I'll be sending a copy of A Baker's Odyssey to one lucky person. So, enter now and spread the word! Read this post for further details.
I recently reviewed Greg Patent's latest book and decided to attempt my first giveaway! The drawing is for a brand new copy (not my review copy) of A Baker's Odyssey.
Entries accepted:
April 2-8, 2008 (US PST)
Unfortunately, this giveaway has now ended. If you're interested in purchasing your own copy of A Baker's Odyssey, you can buy it from Amazon.
Two ways to enter the drawing:
1. Respond to this post by leaving a comment with your email address so I can contact you if you are the winner. Feel free to share any details of your family's immigrant past, if you have one. One comment per person will be entered into the drawing.
2. Help spread the word - if you write about this giveaway on your blog and link your users to this post, you can gain a second entry into the drawing. Just send me an email with the link of your post to: allen[at]eatingoutloud[dot]com. Only one announcement per blog will be entered into the drawing.
Shipping:
I'll ship internationally, so everyone can participate!
Details:
One entry will be randomly selected from the comments received and the user will be notified via email on April 9th, 2008. I will ship internationally, however please note that international customs fees will be the responsibility of the recipient.
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27 Comments:
Welcome to the giveaway, everyone! Please leave your email address and tell me a little bit about your heritage.
My family came to America from Banham England in the early 1800's to take up a land grant in Michigan. My parents still live on the family farm which has been in our family over 150 years.
But enough about me ... what about you?
Hi, I'm Manggy, my e-mail address is manggy (haute) gmail (doubt) com.
As far as I know, my family's bloodline is entirely Filipino, but my mom hinted that there could be a mix of Peruvian blood from very long ago-- it has probably been diluted to undetectable levels by now. There isn't a rich baking tradition in the Philippines, but more of steamed desserts, like most of the rest of Southeast Asia.
Hi Allen--nice giveaway!
My family is from all over. My mom's side from Canada mostly, with some Irish tossed in, and my dad's side is from Germany, Ireland, and Scotland. My dad tells me my great great grandmother, who I never met, was an amazing cook. His mom never wanted to learn to cook, so none of the family recipes were ever passed down on his side. This annoys me to no end, hehe.
And I love that the farm is still in your family! What history there must be there!
My address is elle239 @ yahoo dot com
Hi Allen!
My paternal grandparents are Italian and Portuguese, and my maternal grandparents are German and Portuguese.
My email is patricia (dot) scarpin (at) uol.com.br
Hi, I'm Kimi, gardengalkim@gmail.com
Hmmm, as far as I know, Dad's side of the family is German and Mom's is mostly Irish with a bit of English. Most of my family is gone, so, not a lot of history.
No family recipes, mom was a horrible cook! I am attempting to create my own!
Hey Allen,
You have my email, and my family is completely and totally French / French Canadian. So they settled in mill towns throughout Maine. It's not terribly exotic. On the other hand, the puff pastry on the cover of that book is seriously lickable. I'll take two.
Hi Allen, I'm Yeongshe. My email is yeongshe@yahoo.com
I was born and raised in Malaysia but of Chinese descent. I came to the United States 12 years ago to attend college and I stayed after graduation.
I learned how to cook by watching my mom and my dad but never learned any chinese baking tradition. When I was in college, I decided to learn baking on my own and it is now my passion.
I would love to try this book!
My family doesn't really have much in the way of traditional recipes from when they immigrated. I believe that both sides my family have been in the US for at least 4 generations. That said, I love to bake. Mostly I make yeast breads, and I've been experimenting recently with some of the traditional northern European rye breads from Peter Reinhart's whole grain baking book, and I've been delighted with the results.
My email is nmhdh8, through gmail.
Hi Allen,
Its Kat & you can contact me at katbaro@ yahoo dot com
My dad's family is very typical Minnesotan with roots in Germany & Sweden. Spareribs & Sauerkraut has always been the big family meal. My mom's family came from Lithuania one one side & Ireland & Canada on the other. Really no cooking traditions from that side at all.
hiya, I'm Barbara and my email is bviruet@angelo.edu.
My family on my dad's side came to america from Ireland and Italy. My grandmother's family is from Ustica (tiny island near sicily) I learned to bake from her, mostly pastry (greek, turkish, sicilian etc)
thanks for the contest;)
Hey there!
my email: ginnygetsfloury@gmail.com.
my heritage: a large scoop of Italian , an equally large scoop of Irish, a pinch of Dutch and a few mystery ingredients that I am always trying to figure out!
:)
Oh I want a free book! Hehehe
My email address is ben[dot]herrera[at]whatscooking[dot]us
I am Mexican and we don't know much about where we come from. That is part of the Spanish culture trying to destroy our indigenous roots. However, I found out that my mom's side of the family comes from the Basque country. And if my dad's side of the family didn't move for the past 400 years, they are most likely Mixtecas. But that I doubt.
