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!
OH MY YUMMY GOODNESS!!! :) Both sets look amazing, but I’m a sweet tooth at heart!! OH the sweety goodness!! :) Thankyou so much for the chance to win! :)
I love sweets, and I love to bake so my choice is obviously the sweets choice.
Always Sweet!… But I’m loving the Pasta of Italy book…
Next to cakes, pasta is my weakness :)
The sweet set for sure
oooohh! savory! those eggplants look delicious! :-)
Wow they both look amazing, but the sweet set has a gluten free book that would be a great gift to give my brother, too! So sweet it is!
Wow! what an awesome set of books!! I love the sweet ones! I have a gluten allergy but bake for others who don’t I love that you incorporated both a gluten free book and regular books as well
I love the savory but I would make some of my friends very happy if I win the sweets- so sweet it is!!!!
They all look so good…but we are a sweets lovin’ family over here.
They all look great, but I’d have to go with SWEET!
Gotta have sweet!
SWEETS!!!! Such a great selection!!!
I love them all but I’d have to go with sweets. :)
Sweets sweets sweets !
Wow they all look like amazing cookbooks! I’d be happy with any of them! Usually I’d pick a sweet cookbook, but I’m getting married in June, so the newlywed cookbook would be fun!
I would love to get the sweet books….who am I kidding, I would love the savory to.
Sweet! I love baking and winning these books would be absolutely amazing.
Sweet! I love baking and winning these books would be absolutely amazing.
Either would be fantastic butch will go with sweet!! Thank you!!
I think I’d be headed for trouble if I went the sweet route, so Savoury it is!
There is no chance i might win… But sweet :)
I LOVE cookbooks and would definitely say Sweet!
defintly sweet sweet sweet! !! :)
Sweet,please! Be still, my sugar loving heart :D
Absolutely the sweet set!
Sweet, all the way:D
Both look amazing but I would have to go with sweet!! :)
Savory for me today please
I want want sweet.
Without a doubt the sweet set. Those handheld pies look amazing!
sweet all the way!!!
SWEETS!
definitely Savory!
Sweet.. I like sweet stuffs esp i am sweet tooth kind of person. =)
Though I’m a sweet tooth, I think I’ll settle for savoury and especially “Plenty” the vegetable recipe book as I wish I could cook and eat more vegetables.
There’s always something a bit gloomy -to me – in recipe books branded as “vegetarian” or “vegan” and vegetables are so often considered only as side dishes that they don’t get proper attentions.
This book seems like vegetables are the stars!
Oh, so hard to choose but I´ll go for the savory.
What beautiful and lucuious books. I hope the giveaway is for at over the world. i would love the sweet books :)
I would love to have the Sweet set!
With all the baking I already do, I would die for that Savory set!!! =D
Awww! Obviously sweet! <3
i would definitely like the sweet books because i want to learn to make new desserts
I LOVE books! Would love to have the Savory 10! :)
Looking at those books made me hungry for a giant dinner with an all night dessert making session in my kitchen! YUM! Make mine sweet. Savory is fun, but sweet is better :) Thanks for hosting such a great giveaway!
THE SWEET SET <3
Savory, savory, savory! Oh pleaaaaaaaaaaase let me win!
Sweet for sure !!! fingers crossed lol….
Savory, please :)
I would definitely want the sweet set! mmmmmmmmmmmmm
My gosh everything looks good!
I’ll have to say “SWEET!”
This was hard one, I would choose savory, because I LOVE savory food, but I have to say sweet only beacause the Gluten-Free cookbook.
My mom, my brother and my sister have Coeliac disease and I’m always looking for new gluten-free cookbooks and this one is totally new for me!
Oh how I would LOVE the sweet !!! I am a new baker and want to try so many new things
Sweet! I love making sweets for my sweet.
And our families.
And friends.
And coworkers.
Okay. I love making sweets for anyone with a mouth.
Come on Sweet !!! those book look amazing :)
The sweet set for me, please!:)
Wow! That’s really all I can say. Wow, what an opportunity! Wow, what a great group of books! Wow, these are going to make some people really happy! Sure hope one of them is me – and savory would do it! Thanks.
The Sweet books look fabulous! And I know I’d make (and eat!) every single recipe!
sweet please! I love baking sweet treats ;D
Savory or sweet what a treat!
Sweet!
Sweet for sure!
They are both so awesome! UMMMM, I ‘ll go sweet this time around.
I would love to win the sweet set of books. Thanks for the chance to win!
