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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Smitten Kitchen!
Jerusalem: A Cookbook, definitely. I’ve had my eye on it since I heard it was coming out.
Love Pure Vanilla …. Have been looking at that book . Work in a Cafe at a sheila k-12 and I am trying to teach them what good food taste like. The school lunch program in our country is horrible and we need real cooks to show the kids another way . Thanks for your blog , I get many ideas I share with the kids .
They all sound good but I guess I choose keys To the kitchen.
muy bueno!
I would love to have Aida’s book!
Muy Bueno: Three Generations of Authentic Mexican Flavor would be my pick!
Street Food of Mexico….looks awesome. Addiction to recipes and cook books, there could be a worse problem.
Very intrigued about Jerusalem: A Cookbook!
I love the Muy Bueno Recipes! I would love a copy!
Weelicious…..very excited for that one!
I would love Aida Mollenkamp’s Keys to the Kitchen: The Essential Reference for Becoming a More Accomplished, Adventurous Cook. I’m getting married next year and need some great new recipes for my hubby-to-be! 🙂
Of ALL my cookbooks, this will be my #1 all time favorite!
Weelicious! Interested in many of them, but this gets my pick for having the cutest title of my favorites!
Well, I’ve already pre-ordered the Weelicious cookbook. I would love to try the Picky Palate to make meals my whole family will eat, including my picky 4 year old. The Smitten Kitchen book looks awesome too!
Oh, this is hard…I love cookbooks! I have 4 shelves of them in my kitchen, with more in the cupboards and in boxes. But, if I had to pick one, I’d say The Smitten Kitchen. Thanks for such an awesome giveaway!
I am obsessed with all foods with a Mexican flavor, so i vote for Muy Bueno! Besides, you are honeymooning in Mexicao–you can’t go wrong because the food is always great!
Muy Bueno looks amazing but so does the weelicious… and the vanilla one… yah that’d fit in my collection too! Thanks for the low down on what’s comin’… Looks like I’ll be browsing Amazon too. Enjoy Mexico 🙂
Oohh… I’d love all of them… probably Aida Mollenkamp’s most though. But, the Mexico street food one would be wonderful too. 🙂
This is a great giveaway idea! Happy to see someone loves to try new foods and recipes too. I try to eat as healthy and as “natural” as I possibly can on a budget — which means a lot of making my own food. Thankfully I really enjoy it! The Sprouted Kitchen or True Food cookbooks are right up my alley, and it would be a lovely surprise to get either of these.
Hard choice but since I’m trying to eat healthier I’d choose True Food. Enjoy your trip.
They all look good but I would love Aida Mullenkamp’s Keys to the Kitchen.
Such a great giveaway and such great choices you made.. But as I have been looking forward to the Sprouted Kitchen cookbook ever since they announced it one and a half years ago, it would have to be that one 🙂 (It has not yet been released here in Europe!)
Keys to the Kitchen looks like a great book to add to my collection. Thanks for the giveaway & I hope your honeymoon was blissful!
Hugo Ortega’s Street Food of Mexico, i love mexican!
Keys to the kitchen
They all look like great cookbooks but my choice is Muy Bueno.
I love mexican food so my favorites-1st-Muy Bueno: Three Generations of Authentic Mexican Flavor and 2nd-Hugo Ortega’s Street Food of . Thank you for this wonderful givaway!
All the books look amazing…
Pure Vanilla: Irresistible Recipes and Essential Techniques
can’t live without desserts….:)
The Picky Palate Cookbook looks just awesome…:)
I must admit that Smitten Kitchen has always been more than inspiring to me… so it’s my choice by default LOL
I’ve discovered a few in that list so I will look them up when they come up…Amazon is our modern day window shopping!
Thanks for the giveaway.
Picky palate!
Oh my goodness! Pick just one? I would have to choose Smitten Kitchen. Love Deb’s blog. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
My pick would be Jerusalem, I am in love to death with his other cookbooks, so I’m sure this won’t disapoint!
All of them! But since I have to choose just one – True Food Kitchen cookbook. I have never been to the restaurant, but I love the idea of sustainable healthy foods 🙂
They all look great, but if I picked one it would be the Sprouted Kitchen cookbook!
I think that Sprouted Kitchen looks fantastic (but I added a whole bunch of them to my cart on Amazon so I’d be happy with any of them!)
I can’t decide between Smitten Kitchen of Picky Palate. I guess I want both equally! Congrats on your wedding!
Smitten Kitchen all the way!!!
I am all about changing my lifestyle to fit in more whole foods. I think Sprouted Kitchen would be great for that.
Hard choice, but think it has to be Jerusalem
I would love to try the Picky Palate Cookbook, I love her blog.
Pure Vanilla for sure!
I would love the Picky Palate cookbook-great giveaway!
So many of these books look amazing, but my first pick would have to be Shauna’s Pure Vanilla! Have a wonderful time on your honeymoon! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
I read cookbooks like novels! Every word! True Food looks wonderful !
True Food is Andrew Weil, MD’s new cookbook. I would love to win it. Thanks
WEELICIOUS!!!!! She has changed our family’s eating for the best!!!
I can’t decide…so you will have to decide for me between Jerusalem and True Food Kitchen.
I would probably pick Muy bueno. I relate to it because it reminds me of my Abuela (grandmother) and her cooking.
I am already a fan of Weelicious as my husband loves every recipe I try and my daughter…well, she’s getting there. I really need this book of yumminess.