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 love sweets, but would want the savory cookbooks, I need some new recipes!
Sweets all the way!!!
Gotta love that Sweet set!
Sweet for me!
Savory, please!
Sweet for sure! Even though I have 3 of the 10 books already (one of them is your Holiday Cake Pops), I would love to get my hands on the rest – especially the Tartine boxed set!
Sweet! Fun giveaway!
Savory!
Both Sets of books are amazing.. but I would have to choose Savory!
What a fabulous group of books, both of them. If I had to choose, I’d go for the sweet one…
Savory! They look amazing!
Sweet of course would be such a sweet treat!
I would LOVE the savory set. I especially like the true blood cookbook and know exactly who to give it to. :-)
OOOOH….how to choose? If I had to pick, I guess it would be the Savory…but both would be awesome :p
Wow! Such great book titles. I would be honored to win any of them. I think I would go Savory – some of those books would be such a great addition to my cookbooks!
SWEET!!!
Oh wow! All 20 books look amazing, but I think my collection of books would benefit from the savory books more. I need to check some of these out!
Those savory books look amazing – I’d love to win them! :)
sweet, sweet, sweet. definitely sweet! ?
I’m all about the savory set of books … yum!!
I’m all about the “pint size sweets!” Maybe that’s because I’m 4’10 and have a nice little sweet tooth. ;)
Savory, please…
I would love the savory set. I also love sweets but the savory books look very tempting right now!
BOTH, but as that’s not an option…Savory. As much as I love the sweets, the savory would get more use in my house.
Oh, they all look so good. I drooled more over the sweets so sweets it is! Those hand pies look awesome! What a fantastic giveaway – not sure I’d be able to gift any of these…all mine!
savory, please! i’m curious to see what Esquire considers “man food.”
Sweet….definitely!
Oh my! There are books that look good from both sets! But I’d have to go with sweet since that’s what I bake the most.
I would love the sweet set, it looks awesome.
Thanks,
Ohhh so many great books! I am adding a bunch of these to my amazon wish list! If I HAVE to choose, I would love the savory set :)
Sweet Please!
I would LOVE the sweet set, but I think I need more help in the savory department. My family would appreciate some new dishes. So, it’s savory for me. Thanks Bakerella and Chronicle Books!
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!
Savory please!
Yum!
Sweet please : )
Savory is my favorite set since I have a few of the sweet. Wow, I just found some great books for Christmas gifts, and LOVE the free shipping. yea. Thanks for this post.
Awesome giveaway! I would love the savory cookbooks!
Sweet!
I would love the SWEET collection I’m currently a pastry student at le cordon blue and these books would be great to expand my pastry knowledge. :)
Truly, I would love them all! But I will choose the Savoury collection.
Thank you for the opportunity! <3
I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but Savory please! (The Sweets would also be welcome)
Such a hard decision! But I do love to bake. Sweet!
S-a-w-e-e-e-e-t!
yum.
This is awesome! Sweets for me please!
I think I would choose the savory. My meals are in such a rut!. I could use some new main stays at my house!
What a tough choice! But I think I’d have to go with the sweet stuff!!
I would love either set. I love to bake, but I have been trying to make the whole meal and the desert. I would be thankful for either one. Thank you for offering.
P.S. I can’t wait to meet you at your book signing in Houston.
:-)
Savory please!
Tough decision – I would be happy with either. But I am leaning more towards the sweet side, even though I probably shouldn’t. :-) Thanks for the chance to win!
Wow, they both look amazing! I have to go with sweet, especially since there is a gluten free one!
I grew up in a bakery…but those savory ones have me drooling!
Ohmygoodness, this is a hard question because you chose such great books ! BUT, I’m going to have to go with Savory because I must have that True Blood cookbook … !!!
It’s so hard to make a choice between the sweet and savory set, but I think I’ll have to go with the savory set.
Sweet!
SaVoRy Please! Thank you ^_^
I think I’ll have to go with the sweet but that is definitely a tough choice!
What a fun idea for sure!
Yum! The books look so good.
Sweet for me please : )
They all look so wonderful! But … I think I’m leaning more toward the savory books. =)
Sweet, please! I love to bake stuff for family & friends, so this would be a perfect addition to my collection!
Sweet for me please!!
What a great collection of books!! I love sweet but I think my other cooking skills need some help so I would say savory!
Ooo, the sweet books look lovely, but I have to go with the savory. The Cheesemonger’s Kitchen? Yes please!
The Sweet set…I’ve got such a sweet tooth. :)
Sweet! Most definitely. These look like such fun books! And ten of them! What a cool giveaway. :)
I may die and go to heaven if I could get my hands on all of those sweet cookbooks!!