Savory if I can :D
I would love to win the “Sweet” books collection.
Thanks !
Mmmm…. I’m into savory right now.
The sweet set, of course! :)
Both sets look great, but I prefer sweet :)
SWEET…..please :)
Savory please!!! although if I could have five sweet and five savory I would!
Definitely Sweet!!! Thank you for such great giveaways!
SWEEEEEEEETTTTTTT and a little savory ;)
Either set would be awesome… But the sweet set looks so onolicious (delicious)!!!
Pasta AND True Blood?? Savory please!
WOW THATS AMAZING!! i think i would have to go with sweet!! :D
Oooh..Such a hard decision. I’m more of a baker than a cook though, so I’d go with sweet :)
Definitely sweet!
sweet…. ;D
I would love to win sweet set of books.
Thank you for great giveaway!
Sweet !!! Oh how I would love to check them all out :)
ahhh! Why do I have to choose?! But since I’m trying to grow my sweet cookbook collection, that’s what I’ll choose!
Sweet, for sure. I have been coveting Tartine and Flour for a very long time.
All the books look amazing, but SWEETS are my passion. I choose SWEETS
Sweets. Definitely sweets. Four out of the ten are currently on my Amazon wishlist. Here’s to hoping… :)
I’m in a savory kind of mood today, but tough choice!
Savory, thanks for the opportunity to get such a gift
Sweets please!
sweet, please.
Mmmmmmm….. How could I ever say no to the set of sweets books?! I wouldn’t mind the savory either but….. the sweets have definitely caught my heart!
Tartine!!! I go to their bakery once a week! it’s simply the best!
Sweet! Got me at Gluten Free…
Sweet for me!
Sweet please!
SWEET I’VE BEEN A FAN FOR YEARS NOW ^^ such an inspiration!
Hmmm…they both look so tempting, but I’ll go with sweet this time. :)
savory please
I would love either set, but if I have to choose, I’d choose sweet.
It is hard to pick but I would have to say the sweet set. I saw one in there that I would love to give to a friend. I am always trying to find her gluten-free recipes and treats!
usually i lean towards the sweet, but this time i’ll go with savory! i’m going to be moving into my first apartment next year, and currently cook for my boyfriend and his roommates a lot, so i could use all the help i could get to make some new and tasty things! :)
Savory! Savory! Savory!
sweets!! always the sweets!
The Sweet group! The gluten free book looks fantastic!
omgosh….i would LOOOVE LOOOVE LOOVE to have the sweets set……the savory would be nice too….but I really MUST have the sweets set!!
Oh I could devour both! I must admit, however, that savory set is very intriguing and different than my usual buys. Mmm!!
Oh what a tough decision! Both sets look delicious, but since I follow so many great dessert blogs (gotta say I love your blog and use your ideas the most) and need more dinner ideas, I’m going to go with the Savory book set. :)
I have so many sweet cookbooks, my savory collection is lacking. So I’ll have to go with savory this time. :)
Both sets look amazing, but I have to go with the sweet..
The sweet set would be sweet! :)
The sweet ones are soooo tempting but I’d have to go with savory!
Definitely sweet! :)
Sweet! Every Christmas I buy another sweets book!
Sweet sweet sweet fairy all the way,u rock bakerella!
I need to cook more
The cover for plenty makes me really want to eat my vegetables
They all look great but I would absolutely have to say………… SWEETS set!
I would loveee the sweet books!!!
sweet sweet sweet!
Definitely sweet!! I’m always looking for new recipes to try and these books would be perfect! :)
sweet !!!
Sweets, of course!
Five of each? hahaha! They all look like fun, but we mostly use recipes for yummy baking so it has to be sweets!
both look like an amazing addition to any cookbook collection but i’m much more of a sweets baker than a savory chef. i’d love the sweet bunch!
I would love any of these, but I’m more on the sweet side. ;)
Sweet! Love the desserts!!!
oooh… i love sweet :D
What a decision. Um……….savory. Clicking submit before I change my mind! Thanks for the opportunity. Love your blog!
I’m always for the sweet. No brainer!
Definitely sweet for me, especially like the cake pop one!!
Sweets and more sweets!! I’ve been eyeing most of those dessert ones!
Savory please!
Gosh! All of these look fantastic. As an English teacher I LOVE books, but I don’t own any cookbooks yet :(. I think the Sweet set looks full of absolutely delicious recipes!
