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!! Thank you!
Sweet, definitely! :)
Sweet for sure! Goodbye diet!
I prefer the sweets pack
Sweet! Those books looks amazing!
mmmmh…. sweet please! I love to cook but baking is just more fun =)
Sweet! It would be awesome to win!
Would love the Sweet set to add to my collection!
SWEETS it is!!! Please.
Hope I’m lucky!
Sweet sweet sweet!
savory! oh my god I want the true blood cookbook!
Definitely sweet :)
Definitely the savoury set. They look so good!
As much as the savory set looks fantastic, my true passion is creating and gifting sweets…so, sweet cookbook set, please!
Savory!
Definitely a sweet tooth!!! Would love to win your cake pops holiday book!! Though the gluten free book would really be helpful… or maybe the sticky, messy, chewy and gooey or even the cupcakes book!!! So many to choose!!!!! Would love to win!!
Definitely sweet, because they are always great icebreakers at any events, and they instill in us a lingering sensation to want more after we leave.
This is such a hard choice! But I think I would go with savory…
SwEeT!!! Oh how I love me some sweets!!! xoxo
I love to make desserts and have a sweet tooth so I have to go with the sweet set.
I would go for the savory!
So nice to try recipes from cookbooks from other countries!
I love sweets and baking but I’ll go for savory because it’s a classic. <3
I just found about your website last week and because I'm inlove with sweets and I love baking so much, I can't stop visiting this site ever since. I hope I do win :)
Sweet por favor!
I’ll take the sweet books please. Yum! Yum!
SWEET please!
Hmmm….decisions, decisions! Sweet or savory, savory or sweet? I’ll have to go with savory this time. Pick me! Pick me! Pretty please :)
Oh crumbs… I have to pick between sweet and savory?! I want to pick sweet, but I already have so many sweet cookbooks I probably need savory more! Savory it is. I completely agree that books are a wonderful present. They are always on my list and I always end up giving a few books every year, too. This year I’m doing something kind of fun- I babysit a few different families who I am very close with, and I wanted to get them something for the holidays but I knew a toy wouldn’t have a whole lot of meaning (not to mention I feel like it just adds to the pile on the floor to clean up at the end of the day…). Anyways, I decided to knit them each a hat (5 hats total) and wrap up an old book from my childhood that they don’t have. They all love books, so I can’t wait to see what they think! None of them are quite old enough to cook yet… though sometimes they try to help (with often disastrous results), so I’m sticking to non-cookbook items for them. Handheld Pies and the Cheesemonger Cookbook are on my Christmas list, though! The last cookbook I got was Ad Hoc At Home for my birthday this summer. Such a great cookbook!
Sweet!!!!
I have to choose the sweet set, because there is no way I could say no to “Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey”! Also, the Cake Pops book is part of the package, so there’s nothing that could trump that.
I would like to win the sweet ones! :)
Sweet set, pretty please!
The Savory set! True Blood is amazing!
Wow – I can”t believe the number of comments! Thats amazing! Well done to you, that must make you feel wonderful to know that many people are out there reading and enjoying your words. I love the savory, chicken and egg book, it looks stunning xxBrenda
It will have to be sweet……good to see a gluten free book I’ve not seen before xxxx
sweet!! (:
Savoury please! Perfect way to brush up before Christmas :)
The Newlywed Cookbook is perfect for my friend’s up coming wedding! I would love to give this to her and her future hubby as a part of their wedding gift!
Savory for sure!!
Meats before sweets. I’ll take savory!
I love sweets and cook sweets all the time to share with others. However, I am very inexperienced at cooking meals. So I would go with the savory set because I can use all the help I can get to learn how to make yummy savory meals!
So hard to choose…I want both! But, you’ve included Ruhlman in the savory ten which sways me towards that set :)
I’m soOo SWEET, thanks for giving me a chance!
Sweet for this South African fan :)
The savory please!
Both sound wonderful! I think I would choose savory :)
sweet for me
I’m all for sweet! I just bought the French version of your cake pops book so the Holiday version may suit me ;-) I cross fingers….
My sweet tooth would die happy if I won the sweet set. I know it isn’t likely considering that random draws never like me, but a girl can dream. (I’m attempting to jinx myself, lets see if it works :P)
I love sweet set but I will go for savory set! :) After all, I’m in college and would love to look through recipe for some fun dinner to make! :)
Sweet! Yum yum, what a generous giveaway!
I have read little more than WSU nursing texbooks the last 2 years, would love to escape a little to my happy place with the ‘sweets’ set!