Cheers!
I'm not eligible for the contest since I reside in the same household with Allen but I thought I'd share my heritage, too. My mom is probably 100% Chinese from a city called Swatow in the southeastern part of China. My dad is a mixed bag. My paternal grandfather was part Chinese part Japanese. My paternal grandmother was Manchurian. Her father took the family from Manchuria to settle in southern China and adopted a Chinese surname. My dad and I were born in Hong Kong but the whole family moved to Canada over 20 years ago when I finished secondary school. I came to Northern California just over 10 years ago.
HI Allen,
Interesting to learn about Joe's heritage! OK - my Dad was born to a big family in Amoy, China and moved to Hong Kong when he was less than 1.....my Mum is from Hong Kong. They both moved to Sydney, Australia after they got married, and I'm a true-blue Aussie with a Chinese heritage!
My parents have been in the restaurant biz for many years, and my dream is to open a Cafe one day! hah hah hah
q_yau@yahoo.com - see you!!!!
Allen, my parents emigrated to Canada from...guess.......did you guess Greece? lol
I'm a 1st generation Greek-Canadian and we (the family) keep our ties to Greece with yearly trips for vacation.
You have my email and for SPAMing spybots reasons, I will not post it here.
Hi I'm Jenny! (jwhite at thehcagroup.net)
My grandparents were French-Canadian, so I grew up on tourtiere and huge Christmas celebrations! I love to cook and bake!!
Thank you!
Hi, my e-mail is sbasker_mk@hotmail.com
My family has a variety of stories to tell, I'm sure. But I don't really know them. I do know that on my Mom's side, I am distantly related to the Wampanoag tribe of Native Americans, which was the tribe that took part in the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims. Enjoyment of food runs in my blood!
My dad's side of the family came to Canada from England and Ireland, and my mom's side came from Finland. One grandparent on each side was born in Canada, and my mom's mom moved here as a toddler, so only one of my grandparents remembers living in another country (my dad's dad moved here when he was 16).
My e-mail address is in my profile.
Hi Allen-
I am truly one mixed up gal. My mother is German, Scotch-English. My father was Polish/Russian. I married a man that is Italian/Irish. I did manage to make tortellini with my mother-in-law before she passed away, but I will never make like she did...delicious! I do have a homemade ketchup from my Polish grandmother that I cherish.
my email: okaramountain at gmail dot com
My mom is Finnish (100%) and my Dad is a mix of Ukrainian and Polish. Thank you for hosting this contest. The book looks fabulous!
-Ilissa
ihchicky [at] gmail [dot] com
I am Irish, English, German and Scottish. Our family loves food. I had the pleasure of eating freshly baked bread my entire life. Would be thrilled to add this book to my collection.
Thanks for the giveaway Allen!
Lily (milkylunar at msn . com), born and raised in southern Mexico. I grew up on bean soups and fried plantains :D... not to mention delicious (but awfully greasy) mexican street food.
Hi Allen, its Farina again. I emailed you yesterday. Im of malay/bugis/chinese heritage and hubby is polish/chinese. well,thts wht his mom told me.(i know, weird ey? lol)
Coming fr Malaysia, im used to malay, chinese, indian and thai food. and thts wht i eat/make almost everyday eventho im now living in the US. For hubby, id make american food since he doesn really eat asian food. The reason why I talked abt food tht we eat is because I think the food tht we eat, is also our heritage. or maybe because i just love talking abt food. oh well! lol.
cheers
p.s. i think i had trouble seeing the word veri yday because i came here thru foodbuzz.
Hmm. After reading your review of the book, I'm very intrigued. The tidbit about your family history is great. I wondered about that when you mentioned the farm on your jam post. Reading the ethnic background of all these other food bloggers is really interesting too. I noticed there were no responses of generic American mutts. I wonder if that factors into it?
As for me, I'm a first generation Vietnamese-Chinese (Hainanese). Boat kid. My family fled Vietnam in 1979. We were in the refugee camps in Hong Kong for a year, and came to America in 1980.
hi - i'm jacquie and my email
is jacquieastemborski@comcast.net
i'm of polish descent on my father's side and french canadian
on my mother's. we didn't have many traditional baked foods growing up. i would welcome an opportunity to explore the baking traditions of other cultures.
Wow, so generous of you to do a giveaway!
I'm from Louisiana and have traced my family back to France and Germany for the most part with a few English and Swedish mixed in! I have inherited my love of baking from grandmothers on both sides and probably many great-grandmothers above them. Cakes, pies, cookies were a huge part of all family get togethers. Not to mention candy!! Pralines, fudge, divinity...all family favorites.
Suzy
suzyq1968 ~at~ comcast.net
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