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!
As much as the sweet is tempting I’m going to pick the savory :)
Sweet! I’m absolutely all about the sweets! All day every day :) Fingers crossed!
Wow, I’d love the Savory Set! I’m getting hungry and inspired just looking at the covers…..
Totally torn but I think I’ll go with Sweet!
Sweet!! What an amazing group of cookbooks. Drooling… :)
Sweet please! I’m a total sweet tooth… *blush*
What a tough choice! But, I’ll take Savory please :))
Sweeeet please! Plus my mums gluten free so that cookbook would be a greaat christmas present :D
Both look amazing…! I would normally go for sweet, but today was my first day of working out in a long time, so I think I will have to say Savory;o).
Oh my god!!I need any of them!! Sweet one, i´d like any, they are awesome!
thanks!!
The first one because PIE. HANDHELD PIE. Mmmm.
Savory all the way! Yum yum!
Oh my, this was a hard decision. I love to cook and I love to bake. But I have tons of savory cookbooks and not enough sweet ones, sooooo… SWEET it is!
(Still a very hard decision.)
Wow – both sets look terrific. I would like the Sweet set a bit more ;)
Oh the Savory stack has piqued my interest!!! Off to check them out!!!
It’s so hard to choose, but I’m A sweets girl through and through! so i pick sweets!!!
Sweet of course!!
I have such a sweet tooth, but the savory also looks delicious.
I think I’ll go with sweet :)
Sweet, sweet, sweet all the way! :)
I love the looks of the sweet books, but while I feel somewhat accomplished in Sweets, Savory is an area I want to CONQUER! I say – Savory!!
Such a tough choice but….Savoury. Literally drooling looking at the covers
Hard to decide, loving to bake, i would have to choose
the sweet collection. How amazing of you to give us a chance to win!
I would love to win the savory books. Thank you so much for having this giveaway.
Either would be great but I would have to go with sweet.
Both sets look great, but I have to choose – sweets!
Would definitely have to be SWEET!
Wow, choosing is tough….ummmmm sweet it is!
What a fun and great idea for gift giving. :)
Savory, please!
The sweet set looks delicious!! So that would be the one for me!
Would love to be entered,…as you can see from my email addy–I AM very crafty!! Happy Turkey day!!
Sweet is my favorite.
The savory was tempting but I’d go with the Sweet – I could have so much fun!
I will tell you if I win :)
So hard to choose! All the covers look so pretty and interesting. I’ll go with Sweet, since I am wanting Bakerella’s newest book under my tree.
Savory would be fun, but I have the biggest sweet tooth!! So sweet it is!! :D
I’m thinking the sweet set!
Happy Holidays and thanks for being YOU!
I’d love the sweet set!
Savoury this time as I already have most of the sweet as I have a baking recipe book addiction!
They both look wonderful, but I’d chose savory.
I would have to go savoury, I already have most of the sweet as I have a baking recipe book addiction!!
I would absolutely love to have the sweets group. That would be awesome!!!
Sweet please! Such fun!
SWEET! I will never be able to get enough dessert cookbooks in my repertoire.
Ahh…such a tough decision…I would love both sets but if I had to pick one it would probably be Sweet…the hand held pies and cake simple one look amazing!
Oh my, what great books! I’d have to go with the sweet set :)
What a great giveaway. I’d love to win the savory set.
I love love sweet stuff!!!….. so uhmmm…. ill go with sweet
Sweets! :)
My wife would want sweets!
sweets! :)
Both look marvelous but if pressed I’d have to choose savory. Thanks!
Sweet please!!! They look amazing!
Sweet. Please and thank you.
I am definitely a savory kind of girl, please. =)
Not that I don’t drool over your cakepops. I mean, they do keep me coming back time and again! ha.
I think I’d have to say Savory, as much as I love to bake… but what an awesome giveaway!
Sweet. Only for my wife :)
Though I do love my sweets, I gotta go with the savory collection of books.
Sweet, definitely. They all look like a great collection.
Savory! Yum (though really 5 and 5 would make the perfect meal…)
Definitely the sweet set. I love to bake!
Sweet, please! But they all look SO good! And now I’m hungry. :)
Savory! I’m a cupcake fanatic but since I’m a brand new wife (4 months!) I could probably use a little help from the Newlywed book :)
–Amanda
I would love the sweetsssss..
Since I should probably eat less “sweet”, I’ll pick savoury! Great giveaway!
