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Wednesday, December 10

Free Giveaway! ‘The Gathering of Friends’ Cookbook!

This giveaway is now closed. Thank you!

Remember The Gathering of Friends cookbook I told you about recently? Now’s your chance to get a free copy of your own!  TWO lucky, randomly-selected TWFD readers will each win a copy of this great cookbook!  Just leave a comment on this post by Midnight PT on Sunday, December 14!

Thank you to Michelle Huxtable & Alyse Christensen, the authors of The Gathering of Friends, for such a great holiday giveaway!  And be sure to check out their website, where you can order the book, see some video and get some recipes!


152 Comments »

  1. 1
    Robyn

    Merry Christmas to me?!

  2. I love entertaining friends!

  3. That looks wonderful.

    pick me?

  4. 4
    Auntie Barb

    I need this today!

  5. Oh, it looks beautiful and I need all the help I can get when it comes to entertaining.

  6. 6
    Melanie

    looks like a great book!

  7. 7
    Helen Naylor

    Michael has just stopped being a picky eater and now I’m desperate for new recipes to try out on him! Good-bye bologna sandwiches, hello gourmet eats!

  8. 9
    Linn

    I would love it! Thanks Jane!

  9. 10
    Meghan

    Oh! I have admired this cookbook from a far for a loooooooooong time now.

    Thanks for the chance to win a copy!

  10. 11
    Becca

    Recipe books are always one of my favorite things to give (and get) for Christmas.

  11. What a great idea! This would be fun.

  12. oh, please enter me in the contest! I’d love to give this to my friend who looooooooves cookbooks (after I take a gander, of course…)

  13. 15
    Stephani

    I love a good cookbook. I hope I win.

  14. This looks fabulous! Thanks for the chance to win!

  15. 17
    Maria Hartnett

    sounds great!

  16. 19
    Katie B

    Oh, yeah! Thanks for the chance!

  17. 20
    Matty

    I love cookbooks!! Thanks for the chance to win a new one…

  18. Will you come cook for me if I win?

  19. Oh this would make a wonderful gift for my dad!

  20. 23
    Laura

    Perhaps winning this book might kick us in the pants to entertain again post-baby. Thank you…I’m keeping my fingers crossed!

  21. 24
    Melissa

    SWEET. I hope I’m one of the lucky ones!!

  22. I’d love to win one of these books. Thanks!

  23. 26
    Amanda

    I’d love a new cookbook!

  24. 27
    Kristen

    I would love to have this book.

  25. 28
    Barbara A Baker

    Jane, Hope I get the cookbook!! I love cookbooks. Also, I used your site for an Amazon purchase, FYI. I deserve to WIN!!!!!

  26. 29
    Myrna

    Isn’t this a clever book? Does it come with a personal assistant? Seriously, it’s a great idea and perfect for “starting anew” in the holidays. If I win it, I promise to use it!

  27. 30
    Stacie

    This book looks wonderful!

  28. 31
    Isa

    I would love this…so would my friends and family who I cook for!!! Thanks Jane!

  29. 32
    Emma

    I love your giveaways!

    Thanks!

  30. 33
    Amy Duke

    Thanks, Jane!

  31. 34
    Leslie

    I would love to win this — thanks Jane!

  32. Ohhhh…hope it’s me this time!

  33. 36
    Sue Nelson

    I love to entertain and I can always find room for just one more cookbook. Here’s keeping my fingers crossed.

  34. 37
    aimee

    Oh that looks like a wonderful cookbook!!

  35. 38
    Mawa

    All my cookbooks are in the storage unit……fingers are crossed

  36. 39
    Nicole Beckstrand

    So excited! I’ve given this as a gift to someone and have never received it so I hope now’s my chance;-)

  37. 40
    Maria Lewis

    I love all the great recipes. I didn’t bring any of my cookbooks and so I really love that I have your site to look to for great ideas.

  38. i am a cookbook fanatic!! hope i win :)

  39. 42
    Nikki

    pick me. I LOVE cookbooks!

  40. 44
    Kari

    Yes! I need this book. Really, really need. :-)

  41. 45
    Nicole

    I’d love this, really plan to start entertaining in my new digs.

  42. 46
    Stacey

    Sounds great! I’d love to check it out!

  43. 47
    Malerie Weed

    Awesome giveaway! One can never have too many cookbooks!

  44. 48
    Julie

    What can I say. . . I’m a cookbook junkie. Cook books are my novels. Try taking one to the airport next time or to the beach. Way more inspiring than people or us weekly with the added bonus of getting down on yourself after looking at the pictures.

