Christmas Giveaway #3

December 18, 2009 · 179 comments ·

Congratulations to Jullee for winning a copy of Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It.

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Congratulations to Chris for winning Christmas Giveaway #2!

This week I’m giving away a copy of a really useful book for those of you who want to make your own…whatever you want to make. I use this book and find that it has reliable recipes and instructions.

Just leave a comment and you’ll have a chance to win. I’ll mail the book anywhere in the world. A winner will be selected on Christmas morning.

Good luck! And I hope all of you have a wonderful holiday season, whatever holiday it is you happen to celebrate at this time of year.

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  • http://www.ameliefille.blogspot.com Noelle (An Opera Singer in the Kitchen)

    This sounds like a GREAT book to have! Thanks for a nice giveaway!

  • http://www.eatlivetravelwrite.com Mardi @eatlivetravelwrite

    I would love this book :-)

    Also, I am running a Le Creuset giveaway on my blog – check it out!

  • Connie Bryant

    Hi! I have heard good things about this book. I would love to win it. Thanks for the great giveaway! :)

  • http://brideonbudget.blogspot.com Ashley

    My mom would absolutely love this book.

  • Megan May

    I would love this! I am trying my best to create more of a natural/organic lifestyle for my husband and me, so this would really be handy :)

  • Sheri

    Cool! I’d love this!

  • Mary

    Cool book! I’ve gotten interested in pickling in a big way, so I’d love to add this to my library.

  • Paula L.

    I would love to have this book, thanks for the chance to win! And a happy holliday season for you too!
    ap_lemos at yahoo dot com

  • Elizabeth

    This would be perfect for my mother in law who is good at all these things thank goodness because I am not. ;)

  • Anna Dispensa

    Mmm, this sounds good. I have never attempted canning or picking before!

  • http://www.ithinkimightbeagrownup.wordpress.com Natalie

    What a great giveaway – I have always wanted to jam, pickle, and cure!

  • Leslie

    Yay! Thanks for doing this!

  • Colleen

    Great giveaway choice! I’m a 20-something who’s about to complete her first year of living and cooking on her own. Martha I am not — it’s been an uphill battle to avoid burn-and-serve but I’m determined to learn to cook. Maybe this book can help the worst home cook in Portland.

  • Sarah Coulsey

    Great Giveaway. I hope I win!!!

    Happy Holidays!!!!

  • Lisa

    That book looks really cool!

  • Heidi Kratzke

    This book would be so helpful to have. I would love to win it!

  • jill

    What a great book to have in the winter, lots of time for cooking projects!

  • Nichole

    This book looks so cool! We already garden and make our own sauces, salsa, jams, etc. My husband likes to try making all kinds of things, so this book would be perfect! :)

  • Gina Lane

    It is my birthday so this book would be a great gift. My mom makes great jam and I would like to learn how as well.

  • Thea

    This looks like just the book I’m looking for to start canning and preserving my farmers market goods. theaterre@gmail.com

  • devlyn

    mmmm any more marshmallow recipes would definitely make me fatter. Nom.

  • Lara

    Happy holidays to you, and thanks for a great giveaway! My fingers are crossed. :)

  • http://cerebralgirl.blogspot.com/ nfmgirl

    I love cookbooks in general, but have a really soft spot for books on canning and preserving. Please count me in. Thanks so much!

    nfmgirl AT gmail DOT com

  • Molly

    This looks like a fabulous book!

  • http://illuminession.blogspot.com Carolina

    This is a wonderful give away! One that someone could cherish as well as use for practical means. I hope are having a wonderful holiday season as well :)

  • Dylan Aller

    thank you for this giveaway (:

  • http://www.bitemenewengland.blogspot.com Janis

    This book is right up my alley!!!

  • Jennifer

    I just started canning and would love some new recipes!

  • Grace

    Wow, what a great book, thank you for the great giveaway. Merry Christmas to you!

  • Alleen

    What a wonderful book that looks like! I just started do for the first time list – and jamming is on it! happy holidays! :0)

  • Sophia

    I love to impress my friends making things that they think there are only in the market!!!

    Enter me!

  • http://flouronmyface.blogspot.com Arlene Mobley

    Oh I would love to win a copy of this book!

    arlene

  • http://kadfamily.blogspot.com angela

    love to win this and try some new things in the kitchen!

  • http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.com/ Miss Muffin

    Oh, this book is actually on my christmas wishlist! :) Would be so great to win it. :) Thanks for the giveaway!!!

  • Marta

    This is my kind of book!

  • Tara

    Great book! I’ve always wanted to make my own pickles… mmmm….

  • Sue

    I would like to try making my own cheese . . . have a great source for organic goats milk locally. Thanks for the chance to win the book!