Oh man…this is so hard to choose between the two! Can we do like a half and half deal? Haha. Both sets look amazing, but I guess I would say the sweet set. <3
Sweet, no question!
I would love to give The Cheesemonger’s Kitchen as a gift – I have a friend who would adore it!
Sweet selections, please. What a great giveaway, thanks!
Sweet.
i love to get books as gifts
Oolala i’d go for sumthin’ sweeeeet
SAVORY! Mmm…
Sweet!! These would come in handy for holiday parties!!
Sweet. Since I read all cookbooks like novels and I actually use more savory recipes, it makes me love the sweet recipes all the more. Thanks for the offer!
Bakerella,
I love using your blog for all my baking needs, so would love a set of your savory cookbooks. (As a college grad, I think it’s about time that I stop eating out and substituting cookies for dinner!)
Thanks for your wonderful recipes and blog entries!
Oh goodness… either would be great, but I think I have to go savory as I constantly buy the sweet ones. Variety is the spice of life!
Oh wow, this is so awesome! I’m torn, but gonna go for SWEET!
Would love the savory.
Sweets! I’m trying out gluten-free living, so the gluten-free baking excited me.
Savory please! They look amazing. I wouldn’t get any housework done for a year!
Definitely the SWEET!
Love them all! Just took a bite of my screen…
I would definitely pick the sweet!
Both sets look absolutely wonderful but I would have to pick sweet…just looking at the covers are inspiring me to bake delightful treats!:)
Oooh – it’s a toughie. They all look wonderful! I think I’d have to opt for the sweet, though… :)
Something sweet to make jury duty better!
Savoury all the way!!!
I have to pick one?!?! Both look luscious – but I think I may choose the savory ones…but the sweet is great too!
I think i would definitely prefer the savory.
I need the sweet please!
There’s no such thing as too much chocolate! I’d love the sweet selection! Thanks so much!
Those cookies and cupcakes sure look yummy! I’d go for the sweets!
Sweet set because it includes the Cake Pops book!
Both are great, but the winner has to be savory! Happy Thanksgiving and beginning of the holiday season!
Savory!
The cheesemongers and newlywed cookbooks tipped me over the edge (as I’m getting married soon)!
Definitely the sweet! With all those holidays coming up we’ve got lots of baking going on!
Sweeeeeeet!!
It’s hard to choose, but I choose savory.
Sweet, for sure! Thanks for the great book ideas!
The Sweet Set please!
Savory
I’m absolutely dying over these sweet selections!!! My three little girls would LOVE those adorable cupcakes!
The sweet set, the gluten free one in particular, Please!!
Sweet! ?
Such a difficult decision! I love the savory ideas, but I think I’m leaning towards sweet! Can’t ignore these cravings!
I would say go for the sweets, but my husband is eyeing me and shouting “SAVORY” since those cookbooks look awesome and if I can get him to cook then it will all be worth it! :)
sweet, for sure! :)
Sweets!!!
i would love the sweet set :)
The sweet set!!! Thank you!!
wow! these look amazing. I would love the “sweet” books for my family to use!
Sweet!
Sweet, definitely!!
I would love the savory group! I am doing more cooking it seems and would love some of the ideas. People will buy me sweet cook books…but I would love some savory ones!
SWEET for sure :) I need some new ideas for an upcoming cookie exchange party.
Delicious sweets! I want to bake for Thanksgiving!
I should pick savory, but it’s gotta be sweets!
The sweet books! This is a baking blog, of course I want the sweets!
Of course it’s the sweets!! These all look so yummyyyy~
The sweet would really make my holidays brighter!
The sweet one! How can anybody want the savory one?! ^^
Im all in for a new cookbook anytime … sweet or savory… I love sweets and savory for hubby… Thanks for this chance to win.. Happy holidays Bakerella !! :)
Sweets for me please!
I am always buying SWEET baking books. So this time around I would def go for SAVORY!! Pretty pretty please!!
Send sweets to the Netherlands please!!! :)
I LOVE cookbooks and have to go with sweet! I want them all, what a great collection you have shown!
The savory books. I typically prefer sweets, but should start working on more savory dishes.
It would be great to win books about sweets!
SWEET type of chick.. specially since my son loves to help mommy bake :)
Wow- hard to choose for someone who already has over 100 cookbooks (obviously nothing close to you – but you give me something to aspire to while my family teases me)! I ‘d have to choose savory – that collection includes James Beard, Ruhlman – and many other choices I wouldn’t pass up!!