  45. 49
    janet

    I love cooking and I love friends — great combination!

  46. 50
    Tamara

    I love love love cookbooks and feeding my friends and family. This would be so much fun to have.

  47. 52
    Tamara

    I Would love to win this book. I too am a cookbook junkie and as a mother of a nearly two-year old, am always looking for new, easy recipes for feeding my little family or having friends and family to our home to share a meal. My birthday is on the 23rd…this would make a wonderful birthday gift :) LOL…but seriously, my birthday is on the 23rd.

  48. 53
    Allison

    Oh how I heart new cookbooks!

  49. 54
    Lindsay

    Merry Christmas and stuff.

  50. 55
    Adrianne

    i love new cookbooks! pick me jane!

  51. 56
    Denise

    I am not a bad cook, but just can’t seem to get it together with the table settings and presentation. This book would be a big help! Merry Christmas, everyone!

  52. 57
    Nancy

    I met the authors but didn’t buy the book, but this would be sweet!

  53. 58
    Renee

    Is Michelle Huxtable related to the TV family by chance? j/k I would love this book!

  54. okay, you can give this to me jan 15. thank you in advance. :)

  55. 60
    nicki

    I have a beautiful daughter that would love this…. so pick me!! Nicki

  56. 61
    Corbin

    Hey Jane,

    Did you know you are on the front page of the UCSD housing webpage?

    http://hds.ucsd.edu/hsgaffil/affilhsg_stats/ArchStatistic.aspx?community=LJDS

    Say hi to Nate for me.

  57. 62
    jami

    I love cookbooks. I love your blog. I’d love to win!

  58. I do love cookbooks..

  59. I would love to win the cookbook!

  60. 65
    Jessica Hansen

    “Have friends, will gather.”

  61. 66
    Stimey

    I would love to win this for a friend of mine who loves to read cookbooks.

  62. Yummy! Thanks for the give-away.

  63. 68
    Jo

    I need this cookbook! I’m in a rut and need some inspiration to try new recipes! My family will thank you!

  64. 69
    Gretchen

    I would love this cookbook!

  65. 70
    Kerri Shek

    Any cooking help is gladly accepted! I hope to win! Thank you, Jane!

  66. Looks amazing… pick me!

  67. 72
    Cora W

    Big money, No Whammies…I need that cookbook!

  68. I’ve seen this book it’s incredible! The prettiest cookbook out there!

  69. 74
    Christine

    i love to entertain – looks like they have some great ideas and recipes!

  70. 75
    cicero

    Can never have too many cookbooks … both D and I have a fetish for cookbooks!

  71. 76
    Kate

    You can never have too many cookbooks! Although I am running out of shelf space!

  72. 77
    Aaron

    this is a comment

  73. 78
    stacy

    if only we could have a gathering of friends. hopefully one day!

  74. 79
    Kim M

    Maybe this cookbook will help me come up with some new recipes for the annual family gathering. I can use all the help I can get!

  75. 80
    Teresa S

    Just found this website and i love it already! :)

  76. 81
    Adriana

    Wow, I’m 81! Lotta interest in this book–it looks great!

  77. Just trying my luck here. Hope I get it!

  78. 83
    Brittany

    I just don’t have enough cookbooks. I need it badly.

  79. 84
    emily

    I read cookbooks like novels. Please pick me!

  80. 85
    lisa

    I love books like this!

  81. 86
    Natalie Hall

    I could use some new recipes! Ya for good cookbooks!

  82. 88
    cathy

    If I win I promise to give it as a gift, after I look at it!

  83. 89
    Leia

    We are making such a lovely community of friends and I am learning to entertain friends with toddlers (like us)! It would be so wonderful to have and use this book in my journey of friendship and entertaining:)

  84. 90
    Annie

    I cook! Pick me!

  85. 91
    Sarah Thompson

    well, i didn’t win the last one, so i’ll try for this one!!

  86. 92
    Jessica

    Looks like a lovely book!

  87. 93
    Cheryl

    I want to win.

  88. I love cookbooks, entertaining and of course winning!

  89. 95
    Jenny

    I love to get new cookbooks (almost as much as getting new shoes), especially when they are recommended to me. Thanks!

  90. 96
    Deana

    I always need another cook book.

  91. 97
    Annie

    I have just the spot for it on my kitchen bookshelf

  92. 98
    Allison

    This looks great – I love cooking and would love to be entered!

  93. I love cookbooks! I want this!

    Vicki

  94. 100
    Colleen Sanders

    I am feeling lucky!

