I’m hosting a fun giveaway today from my publisher, Chronicle Books. Last year they launched a GIVE BOOKS holiday campaign to encourage people to share the love of books during the holiday season, to support local bookstores and to help promote literacy. And I’m excited that they are doing it again this year. But this year they are doing it bigger. Giving bigger. They’ve joined forces with First Book, a non-profit organization that provides access to new books for children in need. And for every #GiveBooks tweet, pin, and online pledge, Chronicle Books will donate a children’s book to First Book.
Here’s how you can help them reach their goal of giving 10,000 books this holiday with a simple tweet, pin or pledge.
And now let me show you ten books I picked out from Chronicle that I want to give this holiday. They’re cookbooks of course. Sweet ones.
Top Pot Hand-forged Doughnuts
Secrets for the Home Baker
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey
Desserts for the Serious Sweet Tooth! Every one of the recipes in this book are calling my name.
Cake Pops Holidays
Hmmm… this one looks familiar. I couldn’t resist : )
Pretzel Making at Home
Make your own crunchy, chewy, savory or sweet artisan pretzels. Fried Pretzels with Cinnamon Sugar? Why yes.
Hand-crafted Candy Bars
From-Scratch, All-Natural, Gloriously Grown-Up Confections
Snoopy and Friends Cupcake Kit
Okay, this isn’t a cookbook but you do get to make cupcakes. That counts, right. Besides … it’s Snoopy with adorable liners and flag toppers. Chronicle has the cutest gift items too.
Flour, too
Joanne Chang shares recipes for her Café’s most loved sweets and savories.
Tartine Book No. 3
This soon-to-be-released cookbook is third in a series of collectible titles from Tartine Bakery & Cafe in San Francisco. We’re talking bread baking and pastry making.
The Model Bakery Cookbook
Sensational artisan baked goods including Peach Streusal Pie, Brandied Pumpkin Pie, Amber Ale Bread and their famous english muffins that I can’t wait to try.
The Little Paris Kitchen
Rachel Khoo shares simple, classic French recipes in her cookbook that’s just as charming as she is. Plus there’s French desserts. Win! Win!
Speaking of win. How would you like to win these 10 awesome books? I’m giving them away to one lucky reader and it might be you.
To enter for a chance to win all ten:
- Leave a comment on the blog post and tell me which of these books sounds fun to give or which one you’d like to get the most.
- Deadline to enter is 8:
00 pm ET on Saturday, November 9th, 2013. Sorry, time’s up. Winner announced below. - One winner will be chosen at random and announced sometime Sunday… just in time to receive them for the holidays.
Good luck and of course, I hope you can help #GiveBooks to children this holiday.
P.S. – Receive 30% off + free shipping at ChronicleBooks.com (*excluding personalized products). Promo code GIVEBOOKS (valid through 12/31/13).
Okay – time to announce the winner! And time to give away a bunch of sweet books. Congratulations Katie Z!!!
Cute kitty cat illustration by Gemma Correll.
Hand Crafted candy bars. I need some help making candy.
I would like to give someone the pretzel making book… because i dont imagine myself being terribley good at pretzel making. lol. Not so secret Agenda, huh?
For myself the Tartine book! Even though im from the Bay, ive yet to go to Tartine! >.<
Its a 3-way tie: The Little Paris Kitchen – brings me back, I love Cake Pops and will be making them for the holidays, and how can you go wrong with Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey! Will be baked goods for everyone for the holiday. : )
I would love the Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey cookbook! The title and cover have me drooling already! I would give the Cake Pops Holidays book to my sister and The Model Bakery Cookbook to my mom.
Flour, too. I have her first book, and I love cooking from this. This sequel would be a wonderful inspiration for Christmas cooking!
Our family loves pretzels so the Pretzel Making at Home book looks like a WINNER to me!
hard question! Ive been looking for good cooking/pastries books and this post was just perfect for me right now. I think that one of the books that sounds for interesting is The Little Paris Kitchen, just because I would like to learn more about french cuisine. But I would be more than happy to have ALL of these books.
Love love love cooking books!
