My publisher, Chronicle Books launched a fun Give Books campaign yesterday. They are partnering with authors, artists and blogs to encourage people to give books for the holidays and I’m helping them spread the word. Books are a perfect gift don’t you think. There’s one for everyone. For every age, for every interest. They are personal and the right one can really show the recipient how much you care. They feel good to hold and they make you feel good to give.
I know because I’m giving away 10 books courtesy of Chronicle Books.
I stuck with all cookbooks and I tried to find a good mix for keeping or gift giving. It’s up to you.
Want to see which ones I picked from their website?
Good… let’s check out some sweet reads! I think these would all come in pretty handy for holiday baking.
Now since I’m an equal opportunity eater,
here’s another set of 10 books you might want more.
These are less sweet and much more savory.
Want a chance to win one of these groups of ten?
You choose which one.
- Just leave a comment on the blog and let me know which group of ten you’d like to win. Sweet or savory?
- The deadline to enter is
6:00 pm ET on Thursday, November 15, 2012SORRY, TIME’S UP! Winner announced below. - One winner will be chosen at random and announced sometime Thursday evening on this post.
Good luck guys!
P.S. Here’s a post on Chronicle’s blog if you’d like to try and win one of the other sets of ten books chosen by others.
And now through December 31, enjoy 30% off + free ground shipping on all holiday orders at ChronicleBooks.com! Just enter discount code GIVEBOOKS at checkout.
Give Books artwork created by the amazing Julia Rothman!
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We have a winner!
Yay Redheadwriter! I think I might have picked savory, too. Those covers all look amazing. Enjoy!
Sweet, please :)
SWEET…Dulce siempre dulce…. Saludos de Argentina.
It’s too hard to decide. Both are great. You choose!
Sweet!
Thanks for the chance, I love baking sweets, so would love that book!
Love anything Sweet!!!
i want the sweet set :) :) :)
Very tempting but definitely the sweet! :)
I would definitely choose the sweet set; all the books would go nicely with my new KitchenAid mixer.
SWEET i love sweets
Savory please!! :)
definitely sweet !
Sweet!! I’m well-known for my baked goods, and constantly on the hunt for new recipes!
Hard to choose, but I’d pick the sweet. Thanks!
Sweet, pretty please! I would love to add these to my cookbook shelf—and have some new recipes to try for the holidays. Thanks, Bakerella, for your generosity and teaching us how to be better bakers!
savory!
Both would be great, but since I have to choose…. SWEETS!!
Savory Please!
Sweet, without a doubt!
Sweet please!
sweet set! but of course i wouldn’t mind the savory either. :)
it’s hard to pick. I love them both,, BUT I’ll go with SAVORY!!
I prefer the sweet set, but all of them look awesome!
Wow, that’s a difficult choice . . . I think I would have to go with savory!
Sweet – yum!
Definitely sweet! I could spend all winter baking from those delicious books!
As sweet as my teeth are, I’m gonna go with Savory!
Like I’ve always said “let’s live life a little sweeter”. So bring on the sweetness!
The Sweets please! Yummy!!
I loooove baking so I would loooove to have sweet!!!
Sweet please
So hard to choose but you can never go wrong with sweets. :)
Oh I would love either! But I am on a real savoury kick at the moment :)
Sweet giveaway!
Sweet please!!! :o)
Hmmmm…definitely the sweet set. Yum!
What a lovely idea! Sweet please. :o)
TEAM SWEET!
Love the batch of sweet books!
While the Sweet category is tempting, I’m attracted to the books in the SAVORY category which will help me become a better cook! This is great – thanks to you and Chronicle Books!
It’s a tough call for me since I personally love to bake but my guy loves to cook so both are wonderful. I am going to go with savory because it would be great to give to my love for xmas
sweet please!
Savory does look fabulous, but I have to go with my talent., which is baking. :)
savory! I’m usually sweets all the way, but this savory selection really called to me :)
Savoury – but it was close!
Sweet, for sure! Although I love to cook, baking sweets is my thing. :)
Ooh, I love both sets! If I had to chose, I would go with Savory. My sister-in-law and I would have so much fun with these :)
Sweet, definitely! Thanks for another great giveaway!
I love the True Blood one! You’re the best :)
Sweet please :)
oh my so much for my Christmas wish list. I should say sweet but I’d love to see that True Blood recipe book. I didn’t realise it existed!
Flour! I’m drooling just looking at the cover!
Savory (I’m more of a sweet person but because of your suggestions I’ve already gotten most of the sweet ones for past Christmas or Birthdays!)
Sweet! …No, savory. Wait, sweet. Gahhhh you choose thank you!
Sweet!!! Please!!
They all look Yumi!!!
Sweets of course! Must you ask?
Sweet, definately sweet! Cookie party, AND bite size pies? Yummy!!!
