Chocolate party and a cookbook giveaway
I hope everyone had a sweet weekend. I’m about to get our week off to a sweet start, as well.
Save the date this Saturday for the 6th Annual Blacksburg Chocolate Party to benefit the Blacksburg New School. This event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the University Mall in Blacksburg. It will feature Valentine’s gifts made by local artisans, lots of treats, including some gluten-free items, and the following fun activities for the kids: balloon animals, face painting, cookie decorating, play dough and gift-making activities.
As long as we’re talking sugar, how about a chance to win a big hardback cookbook dedicated to baking and candy making? It’s called “Sugar, Sugar: Every Recipe Has a Story” by Kimberly “Momma” Reiner and Jenna Sanz-Agero. These women call themselves the “Sugar Mommas.” Reiner is the founder of Momma Renier’s Fudge, which was picked as one of Oprah’s favorite things in O, the Oprah Magazine. They run two websites, ModernMom.com and SugarSugarRecipes.com.
The chapters in this book are divided into “Cakes to Diet For,” “Tarts and Pies Worth the Lie,” “Better than Nooky Cookies”, “Cool Bars and Summer Stars,” and ‘Candy and Creative Confections.” I see recipes for such goodies as oatmeal carmelitas, cracked sugar cookies, butterscotch pie, grasshopper pie, everything but the hummingbird cake, Kentucky jam cake, shoo-fly cake and caramel celebration cake.
If you are interested in winning this cookbook, please leave a comment on this blog entry anytime before noon on Wednesday. I will announce a winner just after noon on Wednesday.
February 6, 2012 - 10:55 AM
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What an interesting book. It is nice to know the stories that go behind a recipe or a person.
I would love to get a copy of this cookbook. Baking is my therapy.
Maybe I shouldn’t be, but yep I’m definitely interested in this book! I love the buffalo on the cover too!
i would love to have this cookbook. I just started making candy at Christmas. I tried my hand at divinity and a few different kinds of fudge, and i’d really like to learn more. plus, you can’t have too many cookie recipes, can you?
I would love to try my hand at candy making. Used to be good cookie maker.
“Every Recipe has a Story”…I want to know the story behind the ‘Better than Nookie Cookies’. Looks like a great cookbook.
I love to bake new recipes..this recipe book looks fun!!
Would LOVE this cookbook as I cannot cook to save my life but LOVE to bake!
My boyfriend is a huge baker, he’d love this!
What a fun sounding cookbook!
I love cookbooks and enjoy baking as a way of relaxing! This looks like it would be a great addition to my library.
This sounds fun! I would love to have this cookbook and try at candy making!
I am already imagining eating many of these delicious treats, yummy.
What a delicious giveaway.
I am not sure anyone could love sugar and chocolate as much as I! And baking is my favorite pastime. Only thing more fun, is sharing what I bake with others!
This is making me hungry! With Girl Scout cookies out, I bet the grasshopper pie would go well with some thin mints!
I thought I was excited to have a chance to win the cookbook of food on sticks, but this one takes the cake…and the pie!
Love baking and sugar! would love to win
I always need another cookbook! Just made an outrageous coconut cake from the Wall Street Journal of all places. It was from Rosanne Cash. We nicknamed it “Diabetic Coma on a Plate”!
My reputation for baking as won me the nickname, cookielady, as I have been baking for 35 yrs. Am always on the hunt for something new to bake, year round, for friends and business. I would love to add this book to my collection. I like to also share my recipes with other bakers.Thank you Lindsey. Now, back to the kitchen !!!!
Sounds like a fun book. I like stories with my recipes.
Love your blog!!!!! Love Chocolate and the sweet giveaway. Keep up the good job!!!!