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 Cookbook, please! Soooooo looking forward to it.
My number one favorite would be the Picky Palate cookbook by Jenny Flake. Who could compete with Oreo stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies?
My second favorite would be Street Food of Mexico.
Smitten Kitchen and Jerusalem are tied for 1st for me!
Very generous giveaway. Smitten Kitchen is the ine i’ve been waiting for the most.
Thank you.
Oh, it’s all about the Smitten Kitchen book for me. I discovered the blog last year, and I’m still working my way through the archives. I can’t WAIT for this cookbook!!!
Smitten Kitchen is my must-have. I love Deb’s writing as much as I love her recipes–if not more 🙂
Smitten Kitchen for the win! I love her blog, her photography. *swoon* Can’t wait to see her cookbook.
I need to read all these! I’m most excited about the Picky Palate cookbook, though!
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook! I’ve been following Deb for years and I’m so happy her cookbook is FINALLY coming out! I can’t wait to see what she invented in there.
The Sprouted Kitchen looks amazing as well as True foods. Can never have enough fresh food in our house!
I would be delighted to win the Sprouted Kitchen cookbook! I know it would get sooo much use and I’ve heard great things!
smitten kitchen is already on my wish list!!! love her and her food.
Jerusalem looks like a really great book. Thanks for the chance!
Wow. This is an AMAZING list of cookbooks! The Sprouted Kitchen appeals to me most because it appears to take simple ingredients and make them into decadent masterpieces! Healthy cooking can be so bland (a grilled piece of chicken and a side of broccoli) and I’d love to learn how to use fresh, healthy ingredients to make more interesting meals. I’d also like to try some new vegetables and what better way than with a fun recipe from a great cookbook!?!
I am so, so excited for the Smitten Kitchen cookbook. Almost everything that I make and subsequently get requests from the family to make again is from her website. I’m sure I will love the book just as much!
I could use the Picky Palate one for my kids! Sprouted looks amazing!
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook would be my first choice because I love Deb, her writing and her recipes. Aida’s Keys to the Kitchen and the Pure Vanilla cookbooks also speak to me. Can you tell that I love cookbooks? It would be absolutely wonderful to win any one of them!
maggie
Cannot express how excited I am for the Smitten Kitchen cookbook, I’ve followed the blog for years. Deb gets dinner on my table!
Oh man.. I need The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook SOO BAD! I <3 Deb!
I can’t wait to have the Smitten Kitchen cookbook in my hands!
The Smitten Kitchen! Frankly, I’m a little ashamed I don’t already own it.
oh man, I’m dying to get my hands on the Smitten Kitchen cookbook!
Without a doubt the book I covet is Deb Perelman’s, The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook. Her blog was one of the first food blogs I ever visited. Her pictures render even food I don’t care for, drool worthy…
I awaited with so much anticipation Deb’s recipes as soon as they are posted as much as I long for another picture of Jacob <3
The Smitten Kitchen cookbook is totally up my alley!
Pure Vanilla… I love that vanilla is so common yet you can do so much with it! I want to get *good* vanilla, nad this book would be the perfect excuse!
Pure vanilla looks pretty awesome 🙂
I would love to have a copy of The Smitten Kitchen! Her website is fabulous and I’ve never made a recipe of hers that wasn’t fantastic. Thanks!
Smitten Kitchen!! I’ve been following her blog for years, ever since a friend made Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes- mmmmmm they were good! Her blueberry boy bait is a summer staple in my kitchen, and I wouldn’t even know about shakshuka if not for her.
I would love Pure Vanilla! I need some technique help…
Two words: Smitten Kitchen!
What a great selection. I think Smitten Kitchen or Keys to the Kitchen.
Congratulations!!
been reading smitten kitchen for a few years and every single cake i’ve made since has come from that site. that book is a must-have in my apartment. congrats on the wedding, btw.
I’ve prepared so many of Deb’s recipes, I just can’t wait for The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook!
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.
Love love love Ottonlenghi. I have heard great things about Jerusalem and can’t wait to get my hands on it and start cooking.
true foods , spourted kitchen and smitten kitchen would all be near the top of my list – but really they all look interesting for different reasons.
Obsessed with Picky Palate!! What a lovely giveaway 🙂 Thank you, and congratulations!!
Aida Mollenkamps’s cookbook, “Keys to the Kitchen” is rocking!:) I love everything about it! Her style of cooking is simple yet complex in taste. The combinations she puts together, makes me want to get into the Kitchen and cook. To me her book is the winner hands down! I could go on and on! Go, Aida! 🙂
Thanks for letting us into your world and providing it to us food lovers in the world! 🙂
Wow, so many amazing choices! I’m definitely interested in the Weelicious cookbook, as I mostly cook for my kids and my family 🙂
I’ve been counting the days til the Smitten Kitchen cookbook comes out!
Thanks for the giveaway. I’m torn between Smitten Kitchen and Picky Palate. They both sound great. You choose
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook would be the ultimate prize for me. I stumbled upon her blog a few months ago and I was enjoying it so much I went back and read the entire thing from the beginning! This would just be the icing on a very delicious self baked (possibly monkey shaped) cake.
-Sequoia
True Food!
I would love the Keys to the Kitchen cookbook. I tend to cook the same things all the time and would love to master new cooking techniques. Pure Vanilla looks wonderful too!
Congratulations on getting married! Thanks for a great giveaway!
I visited my sister, who recently moved to London, and was enchanted by Ottolenghi while I was there. His restaurants were a delight for every sense. I am just finishing my degree in education and my life is turning the corner from student to independent adult. I would love to have Jerusalem. It is a cookbook unlike anything I have in my meagre collection of Joy of Cooking and Rachael Ray. Thank you for all your lovely recipes and congratulations on your nuptials!!
I’d love the Smitten Kitchen cookbook! Smitten Kitchen is the very first food blog I ever read! Congratulations on your wedding and thanks for the giveaway 🙂
True food sounds amazing! We also visited the restaurant in our honeymoon and it was amazing! We live in Spain so it would be wonderful to get a little taste of santa monica on the other side of the world 🙂
Picky Palate because of her over the top sweets
I would love the Jerusalem: A Cookbook. I adore his other cookbook, Plenty!