Oh my look at all the yumminess! I think I would have to go with sweet myself! Thanks for a shot to win them!
Sweet for me please :)
My mouth is watering just from the covers. Great selection. Sweet would have to be my choice. Thank you.
Sweet! <3
Sweet! Oh, and wonderful blog too!
Savory!
I would love to become better at savory cooking, but I definitely have to say sweet!
Sweet all the way! Why else would I be on your wonderful blog! I’ll use any excuse to make something sweet and fun!
I’d be thrilled to have either one but if I really had to choose…. SWEEEEET!!!!! :)
Wow! I’d love either but since I have to choose I think I’ll go with sweet since it’s close to holiday baking time and I can always use some inspiration.
Savory… I need some techniques! :-)
I would love the set of sweet cookbooks.
Since I own most of the sweet books I would go with Savory!
Sweet. Totally.
Definitely Sweet!! Thanks.
Sweet, for sure!!
I would definitely LOVE to win the sweet books of course! ;)
Man, what a tough choice! Any of these would be AWESOME, so I’d have to say that either set would make me really really happy. That said, sweet would be the ultimate way to go.
I will take either one, but I love to bake so the sweet set would be my first choice.
This is tough! I think I’d have to say… sweet!
Definately Sweet. You just can’t say no to sugar :D
Yum! All the cover photos look fantastic! I love me some savory foods but I’m definitely have developed quite a sweet tooth as of late so the sweet set para mi por favor! :P Glad to see your latest book is included in the set! I think I would fall over in excitement if all the books were signed by you too! :D
sweet set please!
sweet! Thank you for sharing. happy holidays.
for myself, i’d pick sweet…but should i be the chosen one, i would give the books to my bestie, and i’m sure he’d get more use out of the savory collection :] so, savory it is!
SWEET!!!
Sweet, please! Thank you for the chance to win…and for pointing me towards some good books even if I don’t.
Savory! I do love my sweets, but I have so many sweet cookbooks already! Aaaaand I’ve been eying that True Blood book for about a year now ;)
Savory!!
I think I’d go with the savory, just for the sake of my pants fitting after I run through these.
they all look amazing. yes please!
I would love the savory set!
Sweet of course!
Sweet! yummy yummy.
Sweet please! Thank you so much!
Well, I love the Sweet set, and would probably get the most use out of it, however my Mum would love receiving the savory set for Christmas! I’m only 13, so I enjoy the sugar aspect of the sweets. I can’t wait for Christmas cookies this year!
Savory, baby!
Oh man, oh man…such good books!! I think I would definitely have to go the sweet though…. sugar always wins :)
Sweet please!! :)
I feel like I should say savory so I can work on my cooking skills, but let’s be honest: the sweet set would get used way more often!! so my vote is sweet.
thanks for the chance at a giveaway!
Sweet! :)
SWEET PLEASE! :))
Savory! These books all look amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, this is a great giveaway. Usually I could say sweet without a doubt, but the savory books are great, too! Overall, though, I’ve got to go with sweet!
Wow! Great selection of books!
I’d have to vote for the sweet stuff collection.
Thanks for sharing!
love those savory options!
Tough Call, but i think the savory would get used more in my house. They all look beautiful!
Sweets please!
Love,Love,Love you whole list of great gift ideas, Savory for me please :)))
Hands down, sweet!
They both look wonderful but I am more of a sweet girl!
Sweet !!! And…………thank you.
I’d love any of those lovely books! Delish!
That’s such a tough one, because all of these books look beautiful! I think I would have to go with Savory, because I’m a decent-enough baker but could use some help in the cooking department!
Sweet, please! That cake pop book looks AMAZING! :)
Mmm… I’ll take sweet for sure!
Savory!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think I’d have to go with sweet! YUM! :)
Savory! I’m a middle school librarian and my students are crazy over cooking. These books would make a great addition to our school’s library
Savory please – such lovely books :)
Savory–mostly because I am intrigued by that True Blood book.
Do I really have to choose? Both sets of books are wonderful! But I had to choose. I mean, life or death. Choose. I’d have to go with the sweets!
BUT I would die to have the Esquire Eat Like a Man cookbook. My uncle loves Eqsuire and he would love that book as a Christmas present!
Sweet for sure!
Sweet!
Definitely sweet! :)
I would DEFINITELY have to go with the sweet selection for sure! I just purchased my very own KitchenAid Artisan stand mixer (in the swoon-worthy aqua&sky color) and I’m on the hunt for the best recipes to use it on!
tough call….savory!
how am I supposed to chose? I would take either but probably lean toward the Savory
sweet please
What a great selection in both categories. I would love to have the Sweet collection.
Savory! I usually love sweets but I will be different and try more cooking. Those look like really neat cookbooks.
