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Bite Me: Not Your Granny’s Betty Crocker Cookbook Review and Giveaway

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My copy of Bite Me. Keep Your Hands Off. It’s Mine, All Mine
This is not your Grandma’s or your Mama’s Betty Crocker Cookbook. It is so much more. Need proof?
1. The title: Bite Me: A Stomach Satisfying, Visually Gratifying, Fresh-Mouthed Cookbook.
2. The hysterical drawings:
Like this one which tells a little about the sisters that created the book, Julie Albert and Lisa Gnat. One brings the funny and the other brings the palate. (No that’s not them in the picture)



And this one. Which prefaces the appetizers section of the book.

3. And the incredible recipes. (From traditional with a twist – Rustic Meatballs in Marinara Sauce to oddball unique – like Julie’s Tabbouleh – (I made the meatballs on our snow day here last Wednesday and I’ve got to say they are the yummiest meatballs I’ve ever made. My whole family agreed)
4. I am no foodie, but I can make these recipes. They are easy to follow and delicious. They make me laugh and they make me feel competent in the kitchen (which can be a stretch some days)
5. Smart tips that I tested and tried here. Luckily I had some very hard brown sugar rehabilitated thanks to the sister’s tip about bread.
 

 Tonight I made my fourth recipe from this amazing new cookbook and I am in culinary love with this extremely funny and irreverrent collection. The style of this cookbook reminded me a wee bit of that runaway success Looney Spoons by the sisters from Ontario that created a mini empire based on their funny cookbook and savvy sense of style that caught the eye of finance guru David Chilton. Bite Me is a funnier cookbook that makes you chuckle while tossing ingredients together. Frankly anything that helps me view cooking as less of a chore is a great investment for my whole family. The white chocolate chunk cookies in Bite Me, were the two sisters’ signature item, Chunky White Chocolate and Cranberry. Easy to bake and delicious. There’s nothing my kids and I love to make more than scrumptious cookies. The Balsamic chicken with sweet peppers will be a new staple in my regular rotation of dishes. This one will be a great gift book for pretty much any occasion.
Bite Me is by Julie Albert and Lisa Gnat, 2009, Pinky Swear Press Inc. Canada, $29.95, 272 pages can be purchased at http://www.bitemecookbook.com/
or http://www.pinkyswearpress.com/ and this one gets a $$$$$ out of $$$$$.
I was provided with a copy of this cookbook for free to review. The opinions on this blog are all my own. Bite Me!
My copy of Bite Me is mine I am not sharing. But the lovely authors will.
TO WIN: You can win a signed copy of Bite Me, a reusable Bite Me shopping bag and a Bite Me hat (you can enter until Feb. 15th)

1. Follow thriftymommasbrainfood on Google Friend Connect (it’s right there on the side of my blog) or tell me that you already do.
2. Follow @inkscrblr on twitter, or tell me that you already do.
3. Visit one of the sites above either http://www.bitemecookbook.com/ or http://www.pinkyswearpress.com/
and tell me something you learned from either site.

Extra entry (Not mandatory at all, but gives you more chances to win)
1. (1 extra entry) Follow one of my other blogs: http://www.thriftymommastips.blogspot.com/
or http://www.thriftymommagogo.blogspot.com/
2. (I extra entry for each tweet. Comment each time.)Tweet this or something like it:  “I just entered to win a copy of Bite Me cookbook with http://www.thriftymommasbrainfood.com/ ”
3. Blog about the giveaway once and earn 5 extra entries. Leave me the link.
I will draw for the winner with random.org and announce the winner Feb. 16th at 9 a.m. Please remember to leave your email address.

Comments

  1. I hope this is open to us Canadians, this cookbook looks funny and based on your review, appetizing.
    I am a GFC follower.

    freda.mans[at]gmail.com

    Follow your tweets @fredalicious
    After visiting bitemecookbook.com, I learned the basic timelines for freezing foods.

  3. Pretty sure I follow you pretty much everywhere if it is social media related. Loved the pictures from the book and the post note on your copy! I visited http://www.bitemecookbook.com and learned that you are supposed to double wrap meat. I never thought of wrapping those freezer rated ziploc bags in aluminum foil.

    L

  4. I follow with GFC! 🙂
    I follow you on Twitter! 🙂
    I went to biteme website and plan on sharing the ‘how long should you keep things in your freezer’ with my man..apparently you can keep things longer than he thinks you can!!

    christyplus2 AT gmail DOT com