I would like to award this week’s free cookbook, “The Only Bake Sale Cookbook You’ll Ever Need” by Laurie Goldrich Wolf and Pam Abrams, to blog reader Rebecca!

As usual, you all made it incredibly difficult to choose a winner. In case you missed it, here’s Rebecca’s poignant comment about her dad:

My best ‘peanut-related food experience’ would be Every Day With My Dad! My dad was a peanut addict! His favorite food was anything with peanuts or peanut butter. (I even got him to love Thai food because of the peanuts) He always had a can of Virginia Diner peanuts by his ‘chair’ and ended every day of his life with saltines and peanut butter. I always told my husband and kids that I would never worry about dad’s health as long as he was still eating peanut butter and saltines before bedtime. Dad died in July of 2005 after a four month battle with stomach cancer. He ate those saltines and peanut butter until just a week before his death! Dad was a Baptist preacher who said even though it wasn’t biblical, he knew that the streets of heaven were paved with peanuts, not gold.

Thanks, Rebecca! E-mail me your address at lindsey.nair@roanoke.com and I’ll put this book in the mail.

Here’s one last peanutty recipe from the cookbook before we move on to less nutty topics:

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It’s that time again, folks — time to give away a free cookbook to one lucky blog reader!
Since March is National Peanut Month and we live in one of the peanuttiest states in the country, if not THE MOST peanutty state in the country, I figured we might as well go with a peanut theme.
Peanuts can contribute in a fine way to just about every course in a meal. Pad thai is terrific with crushed peanuts, roasted peanuts are fab on a tossed salad and peanut butter…well, peanut butter is the king of all manners of cakes, pies and cookies. It can also be incorporated into sauces, marinades and soups.
Of course, some folks would say their favorite way of eating peanuts is roasted, salted and straight out of a can. Especially if that’s a Virginia’s Finest can.
The cookbook I’m going to give away today is called The Only Bake Sale Cookbook You’ll Ever Need by Laurie Goldrich Wolf and Pam Abrams.
Conveniently, it contains a recipe for a treat called Everything Peanut Squares. It’s got your peanut butter, your chopped peanuts and your peanut butter chips. It’s chock full o’ nuts!
You can find the recipe below. And if you’re interested in winning this cookbook, write a comment about the best peanut-related food experience you’ve ever had. The deadline is Wednesday.
Have a nutty weekend! But not too nutty…

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