  95. 101
    Claudia

    I am always looking for something new to feed my kiddos!

  96. 102
    Collette

    wow, lots of responses…cookbooks are my favorite reading material.

  97. I love your blog. Thanks for including me in the giveaway!

  98. 104
    Adri

    Oh, pick me! I love to collect cook books!

  99. 105
    Kristy

    I love cookbooks!

  100. 106
    Crystal

    This would be a very nice Christmas present for myself and I could use it to make Christmas dishes for my family!

  101. 107
    Jennifer

    I love cookbooks – and your blog!

  102. 108
    Stephanie

    Another great giveaway! Thanks Jane!

  103. 109
    Lisa

    I wouldn’t survive with out your blog. It’s helped and inspired me to get organized and plan great meals for my family. Thank you for making it easy!

  104. 110
    Auntie Deb

    Always love new ideas and recipes.

  105. 111
    Nadia

    you always have such fun things to give away!

  106. 112
    Megan

    Oh, I loved browsing through their website, when you first posted about the cookbook. It would be so fun to win this one!

  107. 113
    Corey

    The cookbook would give me some great new ideas for our Christmas feast this year!!!!

  108. 114
    megan

    who can’t use another cookbook?

  109. 115
    Sarah F

    This looks great! I love trying new cookbooks!

  110. 116
    Michelle

    Not much chance of this, but
    PICK ME, PICK ME =]

  111. 117
    Rynell

    It looks like a wonderful cookbook!

  112. I’m ready to cook from something new, cute title.

  113. 119
    lori haun

    I love me a good cookbook.

  114. 120
    Katy

    What a fun book..I would love that for the holidays!

  115. 121
    Nicole

    The book looks great! I think that it would give me an excuse to invite friends over! Thanks!

  116. 122
    Kristin

    Maybe this time…

  117. 123
    annemarie

    okay, i really want to win this book! And it’s my hubby’s b-day on the 14th- which means….nothing for this raffle, but felt like that would give me good vibes:)

  118. 124
    Shauna

    I live in cold Ottawa, Ontario -20 degrees today! I get together with friends as often as possible to stay warm through the winter. Please enter me!

  119. 125
    Kris

    I would love to gather some friends around after I win this book!

  120. 126
    Shannonk

    I always love a new cookbook! Happy Holidays

  121. 127
    Sara

    I love cookbooks! This one looks great!

  122. 128
    Laurie Lozier

    Whoo Hoo!~~Thanks for the opportunity!

  123. 129
    Lynn McCowan

    Looks like a great cookbook!

  124. Please oh please! I would love to gather my friends together and cook a yummy meal!!! I can never get enough cookbooks. Merry Christmas.

  125. 131
    Lindsay S

    What a fun giveaway!! Count me in. Thanks!!

  126. 132
    anna

    ooohhh!!! how exciting! I am so addicted to cookbooks… this would be so fun to add to the collection!

  127. 133
    Theresa Elliott

    What a great giveaway before the holidays!! I would LOVE this cookbook! It looks super fabulous!

  128. 134
    Collette

    I’m glad I stumbled upon your site… it’s inspiring me to get cookin’! =)

  129. 135
    Cuyler

    Would winning this count as a Xmas present?

  130. 136
    Kim

    That book would be perfect!

  131. 137
    Kayla

    I want this book! How wonderful!

  132. 138
    Smanning

    Nothin better than a good cookbook! I hope I win!

  133. 139
    Michele

    I would love this cookbook! Thanks!

  134. 140
    Debbie Ward

    I hope I’m chosen.

  135. I have a thing about collecting cookbooks and would LOVE this one! Dena

  136. 142
    Jami

    Oh…Cookbooks are my absolute favorite reading! It would be a Christmas Miracle!!!

  137. 143
    MaryK

    I’d love to have this cookbook!

  138. 144
    darbie

    looks fabulous!

  139. 145
    Sara

    I am in a recipe funk! I would love a new cookbook!!!!

  140. 146
    Cedro

    Please pick my wife….then it is one less thing I have to figure out for Christmas!

  141. 147
    Lisa

    i love recipes!

  142. 148
    Michelle

    Would love this, thanks!

  143. 149
    Tammy Blais

    Tis the season to be cook’n! In the cookbook I’d be look’n!! Pick me!

  144. 150
    heww

    I feel lucky!

  145. 151
    Andrea Cooper

    I love cookbooks! I can only hope it is my lucky day!

  146. 152
    Lois Mommaerts

    Awesome cookbook! I have volume 2 and absolutely love it. Need Vol 1 !!!!

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