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!
I like the Sweet Ones of course!
The Sweet Set! I have been eyeing the Sticky Chewy Messy Gooey book for a couple of weeks now!
What amazing cookbooks! I’ll have to save sweet.
Sweet! You can’t go wrong with that lovely collection!
Sweet for sure! Nothing better then making sweets for your sweetie!
OMG…I can’t decide…hmmm…the Savory, please!
I have to go for savory… my bookshelf is already pretty full of dessert cookbooks!
Oh boy… they all look mesmerizing. I would love any of them, especially the savory!
Sweet! Oh man would this be a great present to me and for me to share with my friends and family!
Savory!
Sweet Please…Looks Yummy! :)
I’d pick the sweet set!
Oooo definitely savory. I’m not much of a baker, but I loooooove making dinner dishes.
Mmmm, I’m more of a savory kind of a girl. Shhhhh, don’t tell my husband I said that, he would not be happy to hear that he’s missing out on a chance for more sweets!
It would have to be the Sweet 10.
Love the sweet set!
SWEET! There is just something amazing about being able to make something sweet and spectacular that makes you feel good inside and out. Bonus: You can eat your mistakes!
As much as my life revolves around sweets, I think I’d have to go with savory this time!!
The best gift of all! I love getting books (especially cookbooks!)
If I get to choose, I’d probably go savory this time around… but either sets would be fantastic additions!
Sweet! Would love to have that gluten free cookbook.
Sweet please!
Sweet! I love to bake… I think my friends at school love that I love to bake too! Thank you Bakerella!!! :)
sweet sweet sweet!!!!
The Savory looks so good…….I would love to receive those!
savory please! Anything to help with dinnertime dilemmas:
I realize the savory set may be more practical, but I’d have to go with the Sweet Set!
Giving books is an excellent idea! Would love the sweet set
Definitely sweets!
The sweet ones would be amazing!
I like the Sweet set!!
Savory please! :)
Sweet for me, thanks :)
So many fun choices. I would love the savory choices.
Savory, please
Sweet!!!
Sweet please. Love to make and bake sweet desserts.
Hmm…I can’t believe I’m saying this, but SAVORY! I’ve been in a cooking rut with dinner lately….10 new cook books should keep that rut at bay for eons!
Would love the newlywed cookbook for my son and new daughter in law, but if I had to pick an entire set, sweet is for me! Yum!!
Sweets please! Thanks!
Honestly I went back and forth between the two sets for 10 minutes and I still couldn’t decide! I honestly would be happy with either set. I need all the help I can get in the kitchen!
Would love to win, sweets for sure, thank you for this fab giveaway.
Ooooh, so hard to decide, but I think I’d like the sweet set of books!
Definitely would LOVE the sweet! :)
SAVORY :))
Can’t say no to sweets! (And I’ve been wanting to try gluten free baking too.)
Sweet for sure! Candies and cookies and chocolates oh my!
How sweet it is to choose sweet!
I’d be happy with either but perfer Sweet please THX
Definitely want the sweet set! :)
Because I LOVE SUGAR, Sweet set would be awesome!!!!
Love to give books for the holidays…There are 2 on the savory list I would love to have and one my husband would enjoy!
sweet please….no, savory….no….ummm…..okay, make a decision already. okay, SWEET!!!!!!
I would love the sweet books!! Handheld mini pies!! OMG!!!!
That’s a tough call- I think this time I would choose the sweet.
Definitely Savory =)
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Has to be sweet for sure.
Sweet definitely!
omg!!!!!! sweet for sure. i love food but baking is so much more fun. hope i win!
So awesome! Savory. Pick me pick me.
Sweet!! Sweet!
Savory!
Either sounds fantasitic!
Sweet – that’s just so much more fun to make!
Savory!!
Sweet please! I don’t have your Cake Pops book…yet!
Oh my goodness i’d love either one!! I guess this time i’ll have to go with savory. yum.
Ooh, I would LOVE the sweet set! I definitely have a sweet tooth.
Savory! I’ve had Ruhlman’s 20 on my to read list FOREVER!
They both look amazing!! But I think I’ll go savory.
Oh Bakerella! So many choices..but truly, I have to go with sweet ~ and to narrow it down even further ~ I NEED your new Christmas cake pop book!!! You rock girl!! :)
Sweet! That’s what the season is all about, right?
sweets, sweets, sweets for sure!
