So. Let me paint you a picture. A few weeks back when I should have been making pretty things for my wedding and baking cookies to put into gift bags for our guests, I decided I should check out Amazon and see what kind of cookbooks were due to come out this fall. Little did I know that I basically added every other book to my shopping cart and spent 2 hours reading about the fabulous cooks that are publishing books in the next few months.
I’m jazzed to say the least. Now that the wedding planning is over, and I can eat whatever I want again because I don’t need to fit into my dress, I’m so excited to get back into the kitchen and cook up a storm!
So, here’s the deal. I picked my 10 most favorite titles that are due out this fall. Some of them were just released, and others are coming out in the next month or so. And I love each and every one of them. And can’t wait to get my hands on them too! And I feel like you should have them too. So let’s do a little giveaway shall we? Just peruse the books that are below, and pick your most favorite one or the one that looks the most like you, leave a comment telling me which cookbook is totally your jam and when I get back from my honeymoon on September 10th, I’ll pick 3 winners and mail ya the books of your choice!!
Sound good?
Okay go!
Here’s the deal. I love Aida. She is one heck of an amazing person and a dear dear friend of mine. So you should totally have her book. Not to mention her recipes are spot on and I’m not just saying that. I was cooking her recipes way before we were friends. And I trust her recipes to a T!
Weelicious: 140 Fast, Fresh, and Easy Recipes by Catherine McCord
Have a family? Look no further. Catherine, another wonderful friend of mine, has got ya covered! Her recipes will please even the pickiest eater and turn them into an adventurous one! Plus she’s gorgeous. So it’s another must have!
Muy Bueno: Three Generations of Authentic Mexican Flavor
Don’t mind me while I disappear into this book for the next 3 months. It’s another gorgeous book with to die for recipes! With 3 generations of recipes going into this book, it’s sure to be a winner in your kitchen!
I’m obsessed with Yotam. I’m pretty sure if we met in real life we would be great friends. I mean, I love all of his food, so I would just assume that we’d be friends in real life too. Don’t ya think? 🙂 His last cookbook, Plenty, was the inspiration behind so many of my pre-wedding meals. His food is clean, healthy and always flavorful! I can’t wait to dig into his latest!
The Sprouted Kitchen: A Tastier Take on Whole Foods
Based on one of my all time favorite blogs, this cookbook dives into the whole grains, whole foods and whole lotta vegetables. Plus the photography is breathtaking!
I mean, who doesn’t know Deb and her fab recipes!! I can’t wait to get this one into my hot little hands and start cooking and baking up a storm a la Deb!
Hugo Ortega’s Street Food of Mexico
I think I was meant to spend half of the year in Mexico. I’m just obsessed with Mexican cuisine. (I mean, guacamole in particular – but I love everything else too!) This cookbook, by Hugo Ortega just screamed my name when I came across it on Amazon. I think a street food adventure in Mexico sounds like something I was meant to do!
True Food: Seasonal, Sustainable, Simple, Pure
Have you guys ever been to True Food Kitchen? It’s one of my favorite restaurants here in Santa Monica. Want to know why? Because the food is fabulous and you actually leave feeling good! You’re not weighed down in greasy foods or stuffed to the brim with oversized portions. It’s just perfect. And this book is going to fit perfectly in my kitchen.
Have you guys had those life changing oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookies? Well, those are the genius brainchild of my friend Jenny Flake!! And she’s got a new book to go along with her fabulous blog! Jenny’s recipes are fun, playful, delicious and totally good for families! And the photos are gorgeous. Especially because my BFFs, Matt Armendariz and Adam Pearson did the photography and food styling! I worked on set as a food styling assistant too… and let me tell ya, I taste tested each recipe after it came from from it’s beauty shot. Soooo good!
Pure Vanilla: Irresistible Recipes and Essential Techniques
And last, but certainly not least, let’s end with something super sweet from my girl Shauna, she’s a total doll! 🙂 With recipes like Honey-Vanilla Granola Clusters, Vanilla Sea Salt Caramels, and Vanilla Mojitos, I think this is going to fit perfectly into my cookbook collection!