SWEET! They all look fabulous!
who could turn down the sweet books?
Definitely sweet!!! These books look amazing! I would love to win!
Definitely sweet!
Guys always go for the Savory!
Would love to give those to my daughter!
What a fun idea! I’d pick savory :-)
That gluten free book looks VERY interesting! Along with your book of course!
How could you only choose 10!!!!
I have a love for cookbooks and not always the cash to endulge….so this would be wonderful to win either set! If I have to choose – SAVORY, please?
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity.
Would LOVE to look through those!!!
LOVE cookbooks!
I would love the sweet set.
savory, i don’t need any more reasons to eat sweet! plus i’ve been eyeing chicken and eggs and that pasta one looks incredible!
They both look great, but I’d go for the savory, I think…
Beautiful cookbooks. ! Savory please .
Sweet all the way baby!!!
sweet !please :)
Such a hard choice, but alas, I think savory would be my favorite! Great contest!!!
Savory! Looks like a great selection to build my meager skills!
Such a hard choice, but since I need more help with cooking than baking I will go with Savory please :)
Savory please!!!!!!!!
If I won, I’d love you to pick one for me! A surprise is super fun, and both sets look amazeballs!
Savory! As much as I love sweets, I need more help when it comes to cooking things other than dessert!
Sweet please !!
Savory!
I would love the savory set of books :)
Sweet!
They both look amazing but I like baking more so I’d have to choose the sweets!
Hard choices, but the sweet books, for sure!
I’d say savory, definitely! Such great books. I love the give books idea!
Sweet please! Thanks :)
I think I’d say savory – much to my children’s disamay!
Sweet!!!
Savory!
Most definitely sweet!! I love baking! Cooking too but baking more!…much more.
Sweet please! Thanks to L and you I have an obsession with sweet recipes.
Love to have the SWEET books…
Savory
The sweet books!
Oh my, those Sweet books look so good!! makes me feel like baking!
Sweet!
Savory please! Either set would be amazing! (I would split it… keep some, gift some…)
Sweet would be great!
I think both sets are nice, but I’m gonna have to go with the sweet set. They just mesh with my lifestyle ha ha
Great books! I’d love the SWEET ones! Thanks.
Yum! Sweet please!
It would definitely have to be the first group. First there’s that Gluten Free baking book which I would love and then of course there’s your ‘new’ book which is a must have!! Hope you choose us!!
Sweet, like this giveaway!!!
Would love the SWEET selection of books! I’m hosting my first Cookie Exchange this year and that specific book looks perfect!
By the way, I love your site! This is always my first stop when I need to bake something delicious to bring somewhere, or when I just have a sweet tooth :).
I would love to win one of the sweet books! I love the idea of the cookie exchange book. It is one of my life dreams/goals/ambitions to be able to host a cookie baking weekend in my home for close family and friends before the holidays in the future! sweets please!
Hmmm…that’s a seriously tough choice, but I think I’d have to go with SWEET! I’ve been wanting several of those books for a while, so this would be super exciting!
Thanks so much!
-Erica
Savory!
I’ll go with the sweet please.
Sweet! This would be soo great. :)
By the way, this is okay for international shipping right???
The sweet set looks amazing!
Wow I would love either one of the sets. I have been collecting cookbooks for a while and my collection will never be complete, there are so many amazing cookbooks out there!
If I had to absolutely chose one it would be the sweet one – only because I’m crazy about anything sweet!
PS: I loved meeting you in Miami! thanks for coming :)
Normally I would go with sweet but the savory is way too good to pass up!!
I would love the sweet set. I am entranced by the handheld pies!
Savory :)
Dear Bakerella,
this is a very fine collection. I can barely decide which one I like best but since I have a sweet tooth, I am going with “sweet”.
Best wishes,
Julia
These just look so beautiful and you have chosen such a amazing collection of books that addresses all sub-sets of either savory or sweet .. I’d love to get the sweets one, if only to just keep staring at the pictures;
The sweet set would be great!
Hard to pick! But I’d go sweet – love those beautiful covers!!
I would LOVE to win the Sweet books. I absolutely love baking!
So hard to choose, but I think I’d pick Savory this time!
Sweet of course….alll the books look amazing!!!!
I’d so love the savory set (it was a tough choice though)! Oh so many good recipes for delicious meals <3!
I would enjoy seeing the sweet cookbooks…..so would everyone else around here! Thanks!
Yum! this is the struggle I go through every time I go out to breakfast! I’d go with savory.