadmaker and would love to win Amy's Bread. Thank you for your lovely blog and a great give-away!
My cookbook collection could definitely stand to grow! I hope you get some down time this week!
As many have already said, beautiful pictures. Sounds like a great book... makes a great giveaway!
Ooh, both those cookbook look great!!
I love the strawberries and cream picture! I haven't bought a new cookbook in ages, so winning one would be great!
Thank you for your wonderful blog :)
Even if your blog was all photos, I'd be satisfied. They are positively lovely, and I enjoy each and every one.
Cheers,
*Heather*
Beautiful photography, as always!
Jodi
beautiful photo ... I want to eat that! I'd love to win this giveaway ... I have a thing for cookbooks!
oh la la! great giveaway... how sweet of you to share!
Fantastic! I am a cookbook addict!!
No worries. The strawberries look amazing! You're just trying to help our beginning of the year diets, aren't you?
We will still be here when you get back :).
The light in that shot is beautiful. It would be great to get either book!
Amy's Bread, oh my heart!
Just a ordinary fan of your blog, wish that i could win a giveaway. Love your recipes..
Love your blog - thanks for the chance to win a cookbook!
Thanks for a beautiful blog filled with amazing pictures! I look forwarding to reading all your new posts! Happy Valentine's Day!
awesome!
Dis-moi, quel succès. Il est certain que ce que tu proposes est très tentant, même pour moi au-delà des mers. je me régale déjà de tes recettes.
I have really enjoyed reading your site. You are great!
It would be such a blessing to receive either of them! I started baking a few years ago but have truly fallen in love with the art. :)
Ahh mee! Your out-take photographs look stunning enough to be the printable version. Congratulations on your "day job" - it's so exciting to hear!
I love your website! Still haven't figured out how to make the macarons work consistently though...I bought a coffee grinder for the nuts and everything but somehow I keep having problems with it. I would love a cookbook.
Ooo! Those sound like lovely books! I'm envious of whoever wins them ^^
You should come out with a cookbook *_* So few cookbooks out there have such luscious pictures!
As much as I'ld love to be picked by your dear and gorgeous B., I'ld be even more thrilled to win one of those wonderful cookbooks. Please, pick me.. :))
Sign me up :) I am so excited about making macarons on Friday :) Today I made the apricot tea cakes. Thanks for inspiring me.
I <3 cookbooks
Oh, the strawberries look so fabulous and spring-y (in deep contrast to the frigid winter weather here); looking at them makes me happy! Thanks for sharing!
Hang in there... doing quality work like you treat all of us with takes time. Please cut your self a little slack... and have FUN working on the cookbook! Yeah for cooking & blog friends! Yeah for meeting in person! ;-)
Wow, what a cool site! A friend of mine just turned me on to it (during the Super Bowl; we talked as much about food as we did about football).
Love the recipes and the pictures. Have made your blog a daily habit!
Would love the books.
Looks like it's going to be a lovely book!
I just found your site and I love it. Beautiful.
Your photographs are so amazing! Thank you for always inspiring me!
I never really considered cookbooks until this year, when I can't concentrate enough to read fiction or nonfiction for fun (I'm a sophomore in college) and now cookbooks and cooking blogs keep me sane!
You have a wonderful and beautiful blog... thanks for the giveaway!
Happy baking!
LeeYong
Lovely giveaway!
That looks delicious, love your blog. =)
pick me pick me pick me
I really really hope I get picked! I would love those cookbooks!
Oh hooray...I love giveaways. Maybe even more if I can win one! Sign me up please!
Margaret
I would love to win either of those books!
What a beautiful out take photo! I can't wait to see all the photos that do make it into the book!
I've inherited the cookbook-collecting gene from my mom - I love cookbooks, especially if they have wonderful photography like yours. I try to make at least a couple of recipes from each one, but so far I'm at least a dozen books behind. *g* The Dessert book looks awefully yummy! Also, I don't have anything on baking bread in my collection, yet...
I love cook books :)
oh! oh! pick me pick me!
Best of luck with the cook book!
I would love to win one of the cookbooks!
I'd love to win one--I've finally gotten through my other other cookbook, but am short on the funds to buy another ~_~
Those strawberries look absolutely delish. (:
We love reading your blog!
I'd love a copy of the book - or to take a food photography class with you. Please post any plans you have to teach some food photogrpahy classes (especially on the west coast, really especially in northern california).
Nancy Ingersoll
I would love to have those books. Seems lovely! Hope I have a chance? haha.
wow there are so many comments already! this is some stiff competition, but I'll insert myself in here anyways. I would LOVE to win either of the cookbooks!!!
oooh, beautiful pictures!
I would love to get either of those cookbooks. My friend has recently started experimenting with baking bread, so I'd definitely love to try making something with her later.
me! me! me! me! I would LOVE to win one of these cookbooks!
The "Unforgettable Desserts" cookbook sounds awesome! And the "Amy's Bread" looks like a great go-to bread baking book.
Your photography is inspiring!
Always a big fan of yours! Looking forward for many more more from you
they both like amazing! :)
Would love either of those books!
swagnerm [at] hotmail [dot] com
Those strawberries look AMAZING! I am new to your site, but I love everything you do...someday I hope to have a batch of macarons come out successfuly!
I love your blog-always gives me ideas of what to bake/cook next
We are in the middle of getting a new kitchen at the moment so I can't bake but I can read =) Thank you.
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