And there you have it. 10 cookbooks. 10 awesome cookbook authors. And a whole lotta new recipes for your Fall season! So what do you think? Which one stands out the most? Leave your thoughts below and I’ll pick winners once I’m back from soaking up every ounce of sun Mexico has to offer!!
p.s. if the book you pick is not yet released…. I’ll have it shipped out to you the second it is up for sale!!!
**Update** This contest is now closed. Winners please email me at gaby@whatsgabycooking.com so we can order your books and have them delivered as soon as they come out!!!
And the winners are……
Linda “I’d love Weelicious. My formerly adventurous toddler is becoming a picky preschooler! I’d love some more ideas for dinner.”
Eryn “What a tough pick, those all look amazing. I’d love Muy Bueno for the Mexican side of my family & Jerusalem: A Cookbook for the Israeli side of my family! You should then come over for a potluck, our food is amazing. 
Congratulations on your wedding. I will give you the advice that was given to me on my wedding day, by my favorite aunt: Love each other deeply. Even when it’s difficult, just love each other deeply. It will carry you through anything that comes your way.”
Ashley @ Wishes for Dishes “I would love Picky Palate cookbook! I am a picky eater, after all 
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I want ALL of them!!! If I had to pick just one… I’d go for Sprouted Kitchen. Dying to get my hands on that one!
Street Foods of Mexico or Muy Bueno, being Mexican American and wanting to learn more of my own culture and foods and keeping the traditions alive is important.. thank you for the giveaway.. Good luck all.
Keys to the kitchen is the one that appeals to me.
Pure Vanilla…YUM!!!!!!!!!!! My favorite!
They all look fabulous! The Smitten Kitchen is my pick! I love Deb’s blog and would love to add her cookbook to my wonderful collection….cooking, baking are what “jams” me!
Thank you!
Pure Vanilla looks like pure delight for me!!! I love the simplicity and richness of anything vanilla. Ithis book couldn’t be any more perfect for me! :0) Enjoy your vacay!
I’d love The Picky Palate.
I will love to have in my hands the “Muy bueno Cookbook” and cook some tamales from there!
I am dying to have Aida Mollencamp’s book. I’ve been a fan of hers since the Ask Aida days on Food Network and can’t wait to try some more of her recipes!
I love the look of The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook – the photograph alone makes it look right up my street!! Tasty!
Definitely the Weelicious cookbook. I have been following Catherine’s site since I became a new mom 3 years ago and use her recipes all the time for my family. My son loves everything I make of hers. I get so many great ideas and love her easy and wholesome food approach. Would love to have her cookbook in my collection!!!
I am so in love with veggies and color this year, and equally obsessed with Yotam. Never been more inspired by his cooking. So I gotta go with “Jerusalem: A Cookbook”.
Pure Vanilla for sure!
Love them all! My top choice would be true food!
Aida book looks right up my alley: Aida Mollenkamp’s Keys to the Kitchen: The Essential Reference for Becoming a More Accomplished, Adventurous Cook. Becoming a better cook and cooking more interesting meals was a new year’s resolution of mine that I’m still working on. 🙂
What a great giveaway! I would love to win the Jerusalem cookbook. The hopeful story behind the book, with Yotam from the Jewish side and Sami from the Arab side is so inspiring and I bet the recipes are amazing!
They all sound so enticing but I have to go with “Jerusalem” because I fell in love with Yotam’s food with “Plenty”.
Fingers crossed for sure.
I want them all, I have yours on order and since I LOVE Mexican Food so I choose:
Hugo Ortega’s Street Food of Mexico
I love street food and if I had my way there would be some on every corner in Woodstock, Georgia!
I know, I know, wishful thinking but maybe one day!
They are all standouts, but I truly yearn for Jerusalem. Ottolenghi is amazing and I would love to spend days cooking with him – in person preferably, but for now, I’ll settle for cooking with one of his books. PS – Congrats on your wedding and best wishes for a joyous honeymoon.
I have has my eye on the sprouted kitchen cook book for a while.