They all look wonderful. I have many baking cookbooks so this time I will say Savory, please!!! :)
ooh this one is tough! I’d love to do half and half, but I think I’d have to choose savory…
Sweet, all the way!
I would like the sweet set! What a great offer!!!
Thanks!
Lori
I would love the sweet set!
Oooh the sweet for sure, although the true blood book looks pretty cool!
Definitely sweet!
Ohh the decisions… sweet, please!
I like to think I can bake fairly well, it’s the cooking part that I have trouble with so I would like to win the savoury selection because I need all the help I can get. :)
My sweet tooth calls for a fix! Sweet, please :)
Sweet. Always sweet! :)
Sweet!
Sweet please! :)
SWEEEEEEEEET! :)
The Sweet Set! I live in Boston and would love to be able to make Joanne Chang’s treats at home — especially the homemade Pop Tarts!
Sweet, please! I need some fresh ideas:)
SWEETS for sure!!!! yes :)
Both sets look amazing, but I would have to go for the savory set.
Oh my its so hard to decide but I think Ill have to go with the sweet. Thanks for the chance to win!
These look delicious! I’d go for savory.
SWEETs forever!!!!!
I would love either one, but I think Savory would be a tad better for my waistline! ;)
sweet. every time, all the time.
Sweet!!
my oh my….i think you just made my day!
Sweet, please!
Savory does look delicious….
Sweets please!!!
SWEET SWEET SWEET!
Oh gosh, that’s hard to choose. I’ve always had an eye for that Tartine book so I guess I’ll choose sweet.
What a great group of books! Sweet for me!
I don’t know how to cook meals but I sure can bake so it’s SWEET for me!
Winning one of these books will make my day!
My first impulse was the sweet, but that steak from the savory section really made my mouth water…..
Awesome books and I will be delighted to win one of them!
Sweet, sweet, sweet…
Savory…. Luv sweet, but can order those from the list! Thanks Bakerella. :)
Mmmmm, sweet I think – they all look wonderful!
Oooh, decisions, decisions…I have to go with Sweet. Thanks!
Umm…Sweet for sure! But that Savory looks good too… Tough choice! Either would be awesome.
Tough decision, but I will have to go with Savory! I’m on a diet, so by default I’m picking savory :-)
Holy Cow, what a great selection… Im not picky any of these books sound great and just in time for the holidays! Thanks for thinking of us!
sweet please!!!!
Totally sweets!! :D
Tough choice, I like them both. I think I would take the savory over the sweet. May not be quite as bad on my waist line. :)
Oh most definitely the sweets. If for no other reason then to have a chance at your cake pops book! They are so adorable and your work is just spectacular and clean detailed. Besides I am a sweetaholic.
Even though my savory needs help it is so much more fun to read and try SWEETs! =)
Sweet please!!
Saaaaaaaweet
The first one, I’m a fool for sweet.
sweet … although the savoury ones look amazing too!
Sweet! Yeah!!
Can I just cut each category in half and have some of both? :) I would pick sweet.
Sweet for me, since I have several of the books on my Amazon wish list. I put several books on my Christmas last year, and plan on doing the same this year. Thanks for the giveaway!
I’m all about the SWEETS!!!
Sweet for me please!!
That’s a tough one!! I love cooking and baking and this time I’ll go for the SWEET pack! Good luck to me… and to the people that want to get the savory one ;)
I’d love to get one of the Sweet ones
Love the ten sweet books! An excellent variety!!! Loving this giveaway!
I would LOVE sweet! Already enjoy baking and I am always on the look out for new things to try. Anything you recommend is amazing, so these books would be a great addition to my kitchen :)
Sweet….although that was a tough choice. Thanks for this giveaway!
sweet for sure!!!
I would truly love to win the SWEET collection :)
What a tough choice! Coin flip says go with SAVORY!
I WOULD DEFINETLY LOVE THE SWEET GROUP :)
Oh, they are all GREAT books and I would be happy to win any one of them, but sweet would be my preference.
that’s a hard one… the sweets all look better, but i might use the savory more. =) but ultimately, i think sweet
Sweet!
For my children’s last Christmas and birthdays I got them books and I love seeing how much they enjoy them! I’ve ever been a reader myself, but my husband has gotten me into a series and I can’t wait to be done with school so I can finish them!
I do need to learn to cook more savory meals, but I will pick sweet over it any day! I have a crazy sweet tooth ;)
hands down, sweet………my teeth are rotting just thinking about it!
Definitely sweet in our house!
OMG, this is amazing. I think I would love savoury, but will decide for sweet nevertheless.
I’d definitely choose the sweet set. Although even looking at it made me hungry :) Thanks for the give away!
I have a big sweet tooth, but I think the savory wins this time. Both sets look amazing tho.
definately sweet!