Thursday, April 12, 2012

National Library Week 2012 - Flour Cookbook Giveaway

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It's National Library Week 2012! I'm putting the Librarian in the Food Librarian blog this week!

I'm having a few giveaways this week. Today, I'm giving away a really pretty book - The Flour Bakery Cookbook. (See my other giveaways for Baked Cookbook and Biscuit Cutters - all end Monday, April 16th!)

Flour cookbook giveaway for National Library Week
Win a copy of Flour Bakery Cookbook

This cookbook is wonderful. I'm made a number of recipes. The yellow cake is so awesome. The Lemon Ginger scones? OMG. So good. And don't forget the Apple Snacking Cake, Chocolate cookies and Brownies! The text is very detailed and easy to understand. If you don't win the giveaway, you should definitely add this to your bookshelf!! See if your library by looking it up in WorldCat (a world-wide catalog of libraries - way cool).

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I've visited Joanne Chang's Boston bakery last year and it was delicious! You can make many of these yummy delights at home with the cookbook!

Flour Bakery - Yellow Cake with Fluffy Chocolate Ganache Frosting
Yellow Cake from the Flour Bakery cookbook

To enter today's giveaway, simply leave a comment below (one entry per person) and I'll pick the winner from a hat (aka Random). Deadline: Monday, April 16, 2012 at midnight PDT. If your comment isn't linked to a blog where I can find you, please leave your email. Shipping to U.S. addresses only. Cake not included, but recipe is inside so you should totally make this cake! Disclosure: I'm paying for the book and shipping.

Good luck and have fun at your library! More info about National Library Week is at ALA!
   - mary the food librarian

135 comments:

  1. Mmmmmmmm! Pick me, pick me! (Otherwise I might just have to buy the book for that yellow cake alone! : )

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  2. The yellow cake looks amazing!

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  3. Sounds like a great book.
    mandaoverturf@yahoo.com

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  4. This would be so fantastic to win! Love your blog!

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  5. This is a wonderful cookbook that I explored after your recommendation. Thanks
    teacherbuch@yahoo.com

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  6. That yellow cake looks divine!

    mmdgamble at gmail

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  7. I literally *JUST* bought the book on Amazon... so excited for the homemade oreos!

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  8. I'm a big fan of Flour, and I'd love to learn how to bake as well as Joanne Chang!

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  9. I loved this cookbook when I borrowed it from my public library. I was so sad when I had to return it. Thanks for the great giveaway!
    heatherspooner1981 at gmail dot com

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  10. Yellow cake with chocolate frosting: my fiance's favorite!

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  11. Oh, man, what an awesome book! With that, I could cook the ultimate cake, and rule the world!

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  12. pleas pick me
    Janet Shum

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  13. Love love love Flour! Being around the corner from them in Boston is the best!!

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  14. Love this book - want another!

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  15. Love love love Flour! Being around the corner from them in Boston is the best!!

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  16. Ohhh man, I've had this book high on my wish list for a very long time! Thanks for all the great giveaways this week! :)

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  17. I've long wanted to try some of her recipes - this seems like the perfect chance! srmaclinATgmaildotcom

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  18. The pictures look deliciious!

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  19. I could read this book like a novel! mambada@hotmail.com

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  20. I have seen this book and everything looked amazing. It's on my wish list and this reminds me to go and update that...

    elinmariewoods@hotmail.com

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  21. I've been meaning to check out this book for a long time but I really had to comment that your photo of the cake is just stunning, wow!!

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  22. Thanks for a terrific giveaway.
    prairiegrrl@yahoo.com

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  23. those cakes look delish!

    jessicarwarfield at gmail dot com

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  24. I've made Flour's banana bread...it's delicious and always gets rave reviews. Loved to try other recipes.

    No1_eemo@yahoo.com

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  25. ssengele in the vicinity of hotmail

    Just started reading your blog; looks great!

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  26. Oh my goodness, I love yellow cake and that one looks amazing! I would definitely love to have this cookbook!

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  27. my wife would love this!
    davidshimokawa(at)gmail.com

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  28. Oooh, a dessert cookbook! YES!

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  29. That book -- and the cakes -- look wonderful! Oh how happy I would be to win this!

    barbara.jo.tuttle@gmail.com

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  30. OMG This cookbook has been on my "wishlist" for so long!! All of the recipes in it look amazing!