I might be a baker by trade but those savory books make my heart sing.
I think that’s the age old question for me….sweet or savory, sweet or savory??? But I think I’ll have to give in to my sweet tooth and say I’d rather have the sweet ones!! ;D Now excuse me while I go make your cowgirl cookies for some friends… :D
I like to eat savory food, but I think I’ll go for sweet, since I really love baking.
Savory!!
SWEET! Yummy!
Although I would love the sweet, I think I NEED the savory!!
Definitely the sweet, for sure…as evidenced by my growing butt! haha
Savory, please! These all look great!
I think the savory set seems sublime, so single out me for the surprise!
Sweet, its gotta always be!
Definitely SWEETS please!!! The covers just make my mouth water!!
Sweet!!! :)
Sweet, of course! Love me a warm, right out of the oven cookie.
Oh my, I collect cookbooks and those all look amazing!! I’m drawn to sweets, though, so that’s what I’d choose.
Oh, savory for sure. So many opportunities lurking in those books!!
Awesome! I would like to win sweet :)
Wow! What a fun giveaway! I LOVE books; definitely in the bookworm category. I would have a hard time choosing either set. They both have a lot of good cookbooks in them and I would like to use either set for Christmas gifts. Surprise me! :)
Savory. I have enough sweet books (although, you can never have enough and my amazon wish list says otherwise). I think it’s time for some savory books.
sweet please!
Savory, please. Thank you. :)
Well sweets, of course!
Savory!!!
Savory please!!!!
oh, the sweet ten, definitely!
omnomnom….
This is so hard to choose. I love cookbooks. I like to read them like regular books. I would like both sets but since I have to choose one it will be sweet!
I would select savory since most cookbooks I currently own are all mostly sweet. Thanks!!!!
Books are def. the best present. While all the other kids would be disappointed about the hard, square gifts under the tree, those were the ones that excited me the most. (Sweet)
Sweet! :)
WOW! Sweet please! Several of these have been on my list for a while! Thanks!
What a collection! I’m going with the savory.
Sweets please! They all look amazing though!
SWEET!!! Every blog i follow (which i started with yours :) )
is baking, cookies, cakes, etc.
I’d go with sweet, but would be grateful for savory as well. Put me in the running for both!
Sweets. Hands down. With the holidays coming up, perfect time to test out some new recipes.
Sweet has my mouth salivating!
The set of 10 sweet ones for sure!
I hope I win!
Thank you so much for this opportunity, you are awesome! As for my choice I would have to go with “Dulce” for sure… Sweet!
I LOVE the Sweet set but I have to go with Savory.
Sweet, please!
Sweet. I love sweet treats ;)
Savory for sure!
Savory for sure!
Sweet!!!
definitely wanna have the sweet set!
I love food! Sweet, savory, spicy and fun! I’d be happy to win any book! Thanks for hosting a wonderful website!
I’d love to win the savory cookbooks!
The sweet set!!!
I would love to win the savory! i need to build up my savory recipe collection.Those books look amazing!
Sweet for sure!
Sweet! Just to give myself even MORE temptation!! : )
Savory! I would love to give the True Blood book to my best friend! Even if I don’t win the give away, I am still going to buy it and give it to them! Thank you for the great idea!
Awesome books! I would have to say Savory.
I’ll love to get the sweet ones and give then to my girlfriend! She absolutely love make sweets and I love to eat them!
Sweet…hands down! :)
Sweet, please, (with sugar on top)?
Books are the best for giving and receiving ; ) Definitely a sweet tooth gal! Thanks.
I’ll love to get the sweet ones.
Sweets! Definitely sweets.
I’d love to make anything from the savory set!
My mouth is always sweet, I need the sweet ones.
That looks incredible, the sweet ones look great!
The sweet set!
I would say sweet :D Love it!!
thanks for the give books!
Great giveaway! Savory please. :)
Those savory books look amazing!
it’s so hard to choose! but I’ll keep up with the sweet set for sure.
Ooo, I’d take either set, but my sweet teeth are screaming for the sweet ones. ;)
The sweet set of course! I can’t wait.
so hard to choose they all look so delectable!!! I think I would choose the sweets though… that first one about the gooey and chewy looks divine!!!
They both look amazing…! But I’d have to take SWEET!!
As much as I love sweets, I’m going to have to go with savory on this one! The cookbooks look amazing!
would love to win the sweet set
Definitely sweet! They would go well with my sweet tooth :) Really need to bake more and they would give me the perfect excuse!
Sweet!!! :)
These are awesome! I love to bake so I would take the sweet books any day, but the savory ones are oh so tempting!
