Want to discover new food blogs for recipes and stories? Here’s a cookbook that shows you the passion and diversity of food bloggers who love to cook, from Vegan Visitor’s Cedar-Smoked Asparagus Soup in Toronto to The Suitcase Chef’s Orangette Tea Sandwiches in Vermont.
The folks at Foodista held a contest for the best blogger recipes and received 1500 entries in just three months. They counted votes from the Foodista community and announced the winners, compiling the top 100 into this large paperback, the Foodista Best of the Food Blogs Cookbook.
You’ll find a number of unusual recipes, such as Lovage Spritzers, Vegetarian Scotch Eggs, and Chef Wally’s Baked Papayas. While most entries are American, enthusiastic blogger recipes also come from Canada, England, Turkey and Germany. Each recipe includes a bio of the blogger and a link. Some headnotes tell you about the dish. Others tell stories about high school, culinary travels, and dishes inspired by restaurant meals and even Starbucks drinks.
Publisher Andrews-McMeel hired me to edit the recipes, a trying job (sorry) which resulted in two controversial posts: 7 Most Common Recipe Writing Errors, and 7 More Most Common Recipe Writing Errors. While the Foodista folks did not test every recipe, they definitely worked on those with unclear directions to smooth out the kinks.
Yes, you could print them all out, unedited, on the web, but that would be a pain. Why not apply to win this cookbook instead? Please enter by midnight PST on October 31, 2010. I’ll pick a winner at random. In appreciation of the cookbook’s international tone, this giveaway is open to everyone.
Update: The winner, chosen by Random.org, is Elyse Friedman.
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This cookbook sounds fantastic. Please count me in.
Sam
I’ve been wanting to check this one out – thanks for the chance to win it!
Would love the book!
Please pick me. I’d love a copy. Sounds like a tremendous variety of recipes. Thanks for offering this.
Thanks for the chance to win!
Don’t count me in since I’m one of the food bloggers in the book – if I come up randomly it should go to someone else who wants it. Just wanted to say thank you for your awesome support of, and work on, the book, and for mentioning my recipe ‘Chef Wally’s Baked Papaya’ in this post. I am thrilled to be a part of the book. Thanks, Dianne!
You’re welcome, Charles. Great to have met you in person at IFBC.
Would love to win this book! Thanks for the opportunity and the great recipe writing tips.
Wow a competition that is open to readers from all countries. Please count me as in. I would love to read this book having seen some good reviews about it. Thanks for the opportunity.
Sounds like a great book
Please count me in!
Even though you didn’t mention any Australian contributions in the book, I’d still love to have the chance for a “test drive”!
I love crazy recipes like this! What a great book!
Excited about the book. Now I off to read your two controversial posts! I’m sure they aren’t necessarily controversial as much as informative
Thanks Dianne!
Would love this book. This is where I get alot of my recipes inspiration.
I love the idea of this book! I’ll bet it’s really interesting.
ooh-free cookbook giveaway! count me in!
I would love to enter!
Excellent, thanks for opening this up to the international community! Please count me in!
Magnificent Idea!!! I love crazy!
Thanks for the opportunity- I’ve been oogling this book- I’d love to win a copy!!
Sounds like a good one. I hope I win it!
great giveaway!
Even though they didn’t pick my entry, I’d still like the book
I met many of the bloggers who were chosen to be published at IFBC. They were all very happy and, I’m sure, honored to know you Dianne edited their recipes. I know I would be! This must be a very interesting cookbook with diverse points of vue and flavors. I would love to have the chance to read it!
You had me at “Vegetarian Scotch Eggs.” And yes, I live in Scotland and would love a shot at winning this cookbook!!
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