  • Christa Richardson

    What a neat idea! I would love to give this book to a good friend who makes her own gifts, including jams and baked goods. I think she would appreciate and really use it. Thanks for the opportunity and love the website.

  • Renee

    Thanks for hosting this contest! The book looks really cool!

  • bethany

    oh how fun! i am new to cooking, but i love the idea of making my own basic stuff.

  • http://www.faeriesmak.com Teiva Campbell

    This book looks really fun! Thanks for the chance to win.

  • http://littleddownunder.blogspt.com lil D

    I would love to learn how to make and jar jam and I have a friend who pickles hot peppers so this book would be really helpful!

  • http://alittleladyand3men.blogspot.com Lianne Nichols

    What a wonderful giveaway!!!

  • Jayme

    This book looks great, and would love a chance to win it! Thanks!

  • Anna

    I have always wanted to can and preserve but in my tiny kitchen in ny never got the chance. now i’m in a much, much bigger space and would love to get started!

  • http://mariesamichele.blogspot.com Mariesa

    Would love to have a book like this! I love cooking and broadening my knowledge in food.

  • http://craftyrie.blogspot.com Rie

    Brilliant name for a book! I love my mum’s zucchini pickles – they are the best thing on earth!

  • Aimee Q

    The only Cure for the Pickle I’m in is to Jam on it! Jam on it! Jam on it!

  • Molly

    Was really hoping to try canning this year, never got my garden planted. =( Would love to try next year. The book looks great!

  • http://mywordsandart.blogspot.com/ Larraine

    I love cooking and baking. It would be so much fun to win this book. Thanks for considering me.

  • Sue

    Sounds like a great book. We have several fruit
    trees and I’m always looking for new recipes

  • http://www.everydyafoodie.ca Jolene (www.everydayfoodie.ca

    I would love to win the book!

  • Michelle

    My dad is recently into cooking and he would LOVE this book!! What a great giveaway!

  • Sarah

    The book sounds awesome!! I hope I win :)

  • kelly o

    I’d love to start pickling.

  • Liz

    I am just starting to get into canning and love making homemade gifts! I would love this book!!

  • Becky

    My mom canned and made jellies and pickles. She is gone now and I don’t know how to do any of those those things but I would love to learn.

  • http://freshlocalandbest.blogspot.com Christine @ Fresh Local and Best

    I’d love to get into curing meats. This is the perfect book to guide me through that process.

  • http://www.socalsustenance.blogspot.com Laura

    This book looks amazing… I just learned how to make marshmallows and now look at everything on the store shelves and think.. how can I make that, but better? This would be a great start… thanks for doing yet another cool giveaway :)

  • Ashley

    Wow, that sounds like so much fun! I’ve never pickeled, cured, or jamed…I love cooking & would love to learn how to do those!

  • Teresita

    This book looks great.I would love to have it!

  • Amy

    i love finding new ways to be creative in the kitchen!

  • Amanda

    I would love this book! I’m always looking for new jam recipes, but I’d also like to learn how to pickle. Thanks!

  • Grace

    This book sounds great, I would love to win it. Thanks for the giveaway

  • Caitlin

    Would love to get this book so I can lessen my families use of processed foods and actually know what happened in the process of making them. Thanks for the chance!

  • Stacey

    This is perfect timing – my husband and I were just talking about making our own jam and other projects we want to start. Thanks for the chance!

  • Mary W Adams

    THIS BOOK LOOKS AWESOME! PLEASE PIC ME!

  • jullee

    Looks like a great book!

  • Lori

    I’ve had my eye on this book for a while.

  • tammy

    homemade gifts are priceless……….

  • Wendy

    I’d really like to pickle hot peppers and make hot pepper jam!

  • Heather

    Amazing book! Cheers,

    Heather

  • hayley

    I have tried so many different canning and preserving books, but none have turned out well. I would love to try this one out though:)

  • Cynthia W.

    Love homemade jams and jellies! Great cookbook.

  • Sarah

    My hubby and I just tried our hand at canning and we’d love to expand our repertoire!

  • http://www.mosspointsnorth.wordpress.com Amy

    would love to win!

  • Melissa

    Wow. I need a book to show me how to jam and pickle. And all my options too! Thanks.

  • Amanda

    I’ve been wanting to learn how to jar foods for a while. This book would be a fabulous way to learn!

  • Megan

    We just started a rooftop garden with big plans to can some of our goodies. I’d love this!

  • christine black

    i want to stop buying everything ready made from the market..i want to have healthier, better tasting, and cheaper! goodies for my family! thank you! :)

  • kristen w.

    This book looks like a lot of fun. I love trying new things in the kitchen! Happy cooking!