Wow this is generous and confusing:)!!! I of course want all of these, they are all on my “going to buy” book list. But if I had to choose one right now, it would be Muy Bueno! Thank for the giveaway, and have a wonderful honeymoon.
Decisions…decisions… If I have to pick one, Muy Bueno looks like a beautiful and useful cookbook.
Love them all but picky palate would be my first choice.
oh goodness it would have to be pure vanilla !! oh fun! Thanks!!
I want them all, but if I have to choose I guess Picky Palette…or Pure Vanilla…..oh either one!
You aren’t REALLY going to make me choose are you? I would love to see ALL of them next to my nightstand for everynight perusing.
They all look good, but I think Smitten Kitchen book is meant for me!!
I would love to try out the Jerusalem one! I have been looking into cooking different cuisines and appreciating new flavors and foods!
I would love to have so many of these but especially the Weelicious cookbook. I’m dying for more inspiration to feed my growing family healthy meals.
My pick is Jerusalem. And why? Because Yotam Ottolenghi is a culinary genius! I’ve been working my way through Plenty and even featured it on my blog. I’m constantly amazed at the flavors and textures in his recipes. Am anxiously awaiting the release of Jerusalem. Can’t wait to see what he’s cooking up.
Smitten Kitchen!
I want them all, but Smitten Kitchen is the one I’d choose. I absolutely love her blog.
Who doesn’t love Aida? That would be my pick!
I use to go to Cabo San Lucas once a year for an all girls vacation. A few of us have lost our job so, I haven’t been there in 4 years. I miss the hot weather and laying out by the pool but, what I missed most is the food. I would love to have the Mexican Street Food cookbook.
I want them all! lol but I could narrow em down to two. I would love to have the Pure Vanilla Cookbook cause I love baking and finding good vanilla recipes. I also love Muy Bueno cookbook… my husband loves mexican food and out where we live we don’t have a good mexican restaurant so I think it would be awesome to make his mexican cuisine dreams come true! haha (:
They all look ahhhmazing but I would love to get my hands on the smitten kitchen!!!
I’ve been waiting for the Smitten Kitchen cookbook for… well, it feels like years! Deb’s recipes are always fantastic and I love her writing voice.
Wow. It’s a 4-way tie for me! Jerusalem or True Food or The Sprouted Kitchen or Pure Vanilla. I may have to buy them anyway!!
This is a tough call but I have to go with Muy Bueno!
I happened upon their Fiesta Bruschetta recipe a few years ago, and somehow accidentally subscribed to the blog : ) After receiving a few e-mails I came to adore the unique recipes, with authentic ingredients and watched their online presence grow. I can’t wait to add this one to my cookbook collection and try the recipes!
http://www.muybuenocookbook.com/2010/11/fiesta-bruschetta/
Im torn between pure vanilla and smitten kitchen. I think my sweet tooth would win this battle.
I have Pure Vanilla on my wishlist already being a huge fan of Vanilla. I was always the odd one out when I was a kid and would choose vanilla ice cream over chocolate!
However I really like the looks of the Weelicious and Picky Palate being a mom of two adorable girls who don’t always eat or even want to try what we’re having! I think I may be adding them to my wishlist!! ;0)
This is a great giveaway! Thank you!
I’m all over Aida’s book! A little more adventure in the kitchen couldn’t hurt.
I want the Picky Palate cook book!
The Picky Palate Cookbook, for me. It was a hard choice between Picky Palate Cookbook and The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook, I love both o their blogs so much.
I’d love the Smitten Kitchen cookbook!
Muy Bueno!! I have had my eye on that cookbook ever since I saw Matt’s video. Oh me, oh my! Love their blog, too. Have a fabulous honeymoon!!!
Ooh, totally thrilled that you included KTTK. Thanks for your support, lady!
I would have to go with Hugo Ortega’s cookbook. His restaurant is in Houston and everything he makes is fantastic. You will really enjoy his cookbook!
The Sprouted Kitchen would be my favorite! I have been wanting to use more sprouts in my cooking…just don’t have many recipes or know how besides bean sprout.
I would love the Muy Bueno cookbook. I love mexican food but can never make it authentic.