Sweet! ;)
Sweet… why is savory even an option!?! Ha!
How can I choose one!? Oh my goodness! I’d have to say sweet though…I have a sweet tooth and I love to experiment with new ideas!
I will take the “SWEET” set please =) Thank you for always hosting such amazing giveaways!!
Sweet, please …. But the savory look awesome too!
Sweet, sweet, SWEET!!! =)
i recently retired and love to bake…so sweets please!
SWEET SWEET SWEET Pleaseee :) Thanks Bakerella
I’m a nut for sweets, but this time I’m going with savoury!
Ooo…the savory set, that’s for sure!
Sweet please.
So hard to pick! But I would definitely go for sweet!
SWEET!
I can cook the savory stuff… it’s the baking I have trouble with, and I need some practice!
Savory!
sweets for sure! :)
I would love to receive the savory set of cookbooks. I am making some Elmo cake pops for a twins 1st Birthday party. Wish me luck!!
SWEET and by the way you always have the best giveaways!!!
Bakarella is my sweet… I would say savory.
Sweet, of course! :-)
Savory. But the sweet would be a wonderful set too.
Definitely sweet!
It’s sweet for me!
Sweet! I love experimental baking with sweet treats!
I love all of them! but if I had to choose I’d go with the sweet group please! =)
Savory, most definitely!
savory ! i have too many sweet !
Definitely sweets!
Sweet!
That’s a difficult decision!
I would love to win the savory books!
Thanks for the contest!
Definitely the sweet set
The savory section looks pretty amazing to me. Thanks for the giveaway!
Sweet for sure!
SWEET!!
Sweet!!
Oh wow, I would love to get the sweet 10! A lot of those are already on my wish list. :)
I would like the savory one since I am a cook in need of a lot of help!! :)
Sweet, to satisfy my giant sweet tooth :)
Sweet please! Although that was a tough decision to make:/
I love sweets! (Mostly because I love your book.) I think sweets are super good and fun to make. I’m doing a bake sale next month and I’m planning on making Pie Pops!
I’m normally a sweets girl, but this time I think savory would be my pick (the TrueBlood books looks awesomesauce).
What a great giveaway!! I would love to win the sweet set.
What a fun giveaway! I love cookbooks and would love to add the SWEET titles to my collection! Thanks!
sweet, definitely
do you know how much weight i gained, just by looking at the covers
definitely sweet love baking sweet treats !! <3
What a great selection! I pick sweet please! :)
Sweet please. It’s my birthday on Thursday and I’m already dreaming about frosting and cake and….
Ooooooooh, I hope I win! Just give me a reason to bake!
:-)
I’d love to win the savory set!
Tough choice but think I’m going to have to go with……SWEET!
Both sets look amazing, but I’d love the Sweet set, please! :)
Savory! My blood sugar is acting up lately and all the sweet things might be too tempting, lol. Besides, 90% of my cookbook collection got ruined when my roof sprang a huge link & I need some basics again…
Wow, hard choice. But I think savory!
And some awesome ones that could be given at Christmas time!
Sweet – by my decision of the excellent cookbooks and by my blog, Bakerella – Flour or hand held pies
Hm, hard to choose…but I’d have to say savory!
They both look great but I think I will go with the savory please.
Savory for me please! Thanks for sharing the books! ;)
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I would like the sweet collection, pls.
The savory set!
Savory… need to battle the upcoming holiday sweets!
Definitely the SWEET set!
Thanks!
Oh, my! I was originally going to say sweet (Cake!), but then when I saw the books in the savory selection, at least 5 of the books would make perfect gifts for folks on my Christmas gift list. I’d definitely keep a few for myself (as a new fan of True Blood, that one’s a keeper), and tuck a couple away for future gifts (the next set of newlyweds would have a gift all set to go!).
Thanks for the chance to win a set!
Sweet looks delicious!
Savory… Especially the newly wed book my daughter’s getting married in February :)
Savory, my son loves to cook for his new bride would love Cook like a man to give to my son for Christmas
Sweet! We all need a little sweetness in our lives :)
Mmmm savory :)
Savory all the way, but mostly because I am on a diet and the other would just ruin all my hard work.
Savory please! Yumminess!
I love making sweets so sweet for me!
So tough but I would have to say SWEETS!
The sweet set please.