They all look great! I thin I would like hand crafted candy bar book. I have wanted to practice working with chocolate. :)
Gotta be Snoopy!!!
I think the candy bar book looks awesome, but really, they all do!! :)
Mmmm, Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey….sounds irresistible.
I love The Little Paris Kitchen book. I’m reaching back to my family’s roots and sprucing my french techniques, aiming for more consistent, nutritious cuisine de la maison for my growing family. This book has some wonderful basics, techniques and temperature reviews my kitchen is currently lacking. Thanks for the giveaway!!!
DOUGHNUTS! my greatest weakness.
I would LOVE the candy bar book – I love trying my hands at vegan candy bars and this would be so much fun. Looks like beautiful pictures!!
I would like to win all of these books especially your Holiday cake pop book. I have your first one and would certainly like you Holiday one Thanks
I want all of the books :P But If i have to choose just one- it is a toss up between Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey and Little Paris Kitchen…Can’t decide! Thank you & Happy baking !
Little Paris Kitchen book sounds amazing although Hand Crafted Candy Bars sounds good as well !!!!
Flour, Too!
Most of them appeal to me and are worth checking into, but the one that calls to me the most is the Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey. Right up my alley!
Yum, Sticky Chewy Messy Gooey looks delightful!
I would love the Flour, Too book!
I would love to have the Flour, Too book!
Tartine Book No. 3 and hand-crafted candy bars both seem amazing!! Actually they all look great!
Tartine Book No. 3
They all sound so intriguing! I would especially love to try to some recipes from the Model Bakery.
love the cake pop book!!!!!
other than that the candy bar and doughnut look good too.
thanks
I would probably get Flour, Too since it has both sweet and savory recipes. I need more practice cooking both! Thank you for the suggestions. I’ll heck to see if these books are available at my local library. :-)
This is such an awesome idea! I totally am on board for giving books this holiday season! You can never have too many books! I would love to pour over the pages of the Pretzels At Home cookbook, The Little French Kitchen and the Tartine Book No 3… Well, heck! I love them all. Such great ideas! Thanks for the fun post. :)
I’d love Tartine No.3! Nothing beats homemade bread.
Thanks for the giveaway!! I would love to win Little Paris. I would love to visit Paris and will one day, but until that time, I can dream and bake!
I love making pretzels, and always looking to improve so I would keep Pretzel Making at Home for myself. And I would want to give the Snoopy and Friends Cupcake Kit, to make a friend really smile.
I love a good pretzel, so I would love the Pretzel Making at Home book.
I would love Hand Crafted Candy Bars and I think I would give The Model Bakery to my SIL.
I would love to win the snoopy book! And I’m sure my mom would love to receive it as a gift. :)
They all would be terrific but I would especially like the the Hand-Forged Doughnut book or Pretzel Making. I love to try new recipes at Christmas and these would do it. Thank you!
I would love the Snoopy cupcake kit for my husband. He loves watching all the specials every year and what fun it would be to enjoy his favorite cupcake while watching them!
Tartine Book No 3. I love baking! Thank you for the chance:-)
I would love to have the Pretzel-Making at Home. Have never tried making homemade pretzels but love the ones you can get in the mall. I would give the Snoopy & Friends cupcake kit to my daughter. She loves to bake and these would be perfect for my granddaughter to share with her friends.
I collect cookbooks, it may be difficult to give any of them away!
I plan to give books. I may give myself the candy book.
I love all those cookbooks but since i already have cake pops I could give that one to a friend to enjoy. the rest i may just have to read and try the recipes.
They all look great to get! but I think the model bakery one would be great to get and, my sisters would both like the cake pop books, my mom would love the Tartine book3 . they all love to bake.
I would love all of those cookbooks but my top pick would be the Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey book. I also haven’t bought the cake pop book yet so that would be a great gift to receive this year, especially in time for the holiday season :)
What a fun book stash! I would happily share these with my sisters this Christmas! That way we could pass them back and forth sharing our favorites along the way!
I would give the ooey gooey one to my son who loves cooking and would love to have a go at pretzel making myself :) WHat great books – I have the Rachel Khoo book and I love it
I’d defnitely give Cake Pops as a gift. And I’d love to have Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey!