OMG! I LOVE these books! They look awesome! Especially the gluten-free one for my friend! I’d like the sweet one please! :D
I cook a lot of sweet so I would like to see more recipes for savory!
Ooooh! The sweet one of course!
sweet!
So hard to choose….
Sweet. No, savory. No, wait. Hmmm.
Sweet!
Savory!
Sweet, sweet, sweet!
Uh, do you even need to ask? SWEET!!!!
I would love the sweet ones!
Savory please! :DD
Wow, what a hard choice! I usually go for sweet, but I like a lot of those savory selections, so I’ll have to go with savory.
Sweet!
I had to flip a coin… sweet won! Beautiful books. I’d be happy with either group! Thanks for the chance to win.
Savory!
I love to bake and I collect cookbooks. The sweet would be great additions,
Savoury, please!! I need something to help me stray away from my sweet tooth!
Wow! Savory for me! What an incredibly difficult decision.
Sweet all the way!
I’d love to win the savory set! What a fabulous giveaway!
Oh my goodness! They all look absolutely yummy! However, since I am a sugar addict I should probably opt for the sweets set. Yum! Baking sweets seems to be more fun too!
Sweet, oh Sweet bakerella! I would rather bake something sweet than cook something savory.
sweet set please <3
i have the biggest sweet tooth so this one’s a no brainer. SWEET please! and thank you! :)
I’ll have to go with sweet!
Savory!
Sweet please!
Oh my… definitely Sweets!
Ooh, I choose SWEET. This is a very generous give away. Thank you.
I’m a baker at heart so I’m going to have to go with sweet!
Sweet!
Sweet for sure!
Savory set for sure! I still have a lot to learn about cooking!!
Didn’t even have to think about that one. Sweet!
I’m a sweet tooth so it would be awesome to win the sweet package
Savory! I’ve been meaning to eat more vegetables, so Plenty looks just about perfect– and I know a pair of newlyweds very into cooking (they make their own vegetable stock!) so I might pass on the love by giving them that book. =)
Sweet! I can see ones I’d love to keep and ones my friends would adore!
Oh for sure the sweet set!
You always have the best giveaways, now if I could just win one! :)
It would def be the sweets one….. mmmm chocolate!
The sweet books look amazing!
Hard to tell!!! I probably would have more use out of the savory, but the sweet one looks yummy!! :)
Savory! I actually gave the newlywed book as a wedding gift
I wish I could get a mix of savory and sweet…but I would go for sweet!
Definitely sweet! I may have to pick up some of these myself regardless of winning or not!
The savory would be awesome, especially for the True Blood one!
Love me some sweets!
Don’t have to think twice about this one…it’s gotta be sweets!
Sweet!!! no doubt :)
I’d like to enter the sweet set please!
I’m on a diet so…SWEET!
I’ll go with sweets! Thanks for the giveaway!
sweet sweet sweet!
I love sweets! I’ll go with the sweets! Thanks for the giveaway! :)
LOVE both sets, but as always the sweeter the better! ; )
Sweetie tweetie, pleasy!
I think I’m gaining weight just looking at those pics :)
Those look great! I’m definitely for Sweet
S.W.E.E.T. That would be very sweet to get!
ooh savory for sure
I’d love to win the sweet set! These look awesome!!
sweet.. every time.. i love savory things.. as a baking and pastry student, I’ve made plenty of savory things this past year that have been delicious… but I still have to go with SWEET!!!
fhjgrvfyhgbfrhjbfv jblvjgblgvbjdjcbhd!!! omg. I would love to win the sweet set! no words!!! (thank you!)
sweets ofcourse :)
I would love to have the Sweet set!! It would be a dream come true!
Decisions, decisions. My hips don’t need the sweets but I was drooling as I scrolled through. My boys would love the Savory so Savory will be my choice.
Definitely sweet!
I have such a habit of reading books after the kids have gone to bed, and both sets of books look great, I would like the savory set if I HAD to choose! Thaks.
All the books look amazing, but I’d have to go with sweet! I can already see who would receive a few of them :-)
Oh dear, is that a True Blood book I see? :D hahaha that’s awesome.
Although the savory books look awesome, I’m going to have to go with Sweet. I MEAN LOOK AT THOSE COOKIES :D. How could you go wrong with something like that :D
I can’t decide! I looooove sweet, but it would be good to have a diverse group of savory books to go to for dinner…. Savory it is!
SWEET, all the way!
Sweet ones sound awesome!!
Oh wow, I love both sweet and savory…but in the end I have to go with SAVORY!!!!!!!!!!