    Berryberrypieeee(at)gmail(dot)com

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  31. I got this book from the library, and I'd love to own it. The recipes in it are great!

    jessicaklow (at) gmail (dot) com

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  32. That cookbook has been on my wishlist for a long time - it looks amazing!

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  33. Mary, I've been curious about Flour for some time. Thanks for doing a giveaway!

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  34. That yellow cake looks so perfect that it must be fake! The crumb is beautiful!

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  35. I'd love to make that yellow cake!

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  36. I am very excited about this giveaway. In July, I'm going to a library conference in Boston, so I hope I can find time to visit Flour. Your recipe, by the way, looks very yummy.

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  37. OH MY GOD!!! I stalk this book at CostCo. I lived in Boston and went to a couple of her restaurants, and Flour is as amazing as you'd expect it to be. Your yellow cake looks amazing - is that yours???

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  38. I was just eying this book at the bookstore the other day!!

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  39. This looks like an awesome cookbook!

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  40. I'm sure I could bake the cake if i win the cookbook, but it'll never look as fancy as yours :) Love your decorating.

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  41. My husband is from Boston. Next time we're visiting his family, I'm going to demand we visit Flour. :)

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  42. i continue to look for a good yellow cake recipe! i found one, but i don't think the hunt is over, so i would love to try this one.

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  43. I would love to win the Flour Bakery Cookbook...I love baking and I love your BLOG...PLEASE PICK ME!!!! <3

    Beth Hanson
    megabeth2@yahoo.com

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  44. ooooh yes please. I already had the other one you gave away (Baked Explorations) and was so happy to see the review of the Sunday cake. I've been eying this cookbook and would love to win it!

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  45. I've been wanting this book for ages!

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  46. What a beautiful cake! Not too pretty to eat though....yummy. Hope I win!

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  47. The most under represented area in my cook book collection is baking. I can always use another!

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  48. This cookbook looks wonderful!

    truelovelives[AT]gmail.com

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  49. I've never seen this book before, but I sure would like to. ;) jaruffles@bellsouth.net

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  50. I love Cookbooks! I read them like I would a fiction book, page by page :) This looks like a wonderful read, with lots of scrumptious recipes to try! Thank you,
    Carol G (fairisle01@yahoo.com)

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  51. this book has been on my wish list for a while now.

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  52. I wish I could see the photos on my screen. I would love to have a new cookbook to add to my very small library.

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  53. I haven't seen this book before, but I'd love to have it! Thanks for all of the fantastic giveaways this week!

    emily.soldner [at] gmail.com

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  54. Happy National Library Week! We're celebrating in my law library, too.

    Thanks for the opportunity!
    Joan

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  55. Those recipes sound yummy! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  56. Would love to have this!
    julieendo@gmail.com

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  57. I've seen this cookbook before and it looked so neat. Her chocolate chip cookies are my absolute fave.

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  58. This book looks absolutely lovely.

    accoluzzi@gmail.com

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  59. I can only imagine how wonderful the recipes are in this book. Your pictures of the finished items look wonderful

    msgb245 at gmail dot com

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  60. I'm a huge fan of Joanne Chang. I'd love to have a copy of her book!

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  61. Bolcacs said,
    OMG! Cookbooks are my weakness. Especially the dessert cookbooks that have lots of chocolate recipes in them.

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  62. Would love to have this cookbook!!

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  63. omg! I just saw her on Ming Tsai's show a couple of nights ago. totally luv her... and I am so in love with Ming.

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  64. The only problem I can anticipate having if I won this cookbook is which recipe to make first!


    jenny_farrington at yahoo dot com

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  65. Entering! Yummm. CLJohnson8@Gmail.com

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  66. Love the look of this book!

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  67. Another exciting cookbook - shall I be good and give it to the library, or keep it for myself?

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  68. I hope I win!!!! Thanks for having the giveaway :)

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  69. I've tried a couple of her recipes and they were fantastic!

    prasantrin at gmail dot com

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  70. Oh gosh, how I miss the days when I lived a short walk from Flour in the South End, and could take a Saturday morning trip there with my roommates for sticky bun breakfasts... Sigh...

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  71. i've actually borrowed this book from the library before and LOVE it..would love to own it!

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  72. The apple snacking cake and the scones sound wonderful. This book has amazing recipes that I would love to try.

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  73. I cannot believe I went to Boston recently and did not go to this bakery! Ugh! I will have to make them at home instead!