I’d love to win them all, but especially the Tartine book because those pictures are so beautiful!
I would love to have the Snoopy & Friend Cupcake Kit, and all the books would make wonderful gifts. Thanks for sharing this giveaway!
what a great giveaway Bakerella! my pick would be The Little Paris Kitchen- such a fan if Rachel’s blog!
Cake pops holidays looks so cute :) There are a lot of cake pops that i would do with my little brother who loves baking with me :)
They all look really fun, but I’d probably go with Top Pot Hand-forged Doughnuts or The Little Paris Kitchen.
I hope I win so I can give my sister Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey… actually I hope she wins so she can give me Tartine!!
Oh my God,so many people commenting!!!Any of these books would be perfect,as it is very difficult to find them here.Cake pops os what I like most.I hope you accept entries from abroad!Thank you!
I would say Flour, too! My daughter would say the Snoopy one! What a fun giveaway!!
The model bakery
“Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey”….explains all the fillings and root canals I’ve had….!
Flour looks amazing, and I have a couple people in mind who would love to receive this as a gift!!
I’d give Sticky, Chewy to my sister. I’d give Cake Pops to my cousin. Flour, Too would be perfect for my friend Robin and Tartine would be great for my mom. I’d give Model Bakery to my friend Jan and Hand Forged Doughnuts is for me!!
I think Little Paris Kitchen sounds neat!!
Of course I already own Cake Pops Holidays, so my next pick would be Tartine No. 3. I’ve had this cookbook trilogy in my wish list for months. Ahhh! This post makes me giddy!
This is very hard to pick one but if I must….Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey!
My love for bread leaves no room for doubts: tartine 3
I would also enjoy giving hand crafted candy bars as gift.
Fernanda
The books that sound the most interesting to give or get would be “Hand-forged donuts” or “Model Bakery”
Sticky Chewy Messy Gooey would hands down be my pick!!!
I would love to receive the Rachael Khoo cookbook. I watched her on Food Network and she is wonderful. My niece loves to bake. She is a recent college graduate and is quite a good baker already. I would definitely pick for her the Model Bakery Cookbook and the Joanne Chang cookbook.
The Model Bakery Cookbook!
nhaaamm…
I would give the Peanuts cupcake set to my dd who loves Snoopy!
No.10, The Little Paris Kitchen! :D
flour,too!
Model Bakery. I think because we have fallen for a new little restaurant with a wonderful bakery. Trap!
The Model Bakery, a lot of delicious things could come out of that cookbook!
I would love to have the little paris kitchen :)
I would love to give the Tartine Book no. 3 to my dad. He’s obsessed with bread making and it’s lovely to see him get so excited about something (that also smells amazing and I get to eat non stop!) For me though I neeeed your Cake Pops book in my life!
I have Flour already and LOVE it but let’s be honest, Cake Pops Holidays would make for festive fun in the kitchen! :)
So hard to choose, several of them look like they would be a good fit. I think I’ll go with the Little Paris Kitchen though. My husband and I took a trip there and fell in love with the city. We’re definitely planning to go back one day when our kids are old enough!
I think the Hand-crafted Candy Bars looks like a fun book.
I would go for Sticky, chewy…
Hummm! I love this kind of cakes!
I would love the book about pretzels! I just recently started making mine at home, how fun to try other types of pretzels! I might have to buy the book myself! Yum!
Wow! I’d love to receive or give any of these! but probably, “flour, too” or “cake pops holidays” (I still do not have this!) would be my choices ;)
I would love Cake Pop Holidays for my cook book collection! A perfect gift for my daughter dreaming of Paris would be The Little Paris Kitchen <3
I’ve always been a huge fan and love of the Charlie Brown series, though the rest of the books look as if I’d learn a lot of new tricks, have a great time with ideas and cute concepts for friends and family I’m drawn to the adorable cupcake set! <3
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey !!!
I would love to make my very grown up brother some snoopy themed cupcakes for his 40th birthday early next year.
