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Cookbook Promotion In a Pandemic

July 21, 2020 by diannejacob 24 Comments

A guest post by Mary Cressler and Sean Martin

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Our first cookbook launched in April, right after the pandemic hit.

We had spent two years preparing for the launch of Fire + Wine: 75 Smoke-Infused Recipes from the Grill with Perfect Wine Pairings. That included another six months of planned book tour and events post launch.

And then the world shut down in March. But we still had to do cookbook promotion in a pandemic.

The two of us can chuckle now at the mention of “pivot,” but that’s exactly what had to happen. All of our planned in-person events that would have [Read more…] about Cookbook Promotion In a Pandemic

Filed Under: Promotion Tagged With: cookbook giveaway, Cookbook promotion in a pandemic, Fire & Ice, Mary Cressler, Sean Martin

Win Secrets of the Southern Table + Get Tips for a Successful Book Tour

May 1, 2018 by diannejacob 25 Comments

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Cookbook author Virginia Willis starts another book tour with her new Secrets of the Southern Table: A Food Lover’s Tour of the Global South. She reminds herself that book tours aren’t just about sales. “Book tours are about connecting with readers,” she says. “Even if I sell only a few books, those people will tell their friends.”

Her first book tour took place in 2008 with Bon Appetit, Y’all. She’s written six cookbooks and done four big book tours. In this interview, she’s [Read more…] about Win Secrets of the Southern Table + Get Tips for a Successful Book Tour

Filed Under: Contests, Promotion Tagged With: cookbook giveaway, cookbook promotion, Secrets of the Southern Table, Virginia Willis

Win a copy of The Palestinian Table

January 9, 2018 by diannejacob

Win a copy of The Palestinian Table cookbookIt’s a story so many writers dream of: publishing a cookbook with no author platform. Not only did the author Reem Kassis persevere, but her popular book, The Palestinian Table, appeared on many “Best Cookbooks” lists for the end of the year, including New York magazine, NPR, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Independent, The National Post.

Want to read her cookbook to find out why? Enter The Palestinian Table cookbook giveaway. Read on for details.

Meanwhile, back to the story. The author, Reem Kassis, approached me in 2015 to review her proposal. At that time, Reem was [Read more…] about Win a copy of The Palestinian Table

Filed Under: Contests, Cookbooks Tagged With: cookbook giveaway, Reem Kassis, The Palestinian Table cookbook, writing a cookbook proposal

Cookbook Giveaway: The Good Pantry

April 21, 2015 by diannejacob

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Pancake and other dry mixes are a feature of  Cooking Light’s The Good Pantry.

I don’t know about you but my pantry is out of control.

There are pestos, frozen kaffir leaves, and stocks bulging out of freezer drawers. Little jars of unfinished sauces linger in the fridge. Costco bags of nuts, frozen berries, and fish snooze in the chest freezer downstairs.

And don’t even ask how many kinds of oils and vinegars I keep in the cupboard in a Lazy Susan, along with [Read more…] about Cookbook Giveaway: The Good Pantry

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: cookbook giveaway, Cooking Light, The Good Pantry

Cookbook Giveaway: Deliciously Organic

February 7, 2011 by diannejacob

If you made a New Year’s resolution to avoid white flour, white sugar and other processed foods, Deliciously Organic is the cookbook for you.

Modeled after Carrie Vitt’s blog of the same name, with pretty photographs by blogger Helene Dujardin, her book shows you how to prepare healthy, wholesome dishes without sacrificing taste.

Carrie asked me to edit the recipes for the book. At first, I was dubious about organic recipes, thinking that they wouldn’t be too different from regular ones, except the ingredients would all say “organic.”

But that misconception downplays the mouthwatering recipes and new (to me) cooking techniques and ingredients in the book. Even though I buy mostly organic products, I learned new things, such as [Read more…] about Cookbook Giveaway: Deliciously Organic

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: cookbook giveaway, free cookbook, organic cooking, writing a cookbook

Cookbook Giveaway: Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook

October 25, 2010 by diannejacob

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 [Read more…] about Cookbook Giveaway: Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: cookbook giveaway, Food blogging, Foodista, free cookbook

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