Thanks!
sweet all the way!
SWEETS!!!!! :)
SWEET!!! <3
Sweet please, but savory would be great too!
Thanks :-)
I love the sweets! Can’t wait to start baking this Christmas season…
I’d love the savory books!
Sweets hands down. More recipes the better, to cook for my honey’s staff :)
Hmm. I prefer sweets to eat but enjoy cooking more savory. Thanks for the chance
Love them both!! But sweet’s gotta win, they all look so gorgeous and perfect for Christmas!
Tough to choose… but I think I’ll go with savory!
I would love the savory set!
tough choice… but I’m more of a baker, so SWEETS please.
Sweet for sureee!!!
Sweet! Always sweet. I would really love the candy book!! :)
Saweeeet all the way !!:)
The sweets!!!
Sweet!
No.
Savory!
No…
Oh, jeez.
I THINK I WOULD TAKE ANY OF THEM! I can’t imagine how many things there are to cook or learn in either set. If I were lucky enough to be a winner I’d be so glad to host either set in my house – at least, until I decided which would be perfect gifts for a few friends and family members for the holidays!!!
Both are great but for such christmas time I’d prefer sweet, thanks. Good luck for all.
OMG!! I love these books!!
I would love to be a pastry chef some day….So I have to
go with sweet! XD
Sweet!!!
sweet for sure, definitely sweet :)
Sweet please. Thank you.
Which one to choose? They all look so great, but who could turn down something that look so sweet. Sweet it is.
Some great picks, I love the savory set given I have to make dinner every night and sweets unfortunately are only an occasional indulgence
SWEET!!!
Mmmm yum, I think I’ll try my hand at sweet. Thanks for the giveaway!
I would love the sweet set! Both sets did give me a few ideas for holiday gifts for family and friends, so thanks for the inspiration!
Love Sweets but I need a lot more help with Savory. So my pick would be Savory.
SWEET!
sweet! always sweet
sweeeeet! :)
sweet, please!! :)
gotta go with the savory because i make way too many sweet things. Love you sweet Angie!!!
Savory for me!
Wow! Both look amazing but i would definitely go with the SWEET SET…i hope to become a baker so they would help alot! Thanks so much Bakerella, you’re such an inspiration <3
Definitely sweet! :)
Brittles and barks – pleeeeeeeeessseee!!!!!!
Sweet! =)
Sweet for me!
The sweet set would be my favorite! Thanks so much for having this give away!
What wonderful books. Sweet and yummy.
Hmm.. very difficult decision, but I have to go with sweet!
Definitely sweets! Got stuck looking at the first picture for 5 minutes lol
but I’m liking those savory books! Especially the bon temps one :D
Sweet :)
SAVORY please! Thanks Bakerella for a great post and awesome Christmas gift giving inspiration!
The Sweet, absolutely!!
Sweet!
This giveaway is so… sweet!
Oh the savory set for me please. Either way ill be in the gym more often from making some seriously delicious food! Thank you!
Sweet!
What a great offer.
Oooh love SWEET!
Definitely the sweet set!
I had a hard time deciding, but I think Sweet set it will be!
Thanks for the great giveaway!
I’d love to win sweet then tell my dentist all about it :o)
The sweet set is so pretty! I’ve had my eye on the Flour book for quite some time.
savory looks good to me!
Wow…I think I’d say sweets. Both sets are incredible though!
Savory one please! :)
Though I really could/should work on the savory, my insatiable sweet tooth can’t resist…the sweet set, please!
Would love to get the sweet set. I’m currently in school for baking & pastry and would love to add these books to my collection.
Sweet – sweet – sweet for me please. YUM!!!!
Sweet. No question.
Would love the sweet and savory so who to choose? Sweet always wins out!
Savory, please :)
This one is tough but the moment I saw pasta, I love pasta, I knew I had to pick savory. I’m normally the only one in my family with a sweet tooth so with savory cook books that will be a win for everyone!
Savory!! Thanks :-)
Savory, my dream set of books!!
savoury!!
Ooooooo…You had me at “cookbooks”!!! I have a major addiction to cook books!!!! I really love them all, but the SWEETS would win! But who am I to pass up ANY cook books! The savory set is awesome too!
Savory! I love to read cookbooks .
So awesome! Savory. Pick me pick me.
Savory! Those books make my mouth water! :)
I wanna win, win win!!! As much as I like those Savory books, I think I want the Sweet set more!
I think SWEET would be great! Especially with the holidays around the corner!
Absolutely, without a doubt, sweet!