Hey so i love ur generosity to your viewers and i love you so i would like to receive your Cakes Pops holiday book because i want to match it with my first kitchen aid as a wonderful bake-christmas. Thanks so much i love you
xx
I want to make some Peanuts cupcakes to eat while I’m looking through the other books for what’s next! Yum!
The Model Bakery cookbook.
Because I’m planing to open my own Coffeshop and I’m looking for the most beautiful and delicious recepies that I can find!!
I think i fell a tiny bit in love with “The little Paris Kitchen”
Just looks amazin’ :-D
My kitchen is as small as Rachel Khoo’s so Little Paris Kitchen would be the best giveaway book. Thank you for another fabulous giveaway. Chronicle Books are so beautiful and they have such an eclectic list.
I love to get the snoopy and friends cupcakes kit…. Cause I can’t find it for a long time…I hope that you can give it to me … Thanks =)
Sticky,chewy, messy, gooey
hand made books looks beautiful and i m sure this ideas all can enjoy and good for me I love a lot of books. I love receiving books as gifts.
The little Paris kitchen, I’ve seen it in the library and I wanted to buy it!
My daughter would love the Snoopy and a Friends cupcake kit!!
I would love the little Paris kitchen book because I have always wanted to go to Paris and study French sweets
Thanks
They all look scrumptiously good. I have always wanted to go to Paris and learn to make French sweets. So the little Paris kitchen would be great
Thanks
Any excuse and any way to go to Paris… I’d like to get “The Little Paris Kitchen” the most! :)
I would love to give or get the cake pops book of course! Yummm
Pretzel Making At Home for sure!
I would love to win all of them because they are just so cool. I would love the hand crafted candy bars though. I have made candy bars before like kit kats but would obviously like to learn more to and I love the decorations on the top Thanks
I would give the flour, too book to my daughter. She has been experimenting with bread baking!
Tartine Book #3. Your Cakepops book makes a wonderful gift!
I would love to win the little Paris kitchen cookbook! It’s on my wish list since about 8 months back..if I would win Rachel Khoos cookbook I would cook the recepies and dream about a own little kitchen in Paris..
I would love to win all of these amazing books but if I had to choose it would be your Holiday cake pop book or hand crafted candy bars. I cant wait till Christmas and hopefully win these cool books thanks
I would love the pretzel one or the candy one… salt with the sugar please
I would love to get Snoopy and Friends Cupcake Kit the most !!!…
Am a chocolate lover, cake pops lover , cupcakes lover , fan of bakerella and of course a fan of Peanuts-Snoopy !
I would love to get the hand crafted candy bar book! That looks delicious :) As for giving, I would love to give out the first one on donuts!
The donut one!
I would love all of these books; particularly Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey – my favourite types of food can be described with these words! The messier the more delicious I always say, and I would love to share those recipes with my friends!
They all look fantastic, but I’d have to pick The Little Paris Kitchen. My Mom took me on a mother+daughter trip to Paris a few years ago and this book reminded me of that trip :)
I’d love to receive any and all of these books, but the one that I would dive into first would have to be the Hand Crafted Candy Bars book…looks amazing!
“Sticky, Chewy, Messy!” I’m a sugarholic who loves to bake! I need some new yummies to make with my daughters!
The donut book. I want them all, but it is fall, and I need donuts. I live in a strange land where there are donut shops everywhere-and none are any good.
I’d love to get number 2. Gooey, sticky…
i want to check out the tartine no. 3 cookbook!!
i would love to see flour, too! Ive always loved the pastries and goodies from little shops and that looks wonderful.
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey for sure!!
I would LOVE the Snoopy and Friends Kit! But I would probably hoard them because they’re so cute!
I already have your book so the one I want most is the Little Paris Kitchen. I have seen the series on TV and I love it all. Thanks for this opportunity.
Little Paris Kitchen! Love Paris and I am excited to read this!
I love them all, but I would love to receive the Flour, too book most of all.
Little Paris Kitchen! Everything Rachel makes looks a amazing and I want to give it a go.
I LOVE the Charlie Brown cupcake set! <3
Great collection of books! Tartine and Flour Too are the ones that I just just want to have.