I would love to give the Guten Free Baking book to one of my dearest friends. I know she would be so pleased!
This is a though one because both lists are awesome. But I would have to go with SWEET. I just love baking so it would be more down my alley.
Thank you so much!
Ohhhhhhhh, I want the sweet books! Several for me and the rest for gifts. I would make lots of people happy!!!!!! :-)
Sweet please.
Sweets!
Sweet for sure! My family is too picky with the savory, a variety in the sweets department makes the routine meals very tolerable!!
Savory For Me Please!!!!!!!!
defenitely sweet!!
Sweet, Sweet, Sweet … Can you tell I’m excited?
Savory! Yum, yum. :)
Sweet!
Wow! This is a tough choice. These books look so good.
I think I’d prefer the sweet group :)
I would love to win the savory set!!
I am on a bread kick. I have Rose Beranbaum’s Bread bible. The Tartine bookset would get a good addition
always sweet! I’ve always wanted the Sticky…Messy..Gooey book. but the Brittles & Bon Bons book would help me with what I would like to tackle next – candy making!
If I’m “forced” to go savory :) – I would say Plenty. I’ve heard great things about that book. As a vegetarian, I think there would be many options for my husband & myself.
savory please
thanks so much
Yes. What, I can’t choose both?? Hmmm….this calls for some more serious thought…..I would have to say savory, since they would probably see more use in my kitchen, though I would be happy with either!
Savory, please! As tempting as the Sweet set is – that Savory set looks like I could learn a lot from it :D
oooh savory!!
Love your giveaway – this is such a tough choice because I love to cook and bake!
I think I’d like to have the sweet set. :)
def the sweet.. thanks for the chance,
mary
I want both! But since I have a few from the sweet, I’d pick savory!
Savory, I eat enough sweets as it is. : )
Sweet FTW
As a lover of all things sweet, i would go with swweeeettttt!!!! But if i was to give it to my sister it would have to be savory!!! So either way..Fooodddd!!!!
Sweet – Just Like Me! Ha-Ha!
My boyfriend is celiac so the sweet caught my eye, but he always complains I am trying to make him fat. I am going to have to go with savory. :)
Sweet! I am much more of a baker than a cook…so I think that any of the Sweet set would get it’s use in my hands!
I think I’d have to go with savory since I have a closet full of sweet cookbooks!! Thanks for this awesome giveaway !!
Amazing giveaway! Sweet please! :)
Definitely sweet! They all look amazing! Thanks for the chance to win:)
I would love the Sweet set!! Thanks!!
Savory!! I love sweets but savory I would definitely get use out of!
Oh, I want them ALL….but if I had to choose, I guess savoury!
WoW! I want them all!!! But thinking of my husband as well, not just me… since I can’t just cook to my likings (sweets 24/7) I’d pick the Newlywed Cookbook… orrrrrrr the Esquire Eat like a Man cookbook. I’d be happy with either one!!
Definitely Savoury!
What a fun giveaway! While they both look interesting, I think I have to cast my lot for the sweet set. What can I say? I love my desserts, and I’m not ashamed to admit it :)
Sweet because I’m so sweet!
As good as everything looks, I would have to chose the “Sweet”!
Awesome giveaway! Thanks!
SWEEEET Por Favor…
Would love the gluten free holiday book so I can make great gifts for GF friends! SWEET for me.
SWEET for sure! <3 I love it!….. =)
Definitely the sweet!
Savory for sure…
It’s a tough call but I think I would have to go with Savory!
I’m definitely in for a sweet rush with that sweet tooth collection!
I have quite the collection of books on sweets, so I’d have to say Savory, so I can expand on my current skills!
Oooooo, my knee jerk reaction is always sweet but this time I think I’d LOVE the savory selection!
Sweet. Definitely sweet. And some of these are already on my wishlist!
Sweet!
I would love the sweet one
As much as I’d love that Tartine boxed set, I think my vote is for Savory!
OMG!!! They all look yummy but especially the sweet ones!!!!!!!!!! I love to bake desserts, friend and family can attest to that. I bake so much that I have to find neighbors to take all the extras to, but I need new recipes. Looking forward to try some of these!
Sweet! Thanks for the giveaway!
So hard to choose! I’ll save sweet since I’m more likely to use them!
Definitely the sweet set! Yummy!!!! :)
Definitely the sweet one!! I’m working on enhancing my baking skills and these would be great for that. On another note… Love your blog Bakerella…I subscribe to numerous blogs and yours is yet the best by far. Easy to read and follow and absolutely LOVE the recipes!
SWEEET!!!
Sweet! :-)
Thanks for another great giveaway.
Sweet!