I would prefer the sweet, hands down!!!
savory sounds lovely.
sweet for sure!
Love Bakerella, love books and “Sweets”!
Thanks for the giveaway Bakerella! I love sweets but I will have to choose the savory set! Maybe I will get them!
I love sweets :)
Sweet, Sweet, Sweet!!
Sweet!!
WOW! These are such great books! As big as my sweet tooth is, I’d love the savory set. So many great choices! :)
TOUGH choice! I’m going with savory – too many sweets right now!
I would love to win the sweet
I’d like to win the savory set.
Oooh, my culinary juices are flowing! I think I’d choose savory, and I’m sure my waistline will thank me!
Definitely a hard choice, but Sweet please!!!!
I would absolutely loveeee the sweet books!! (:
Wow, look at all of those beautiful cook books. I’d love to have the savory ones, the pictures just look so enticing! Thanks for doing this contest!
Love Bakerella, cookies and cupcakes,
I am trying to start my bussiness from home,
this books can help, :)
Sweet, but oh, do the savory look inviting!
My sweet tooth would love the sweet cookbooks.
I’m a sweet girl!!!
Sweet, sweet, sweet!!! all i want for Chritmas is these!!! :]
I would love them both but would have to lean savory.
Sweet please!
SWEET PLEASE!
I think I have to go with Sweet!
Books really are the best gifts!! It’s the gift you can keep opening :). These collections look great! But I would totally love the sweet collection. I have a major sweet tooth and can never get enough cakes, cookies and chocolate!
Sweets for me, of course!
The sweet set calls to me :)
Sweet for me! But the savory looks fun too!
I would love to get the sweet set.
Oh definitely sweet!
I really would be happy with either, but if we have to choose, I guess I’m more of a sweets kinda gal.
Thanx for the give-away!!
P.S. Great blog, I come here often!
Sweet, definitely sweet.
Savory for me thankyou. I have a few of the sweet books in my collection already and, they are wonderful. Thank for this opportunity to enter and thankyou for providing this inspirational website.
I’m gonna have to go with SWEET SWEET SWEET!!!!
Sweet please!
Tis the Season for Sweet Sweet Sweets! Definitely the Sweet Collection would be a “treat” !!!
Sweet, Sweet, Sweet!
Savoury please :-) I cook so much more than I bake, even though I do really love sweet things.
Sweet! They all look great!
holidays are here!!
SWEET please!!
Sweet would be “Sweet”, but the Savory set would be awesome too, good choices Bakerella & thanks for the opportunity!
ohhh so hard, sweet or savoury mmmm. I am going savoury. Thank you great amazing give away.
I can’t resist a set of inspiring books for sweet confections! Thanks for the giveaway!!
Sweet for sure!
Sweet set!!! Everything looks amazinggg
Sweet! :)
Ooo…tough decision! But I think I’d like the sweet. It would make me think of Bakerella. :->
Sweet – of course! Is there anything else? Well, I guess there is, but Sweet is always “sweeter” than Savory!
Sweet, of course!! :)
Sweet, for sure! I like to cook, but I LOVE to bake!
Sweet for sure!
Sweet!! Mmmmmm
The Savory Collection looks interesting! Especially the cheese!,,,,,
Savory set!
I am totally a savory person but your creative cake pops etc have me saying SWEET! Thanks for sponsoring a promo :)
Sweet versus savory hmm…that is the question. I’ll eat either, but I can’t help but go with sweets. I find that desserts allow more creativity :)
Sweet! (although the savory ones look great too!)
Thank you for your generosity!!
Going to go the savory route…tough decision to make.
Definitely sweets!
Count me in, please. I desperately want to learn how to make the brownies in mugs featured on the cover of the first book!
Why, sweet of course!
I would normally say sweet, but my meals could use some help – savory!!
I think I’d prefer sweet.
Sweet!!!
Sweet, please!!!!!
sweet! definitely sweet!
Savory. I’d love some new dinner ideas!
Sweet! I can never have too many cookbooks!
Both sets look so great! But I’ve been eyeing most of those SWEET books for awhile, so i’ll go with that. Good luck to all!
What a great idea!!
Savory- I love baking and sweets, but what I always have a real need for every day is basic dinners and lunches.
I would LOOOOVE the sweets books!
SWEET, SWEET, SWEET, pretty please SWEET!! :)
I’d definitely take the Sweet collection! I have been on a sweets kick lately, and i already have several of the books from the savory collection! What a great selection.
sweet sweet sweet!!! baking is an escape for me, so i like making sweet treats instead of full-on savory meals