  • Elisabeth

    This looks like such a cool book. Thanks for the giveaway!

  • http://www.motherhoodlum.com Sharona

    I love making gifts from the home for not just christmas, but all the other holidays! This book would give me some great ideas, not to mention new ways to cook for my family.

  • Abbey

    Looks amazing!

  • Jennifer C.

    This would be a perfect book to have for all of the fresh veggies we get locally!

  • Inas

    I would love to get this book just for my mom!!
    She tries to make her own things for one pickels shes amazing and loves cookbooks with a passion this would make a great gift thanksss

  • http://kitchenmouse.rozentali.com Cori R.

    That sounds like an interesting book!

  • http://fireandsalt.blogspot.com/ Brian

    Great giveaway! I am still learning how to make jam and can other treats. This would be great.

  • Laura

    I love growing vegetables in the summer, but can’t eat them all at once. Would love to learn to preserve them for the winter. Thanks!

  • Jen Eason

    Sounds great! Getting into canning with my new garden!

  • Joan

    I love to make jams, jellies, and pickles. This sounds like a wonderful book.

  • Emilie

    My grandmother and my mother would be so proud!

  • http://tokyoterrace.com Tokyo Terrace

    This book looks great! What a wonderful way to get people making their own preserved foods. And how perfect that the winner will be announced Christmas Day!

  • Abigail

    I’ve started canning and want to do some pickling, i could definitely use some help! Neat idea. :)

  • http://internationalgiveaways.blogspot.com Ronit

    This looks like such a great recipe book! Thanks for giving us all the chance to win it :)

    I blogged about it! here’s the link:

    http://internationalgiveaways.blogspot.com/2009/12/recipe-book-from-stumptown-savoury.html

    Ronit
    internationalgiveaways[at]gmail[dot]com
    http://internationalgiveaways.blogspot.com

  • Joan

    The property we purchased has fruit trees and a wonderful garden. My husband would is always trying to “home create” things from it. This would be a perfect Christmas gift for him:)

  • Diana

    would love this book!

  • Cyn

    Great and USEFUL giveaway!!

  • http://tyroneandstephanie.com tyronebcookin

    Yep, gotta comment for this one…I keep forgetting how to make marshmallows, but I love them sooo much.

  • Nancy

    What fun, my husband and I made pickles for the first time last year and want to learn more.

  • Katie

    Thanks for the chance to win!

  • va

    I love recipes . This would be useful !
    tumblemumbo/at/gmail/dot/com

  • Annette

    This book looks great.I would love to have it!

  • anne

    Wow I’ve wanted to learn to pickle for a while.

  • Tazim

    I could use some help with canning/preserving, so i’m sure this would come in very handy!

  • Sarah

    Happy snow day!

  • laurie c

    ooh this looks like a delightful book! i love picked foods…mm

  • Mercy

    No, Pick me! I love making stuff and the family (especially the hubby) love eating it all!

  • http://contestandco.wordpress.com ContestAndCo

    Please enter me! :)

  • http://gene-experiments.blogspot.com Gene

    I think making jam is a delightful thing to do. Just imagine preserving your favorite fruit to eat whenever you want.

  • Eva van Abeelen

    Sounds like a great book!

  • Valarie

    I would love to win this book, I am interested in all aspects of cooking and the like. (Plus, my b day is on Christmas….an added bonus!)

  • Valarie

    I would love to win this! Sound like fun!

  • http://aik-friendsnfamily.blogspot.com Aik

    This book will be a GREAT Christmas gift for my aunt who loves trying out new recipes!

  • http://lifewiththequeens.blogspot.com Lisa Q

    I NEED this book!!!!

  • Jen

    I’m always tempted to can and preserve but never feel I know the proper way to do it – and what a waste it would be if those cans and jars just went bad!! Most recently I have found a new love for kosher dill pickles and daydream about making my own. Thanks for the giveaway chance!

  • http://takethoufood.com Sean

    What a nice giveaway for Christmas. Thanks for holding one!

  • Ann

    I just started canning a couple years ago and I love it… making “things” is so much fun. I would love to see what I could make in this book.

    Thanks for the opportunity!

  • Heather Churchill

    Great ideas!

  • Laura Enright

    This book looks fantastic…..fingers and toes crossed! :)

  • http://www.stuffgrowing.blogspot.com EG

    Heh heh, my husband will hate me having this book!

  • Patricia

    Be great to try the recipes!

  • Dena A

    Oooo I would have liked to have this book for my snowy day today.

  • Molly

    I am happy to see that preserving is making a come back!

  • Melissa

    For a second there, I thought that cover said “bacon cheese marshmallows!” I was pondering the “why” and then it dawned on me that there were commas there, lol.