These books all look fantastic! The one that particularly catches my eye is the Tartine book. I LOVE Tartine Bakery. Especially the morning buns!
They all look like great books – the doughnut book would interest me the most (followed by the Peanuts cupcake kit). So much fun, and I love to give books as gifts to friends and co-workers.
I’d love the doughnut book! mmm. .and give the others away to friends as gifts! (:
Probably The Hand-Crafted Candy Bar book or The Little Paris Kitchen. But they all look amazing and would be the gift that keeps giving (homemade candy bars and brioche for all!)!
Tartine #3
I’d love Hand Forged Doughnuts! Never could resist a doughnut… ;)
thanks for the giveaway! I’d love to give handcrafted candy bars to my baby sister (she is creative and enjoys baking for others) and covet Tartine No. 3 for myself. Thanks!
My wife has always wanted a cake pop book.
I’d love to receive the Hand-Crafted Candy Bar book. I would definitely give the Tartine Book No.3 to friends =)
I would LOVE to give and receive “Sticky, Chewy, Messy Gooey” .. YUM. Those 4 words describe my perfect decadent dessert.
I would love, love, love Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey, but my sister would love the Tartine No. 3 book. So…If I win, we’d both be happy! :)
Handcrafted candy bars looks pretty awesome!
Would love any of the books, but since I’m a huge fan of yours, I would love the Holidays Cake Pop book!
Handcrafted candy bars…. And snoopy obviously! :)
I would love all of them! Would probably enjoy Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey the most.
Top pot doughnuts! YUM! Although Snoopy would be awesome too!
Would definitely love any of the books, but the Snoopy cupcake set sold me!
Besides your book? My daughter is going to Paris next summer so we’d both like to cook up some French recipes from the Little Paris Kitchen! And who can resist Peanuts on cupcake wrappers!!
I would give the Snoopy and Friends Cupcake kit to my Mom. I have such wonderful memories of watching the specials with her while growing up!
It’s a toss up between Flour, Too and Tartine Book No. 3. Both look delicious!
Flour, too!
I think it will make a nice gift to my mom, she’s not much of a sweet person so I think the whole sweet and savory will be a good idea.
Hand crafted candy bars sounds amazing!!
Tartine no 3, or Top Pot. For both giving and getting my twin. Been teaching her how to make bread, and either would be perfect for us.
I can’t decide between hand forged donuts and sticky chewy messy gooey!
I’d take the Sticky Gooey one, the donut one, the candy bar one OR the pretzel book. all terribly tasty looking to me
Sticky, Chewy Messy, Gooey looks perfect for me!
I´ll give to my mon the snoopy cupcake kit and the cakepop holiday book, she´s a great baker and this books are perfect for her!
Cake Pops Holidays, of course!
Years ago, my mom began a family tradition of making candy that we would deliver to all of our friends and neighbors as gifts. She still does this and even though I am over 2000 miles away and so very homesick, I am always on the lookout for new candy recipes and cookbooks to add o our ever growing list! I would LoVE the Hand-crafted Candy Bars book. although, I would really enjoy them all! I have a serious addiction to cookbooks;)
I would love Tartine No. 3. I’ve heard so many good things about that place.
All the books are amazing! :) But I would really love to win Flour, Too. I visited Joanne’s bakery in Boston and I loved everything I tried!
All these books look fun! Rachel Koo’s “Little Paris Kitchen” caught my eye. I’ve got a sweet spot for French desserts!
The homemade candy and the donut books look like so much fun!!!! :)
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey
Just the name is a tongue twister but sounds YUMMY !!!!
The Little Paris Kitchen looks like a great book to curl up with and read before bed! Sweet dreams for tomorrow’s baking!!
Thanks for the giveaway!! All of them look wonderful to give and receive…
They all look so scrumptious!! Would love to give give flour, too to my aunty and keep the little paris kitchen for myself xx
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey for sure! I mean that title describes anything you could want :) Yum!
We loved going to the Model Bakery in Nappa Valley in Oct.
from North Carolina. I would love to own their beautiful
cookbook.