Sweet definitely! So many cute and interesting looking books! They make my mouth water just looking at them! :P
Definitely “sweet” for the holidays. Yum! Good luck all.
Sweets!
Though choice but, going with….Savory please! Mmmmm.
Such a hard choice. I guess if I had to pick a set it would be the sweet set. My daughters loves sweets!!
Savory!
I am definitely a sweet kind of girl!
Sweet!
I like the savory set
I’d love the Savory Set because I get all my sweetness from your blog!
Sweet yes sweet
Sweet!!! Lovin those cookbooks! :)
I love both!!! A little sweet makes the savory better and the other way around. Happy early holidays to all :)
My choice, SWEET.!
Definitely the “sweets” collection! Those incredible looking desserts will make the extra 5 holiday pounds soooo worth it!
Oooh! So hard to choose. I love sweets but those savory books look amazing also. I think I’d have to go with the sweets – especially for your book and the Tartine set – yum!
I don’t do as much cooking as i used to, but the sweet books are always a winner. I still bake for every occasion including those i make up a reason just to bake. Noone turns down a sweet, even a diabetic has to nibble a bite. Either set for me, please.
Hard to choose, but since I tend to be more of a baker than one that cooks a meal, I guess I would go with sweet. Thanks for the chance
Sweet! You’re amazing and I am having so much fun trying to follow your recipes….your books would be a great help!
I think I need to broaden my tastes, so I pick savory (I am a sweet food addict!). Thanks!
I am definitely a sweets girl through and through!
I would love to win the sweet set!!!
Especially the cupcake book!!!!!!:)
Hey, the deadline is my birthday! What a lovely gift that would be. ;) It’s a hard choice, but I think I’m going to go with… sweet!
Savory please! I do love sweet but could use some inspiration in the savory dept. I am always inspired to create the sweet stuff!
SAVORY!
The Chicken and Egg book looks interesting, but I would have to choose the sweet set. :-)
Sweet for me!
I love the sweets but, I saw the True Blood book, so now it’s a toss up!
Gifting books is a Christmas tradition in my family — I love that you’re encouraging others to do it too!
If I HAD to choose, I would pick the sweet set :)
This is a tough decision…….but I think I would have to lean toward SWEETS since it is so close to the Holidays.
My sweet tooth would never forgive me if I didn’t choose the sweet set…
Oh my,which to choose…..SWEET!
so difficult to choose, but I’d probably go with savory!
:)
Sweet Please!!! :-)
The sweet set!!
Oh, the sweet set! Please please please!
SWEETS! I love sweets! :)
They all look good, but I think I’d go for sweet. Perfect for the holidays!
Its sweet all the way- anything with chocolate!
I would love the Sweet collection!
Savory! Yum Yum!
Oh my goodness gracious you’re giving out books. I would like all of them, but since that’s obviously not going to happen, it’s sweets first!
Sweet please!!
I have to say, I would choose the SWEET books! I have a sweet tooth and love to bake. Thanks for the chance to win!
Savory! :-)
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I never win, but if i did I would pick sweet!! I would pick the cupcake book and the cookie party…but i really like all of them!
Always loved to bake and be creative. Now have a beautiful granddaughter who is two and cannot wait to make “sweet” things with her. I feel that is such a great thing, baking with the grandchildren. Cannot wait for more! Sweet it is for me. Also want to thank you for all your great ideas and recipes, I have had such enjoyment making them and enjoy watching everyone enjoy. That’s a lot of joy you bring! Thanks again! Happy holidays to you! I am from the northeast and we have gone through some rough few weeks but have so much to be grateful for! I am actually going to make some of your treats hopefully for the soup kitchen if they will allow. Thanks again!
Sweet :)
Ooooohhh—Sweet!
mmmm the sweet set!
I would love to have Hand Held Pies…….how simply delicious do they look!? Pick me! Pick me! :-)
All the books look great, but i would love the sweet set. I’ve wanted to start making my own bread, and ‘Tartine Bread’ would be a perfect place to start! Not to mention your new beautiful book that’s included in the sweet collection…
Sweets, hands down!
Have to go with the sweet collection as I have some of the savory ones already. Each group is wonderful!
The sweet set!
Savory – although they all look wonderful!
wonderful give away, I love them all, but since I have to choose I like the 1st group with all the cook books for people with a sweet tooth.
So hard to choose! But the savory set would get the most use from me!