Saturday, July 11, 2009

Giveaway - Julie and Julia by Julie Powell

Thanks to Anna and Hachette Book Group I have 3 copies of Julie and Julia by Julie Powell to giveaway. Contest ends July 23rd at 11:59 p.m. Central time.


Julie & Julia, the bestselling memoir that's "irresistible....A kind of Bridget Jones meets The French Chef" (Philadelphia Inquirer), is now a major motion picture. Julie Powell, nearing thirty and trapped in a dead-end secretarial job, resolves to reclaim her life by cooking in the span of a single year, every one of the 524 recipes in Julia Child's legendary Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Her unexpected reward: not just a new found respect for calves' livers and aspic, but a new life-lived with gusto. The film version is written and directed by Nora Ephron and stars Amy Adams as Julie and Meryl Streep as Julia.



To enter this giveaway:

**Leave me a comment and answer the question: What is the most difficult recipe you have ever followed (did it turn out LOL)? Don't forget to leave your email.

**Extra entry if you sign up to publicly follow my blog. 2 entries if you already follow.

**Another entry if you blog or tweet about this giveaway. Give me the link.

I will randomly pick 3 winners on July 24th. I will contact you by email and you will have 3 days to respond.

This contest is only open to U.S. and Canada and winners can't be sent to P.O. Box. The books will be sent by the publisher.

Good luck!


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20 comments:

  1. A ReaderJuly 12, 2009 at 12:53 PM

    I think the most difficult recipe for me was homemade lemon merenque (sp) pie. The topping was the killer for me.

    Thanks for the giveaway!
    Kimspam66(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  2. A ReaderJuly 12, 2009 at 12:53 PM

    Follower (liane66)

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  3. AndiJuly 14, 2009 at 12:29 AM

    The most difficult recipe I've ever made was a Chicken, Rice, and Broccoli casserole. The recipe wasn't that difficult. I just grabbed the wrong thing at the grocery store. It called for condensed milk and I grabbed the one that you would use to make candy with and was really sweet! LOL, I didn't find out until 3-4 years later when I was helping a friend do some catering! Boy did I feel stupid! Yet, my husband ate it! ROFLOL

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  4. AndiJuly 14, 2009 at 12:30 AM

    follower
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  5. AllisonJuly 14, 2009 at 3:09 PM

    I can't follow recipes at all, so the most difficult thing I've probably ever made was an omelet.

    +1 following
    +1 posted on my sidebar (http://readintothis.blogspot.com)

    Thanks!

    -Allison
    love-adelaide(at)live(dot)com

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  6. MelanieJuly 14, 2009 at 8:16 PM

    I can't cook at all! I once had to cook cookies for my World History class, and I worked really hard. They turned out okay, but nothing special.

    melanies--musings@live.com

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  7. TiffanyJuly 14, 2009 at 8:55 PM

    i tried to cook a roasted pepper pasta dish. i roasted the peppers perfectly (red) but something was just not right...it was GROSS and it took a LONG time to make!

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  8. couchpapayaJuly 17, 2009 at 8:35 AM

    any pies/tarts etc i still cannot get the dough to work with me. thanks for the giveaway !!

    couchpapaya2{at}gmail{dot}com

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  9. UnknownJuly 17, 2009 at 10:41 AM

    Okay--this is a good one and somewhat embarrassing too...early in my cooking "career", I decided I wanted to contribute to Thanksgiving dinner. I selected a sweet potato souffle recipe. I baked the sweet potatoes precisely as the recipe directed, but they weren't cooked through...when I put them in my stand mixer to mash them, they flew all over my kitchen when I turned it on! Called my mom in tears at my failure. I have since executed this recipe successfully, but the first time was a disaster!

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  10. I ♥ Book GossipJuly 17, 2009 at 11:14 AM

    The most difficult recipe I have ever tried was baked chicken. It came out either burnt or undercooked.

    cindyc725 at gmail dot com

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  11. I ♥ Book GossipJuly 17, 2009 at 11:14 AM

    Am a follower.

    cindyc725 at gmail dot com

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  12. I ♥ Book GossipJuly 17, 2009 at 11:15 AM

    Tweeted and Blogged.

    cindyc725 at gmail dot com

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  13. Amelia's WingsJuly 18, 2009 at 7:29 AM

    Sugarfree, carb-free Christmas cookies. Scary! amelia01@yahoo.com

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  14. Sunshine EditionJuly 19, 2009 at 11:18 PM

    so excited to see this movie, and there's a book?? Have to read! My most difficult recent recipe was Tamales from scratch!! it was so hard to wrap and tie them! but they turned out yummy!

    +1- linked contest to sidebar
    http://sunshineedition.blogspot.com/

    thanks for the contest

    Rachel
    sunshineedition132@yahoo.com

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  15. MisusedinnocenceJuly 23, 2009 at 1:52 AM

    Swedish meatballs when I was a kid. I really destroyed them. lol

    misusedinnocence@aol.com

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  16. AnonymousJuly 23, 2009 at 2:56 PM

    The most difficult recipe was when i tried to make my grandmother's perogies. She'd been making them her whole life. Besides being labor intensive, her recipe didn't include measurements!

    was the best mess i ever made!

    sara
    ihpie at yahoo.com

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  17. UnknownJuly 23, 2009 at 4:29 PM

    I'm now a follower of this blog... ;)

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  18. AllisonJuly 23, 2009 at 8:40 PM

    definitely an oyster stuffing i made for one thanksgiving. it was a wolfgang puck recipe that i should have practiced several times before hand!

    allison/dot/wheeler/at/att/dot/net

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  19. AnonymousJuly 23, 2009 at 9:40 PM

    I tried making a cheesecake and it just didn't turn out well at all.
    +1 following
    adrienne2093(at)comcast(dot)net

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  20. Alipet813July 24, 2009 at 7:01 PM

    Congrats to Andi, Adrienne, and Amelia. They won!

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