Pretzel Making At Home sounds like an awesome cookbook!
Oh my! What an amazing line-up of books–my most favorite gift to give and receive! I am completely intrigued by the Hand-Crafted Candy Bars. How did I miss this one??
Would love to get the Cake Pops book for myself and the Snoopy cupcake kit to use with my nieces. What fun!!
I would love to own your cake pops book, I’ve checked it out at the library and was sad to return it.
I have the first Flour cookbook and it’s amazing so I’d love Flour, too!
Yay, books! I would most like to have the Flour, Too cookbook, I think. They all look scrumptious, though!
The hand crafted candy bars. It’s actually on my wish list at Amazon.
I think my whole family would enjoy the donut cookbook… :)
I would love them all but especially the Top Pot Doudhnutd!
Anything to do with home baking — my wonderful husband is now retired and loves to bake. He’s so “sweet” he often makes my favorites over his own. I am definitely looking to gift him with Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts (because doughnuts are HIS favorite), and The Model Bakery. Thanks for sharing your picks!
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey
Oh my goodness…. This book looks amazing. I must have it!!! I’d love to make any of the recipes for my new baking blog! Love you site, by the way! Very inspirational for the newbies (like me!).
The model bakery and the hand crafted candy bars both to either give or receive :)
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey looks great :D
the model bakery cookbook!
All of these cookbooks look like they have a lot of fun ideas for the holidays. My favorite is the Tartine Book!
I would love to receive Flour, Too by Joanne Chang – it looks fantastic and it has a lot of recipes that I’d love to try!
Hand-crafted candy bars please! They look delicious!!
I would love, love, LOVE to have Tartine No. 3!! I have a well loved Tartine Bread on my shelf and it would bring so much excitement to own the upcoming release as well. I would definitely be making even more treats than I already am for my friends and family this holiday.
I totally love the Snoopy & Friends Cupcake Kit!! I have a Snoopy cover for my IPhone and I even lovingly call my husband Charlie Brown….(he does have a large head.) HAHA!
Oh I would just love Flour, too. And I look at it as a gift that will always keep giving because I just love to share what I bake!!!
I can’t wait to check out The Model Bakery Cookbook! I absolutely love my Big Sur Bakery Cookbook and I figure another bakery cookbook from the heart could never be a bad thing!
The Tartine No. 3 would be my choice!
Definitely the Model Bakery. It just rocks because of the muffins!!
I also love the other books you choose. :)
the model bakery cookbook… look at the gorgeous fruit tart on the cover!
Hand forged donuts- what’s not to love about a donut?!
Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey….yum
It’s so hard to say no to doughnuts (perfecting the doughnut has been somewhat of an obsession for me recently). BUT, I’ve also had my eye on Tartine Book No. 3 for ages. It was on my Christmas list last year!
Sooooo…this is going to look like I’m trying to get on your good side or something, but YOUR book is the one I want the most. I have the first book you published and I LOVE IT!!! What an awesome gift these books would be. Oh, and I’ve already purchased quite a few books for people on my gift list this year!
As I was reading through the post, I just knew you were going to ask which one we’d choose! So tough… but if I HAVE to choose, I’d go with the candy making one :)
I would love Love LOVE to have Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey!!! It sounds perfect for my sweet-tooth family.
Books are my favorite gift to give and to receive! I would love to have the Tatine.
OMG!!! I’m looking at those book and I can’t stop thinkg of my mom!! She would LOVE all of them!!! It’s really hard to pick only one, but the “Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey” looks like something she would use on a daily basis!! Hope I win them for her!! ;)
Oh my these are awesome cook books! I would love the one titled Flour, too.
Thanks for this opportunity!
The pretzel book is right up my alley! I’d love to make some pretzels! Thanks for the opportunity!
Sticky messy chewy gooey. Pretty please!!
the snoopy book!
Love #1, Hand Forged Doughnuts…but they are all awesome!
I would like the Little Paris Kitchen because that’s probably the closest I will ever get.
Snoopy! My sidekick (9yr old) and I love the Peanuts AND cupcake baking!