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  74. This is one cookbook I would love to have! Thank you for this giveaway.

    gmatoba@etusd.org

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  75. I was in Boston for 3 hours and Flour was my destination. It was awesome. I'd love to win this!
    karenreichmann@hotmail.com

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  76. Awesome giveaway!! Thanks :)

    sweepinpianista at gmail dot com

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  77. I made the chocolate chip cookies and the family went nuts; they have become legend. Unfortunately, I have to check the book out of the library every time I want to make them...I'd love to have my own copy of the book!

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  78. Love your blog!
    mcv24@sbcglobal.net

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  79. We would love that book! One of my sons loves to bake. cindylouallen@comcast.net

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  80. One of my sons loves to bake, we would love that book! cindylouallen@comcast.net

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  81. She lives in Boston! Can't hate on that!

    cherry dot lim001 at gmail dot com

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  82. still haven't been to flour, would be great to try making some of the goodies at home!!

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  83. Flour is by far my favorite bakery. The brownies. Sigh.

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  84. I been to the Four on Farnsworth Street and had the carrot cake. So good. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  85. Happy National Library Week to you!

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  86. Yellow Cake recipe sounds so good!

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  87. Whee I hope I win! I've been on the look out for some good, reliable cookbooks!

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  88. Whee I hope I win! I've been wanting this book for a while. Thanks for the giveaways, Mary!

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  89. i'd love to win. thanks :)

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  90. My daughter has been BEGGING me for this cookbook for such a long time!

    ahmedfarahd(at)gmail(dot)com

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  91. I've heard lots of good things about Flour. <3 the library.

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  92. I keep hinting to my husband that I want this book. We ate at the bakery last year and loved it!

    -Dani
    rdrhanlon@gmail.com

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  93. those are the cutest cupcakes I have ever seen!

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  94. Oh, how I wish I can win this cookbook. Pick me!

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  95. Those cupcakes look amazing! rebeccamguerra31@gmail.com

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  96. I am drooling! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  97. I want to win this for my mom, who has had a trying year due to the death of her best friend, my dad's illness, and her own health issues. She loves to cook and loves reading (even cookbooks!). Please pick me.
    Sheri in Carefree

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  98. Those look yummy! If only I had a cookbook so I could make those at home... gstq80@gmail.com

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  99. Those look yummy! If only I had a cookbook so I could make those at home... gstq80@gmail.com

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  100. This is such a great giveaway.
    I was looking for a new dessert cookbook to try.
    xchibiox@gmail.com

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  101. I love this blog! (I love you, too!). I love the Vietnamese Coffee Jello cubes. And mostly, I LOVE BIG BUNDTS!
    Thanks for what you do.

    justbenan@cox.net

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  102. Those books look fantastic! I've love to have a chance to win them! :)

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  103. Would love to win! beaniebruin [at] gmail [dot] com

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  104. I would love to win this! Thanks!

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  105. All those recipes sound delicious! Thanks for the giveaway :)
    andrea.nightengale@yahoo.com

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  106. I've been stalking this book! Mattkn@cox.net

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  107. I would love to win this book! phachiya@msn.com

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  108. I've seen both books before, (checked them out from my library). Both are great. Winning one would be the icing on the cake (pun intended)!
    vstanley2010@gmail.com

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  109. There's a recipe for Vanilla Bean Pound Cake in it...sounds so good! So many delicious recipes I'd love to try. :)

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  110. Hope you had a good weekend Mary! Come visit San Francisco soon!

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  111. Yay! Another cookbook to add to the collection! Thank you for the opportunity! ncd1011@verizon.net

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  112. cool giveaway. i'd love this book. thanks
    10750coupons at gmail dot com

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  113. Joanne Chang's macarons are my favorite. Love cookbooks! Thanks for all you do as a librarian AND with your yummy blog! ;)

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  114. Just stumbled across your site today! Love at first site! I would love to win this book! Thank you!!!
    kerrysorrell@yahoo.com

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  115. I have a few cookbooks in my personal library, but none for baking. This one would be nice. Thanks.

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  116. Catalogers like National Library Week and WorldCat too!

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  117. they make the most amazing cinnamon buns! Hope to win the cookbook - thanks!

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  118. It looks so delicious!

    emmclees@gmail.com

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  119. Heard that this is an awesome book! Would love to add it to my growing cookbook collection. lyssashops@gmail.com

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