  • Jessica B.

    I have always wanted to grow my own veggies in the summer, and then have a cupboard full of yummy pickled treats!

  • http://www.domestic-kate.blogspot.com Katie

    What a great book! Thanks for the opportunity!!!

  • http://babrasbabbles.blogspot.com/ Barbara Jalowiec

    Looks fantastic – thank you for this opportunity!

  • Sandi Aitken

    This book sounds wonderful!

  • http://www.asadesigns.etsy.com Anna

    Ohhh I’d love to win this book! I’m always looking for new goodies to make! Thanks!!

  • Carrie

    Look at all the people who read your blog! Cool. :) Merry Christmas!

  • Cari

    Mmmmm homemade bacon. Thanks for the chance to win!

  • Jami

    ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Jes

    I would love to win this cookbook. Thanks for the chance!

  • linh tran

    this is such a cool book !

  • Rachel

    This book is exactly what I need for my cookbook collection!!! Happy holidays!

  • Kim Mason

    Thanks for offering such a great gift! I hope you have a very Merry Christmas! Kim

  • Jolee

    you have no idea how THRILLED I would be to win this. :-)

  • Charmian Tallman

    Wow! What a great book. I hope to win.

  • Heather

    Thanks for the information, the book looks great!

  • Maura

    I’ll throw my hat in the ring. Thanks.

  • Brenda

    Oooh I’ve always wanted to try making my own jam!

  • Rose Curry

    Love your blog. I’ve never tried canning, but would love to give it a try. My uncle makes his own canned dilly beans and they are dynamite!

  • http://www.jognewlondon.com P.A. Smith

    Great book, love to win it.

  • Crystal

    I’ll do it all!

  • Anna

    What a great Idea for a Giveaway! *crossing my fingers* :)

  • Caitlin

    What a gorgeous-looking book! Definitely looks like a great read.

  • Debra

    What a great gift this would make. Currently trying to make preserved lemons and this would book come in handy!

  • Amanda

    I would love to win this book. Thanks a bunch!

  • Monica Lavoie

    I want to start canning this would come in handy!
    Thanks!

  • http://www.secretcake.blogspot.com hayley l.

    Please count me in– thanks so much!

  • Henley Mac

    yay thanks for the giveaway!! Would love this :)

  • Sarah

    Thanks for the giveaway! And happy holidays.

  • http://www.areyouthere-god.com Missy

    I started canning and making jam this last summer. This book looks great for helping me learn even more!

  • Laura

    oooooh! me too!

  • Sarah L

    I would love to try out some of these recipes!

  • http://flouronmyface.blogspot.com Arlene Mobley

    I would love to own this book!

    Arlene

  • http://www.ashleyreynolds.blogspot.com Ashley Reynolds

    Thanks for the chance to win; I am newly married and have always wanted to learn how to make jam! Love!

  • Kathryn

    One more to add to your list ~ thanks.

  • Jaime

    Thanks for the giveaway!
    ignis__fatuus at hotmail dot com

  • Felicia

    That looks great! I’d love to check it out!

  • Vanessa Perry

    I’d love a chance to win this book! Looks like a great read!

    Thanks :)

    Vanessa

  • Jennifer Miner

    I would love this book!

  • Christina

    CUTE title!!!!!

  • Katie

    Really glad i found your blog :)

  • http://organicodysseys.blogspot.com/ Kate

    So glad to find your blog, I have Celiac and can’t wait to peruse your Gluten free recipes more!

  • Kalynda

    What a great giveway! I’d love the chance to win this cookbook :)

  • Mona

    Sounds like a great prize. Please count me in.
    monamhassan at hotmail dot com

  • Maureen

    I want to pickle it!

  • MEFX

    jams!….pickles!….cures?

  • Debbie

    Anyone who gives away cookbooks is ok in my “book”! Love the contest, and the website. Thanks!

  • Rachel

    What a fantastic book!! My husband LOVES to make jam (he’s even made a green tomato jam!) which is something he learned from his mother (who makes more jam than anyone I know). I’ve just started getting interested in pickling – sundried tomatoes is going to be my first project. This book would definitely get tons of use by both of us. Thanks for offering the giveaway – very cool! :)

  • jen c

    thanks for the chance to win

  • Daniel M

    looks like a great book!

  • Kay

    I love canning, jam making, dehydrating, etc. and would LOVE this resource!

  • Kara

    This looks like a great book!

  • Emily

    I’m always looking for new cooking projects!

  • http://fightthefatfoodie.blogspot.com/ Scott

    I can never have TOO many cookbooks!

  • jullee

    I am so excited!! I won :)

    Thanks for such an awesome giveaway!