Fellow food friend and girl hunter, Georgia Pellegrini shares her key to the kitchen and we’re doing a giveaway of her latest book, Girl Hunter: Revolutionizing The Way We Eat One Hunt At A Time.
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Once in a blue moon it happens: you find the absolute, positively perfect gift.
You’re in the throes of holiday shopping madness when suddenly, it’s there before you like your own treasure trove a la King Tut’s tomb (except you’re likely at the mall and didn’t have to excavate it). I do my best to will those perfect gifts — making mental notes of the giftee’s offhand comment of what they covet. And I am on a constant gift alert because sometimes that random day trip across the border results in some seriously perfect presents (heart-shaped Mexican mosaic paperweight, anyone?).
But, no matter how much I will it, those perfect gifts can’t be forced. This year, those perfect gifts have come to me in the form books and in a set of 10 — enough for (almost) everyone in my huge clan. Books are a very regular gift in our family — some of us dote over the design and craftsmanship, others crave a good read, and the littlest ones are still catching the literary bug. To celebrate the power of a good book and the pursuit of a perfect gift, I’m joining my absolutely fabulous publisher, Chronicle Books, to give the gift of books. It’s a community-driven campaign to support bookstores, literacy, and to Give Books!
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I’m not one for heart-shaped boxes, chocolates, or cupid-clad anything, but I always look forward to Valentine’s Day because it’s a reminder to commemorate the people you most adore. To celebrate the upcoming holiday of the loved and beloved, I’ve joined some like-minded food friends for a a virtual Valentine’s party where we’ll each cook and share with you a recipe from my friend, Sarah Copeland’s, new book, The Newlywed Cookbook. It’s a deliciously romantic, user-friendly book filled with ideas for cooking for those you love. For the party, I’ll be baking her Thousand-Layer Chocolate Chip Cookies which have quickly become a favorite of all those I love.
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