In the middle of a hot summer, who couldn’t use 300 fresh, flavorful recipes for those lazy hazy days? Jeff Cox, author of 18 books on food, wine, and gardening, is giving one of my lucky readers an autographed copy of The Big Summer Cookbook!
Jeff Cox has quite a list of accomplishments! Taken from his website:
Jeff Cox is the author of 18 books on food, wine, and gardening. He’s hosted two television series-Your Organic Garden on PBS and Grow It! on HGTV. He’s been the restaurant reviewer for the Santa Rosa (CA) Press Democrat since 1993. He was the managing editor of Organic Gardening magazine through the decade of the 1970s. He’s written a column for the San Francisco Chronicle, and is Contributing Editor of both The Wine News and Horticulture Magazine. He writes frequently for Decanter, an English wine magazine. He’s a member of the James Beard Foundation and the Association of Food Journalists. He’s won many awards for his many endeavors. Jeff has a degree in journalism from Lehigh University, has raised five kids, and lives with his wife Susanna in Kenwood, California.
Check out Jeff’s website HERE to learn more about Jeff’s books and interest in organic foods.
To see a video of Jeff on The View from the Bay demonstrating how to make two cold soups - Cold Avacado Tomato Soup and Cold Cuccumber Soup, click HERE. The recipes are also available below the video!
The Big Summer Cookbook has 319 pages and is broken down into the following chapters:
Summer: The Most delicious season
Breakfast & Brunch
Dips, Spreads, & Finger Foods
Sandwiches & Breads
Salads
Soups
Surf and Turf: Main Dishes
On the Side
Desserts
Sippers
Homemade Summer Staples
Menus
Farmers’ Market Picks: Fruits & Vegetables
Recipes by Icon
Recipes by Summer Spotlight Ingredient
Would you like to win an autographed copy of The Big Summer Cookbook? Here’s what you need to do to enter:
- Mandatory Entry: Tell me what your “go to” summer recipe is. (Don’t forget to include your email in your comment below!)
- Optional Entries (eligible after completing the mandatory entry above)
You can do any or all of the following for one entry each. Please leave a separate comment (below) for each that you have done.
2. Follow me on Google Friend Connect.
3. Subscribe to my blog via email and never miss a post!
4. Grab my blog button and place it on your side bar. (Leave a link to your blog.)
5. Follow me on Networked Blogs.
6. Follow me on Twitter. @janedoiron
7. Tweet this giveaway and leave me a link. (You may tweet once a day, so come back and leave a comment and earn 1 entry for each tweet.)
8. Become a Fan of Make-Ahead Meals for Busy Moms on Facebook.
9. Mention this giveaway on Facebook.
10. Write a post about this giveaway on your blog. (Leave a link to your post.)
This giveaway will end on August 8th at 8:00 p.m. EST. It is open to the U.S. only. The winners will be chosen by random.org and you will be contacted by email. Please respond within 48 hours or a new winner will be chosen. To be fair to everyone, the comments not meeting the requirements will be deleted. Good luck!
- *I’d like to thank Jeff Cox for giving away The Big Summer Cookbook to one of my lucky readers!
Disclaimer: I was given this autographed cookbook to give to one of my readers. The opinions stated are 100% mine.
About admin
My “go to” summer meal is hot dogs and baked beans and chips! My kids LOVE it and it’s super easy… though probably not the healthiest thing. hehe
Following you on Network blog
We’ve eated alot of hamburger and macaroni salad this summer
Following you on network bog
Comment on Face book and followiing the giveaway……..lori scribner
Follow you on FB; my go-to meal would probably be chicken or shrimp salad
My go to meal is a huge salad with all kinds of good veggies included.
I follow you on Twitter - sweetsav1
I follow you in Facebook comfycook
I follow you on Networked blogs as sweetsav or comfycook. Sorry, I forgot which one I signed under. I think comfycook
I am putting your badge on Comfy Cook, now.
I am putting your badge on My Sweet and Savory now.
Anything grilled is an easy go-to for this family!
My go-to recipe is hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill.
flowerpower0097@live.com
I’m an email subscriber
flowerpower0097@live.com
I follow you on twitter.
flowerpower0097@live.com
I’m a facebook fan.
flowerpower0097@live.com
Hmmm….I don’t know that I have a go to summer meal. I make just about the same stuff that I do in every other season. But I do love my shrimp and penna pasta dish, and I’ve made it a lot this summer.
I am a facebook fan!
I follow your blog.
refrigerator pies are my favorite summer “go to” recipe because they cool you off and always bring a smile to the faces of the people who get to enjoy them
bamagv at aol dot com
I am a follower of your blog also
bamagv at aol dot com
My go to summer recipe is kabobs on the grill, yum! You can make them with any kind of meat or veggie. Thanks for the opportunity!
narniamum (at) gmail (dot) com
I follow via GFC. Thanks!
I subscribe via email. Thanks.
Simple grilled chicken, either in a teryaki sauce or bbq sauce, then a nice summer salad to go with it. Or, hot dogs… I love dogs on the grill, always feels like summer once I start making those, along with some bbq beans and potato salad - YUM!
My go to summer recipe is a strawberry and banana trifle..YUM!!!
My go to summer recipe is Deviled Eggs (my mother’s recipe). Thanks for the review and giveaway!
I follow on google friend connect
jackievillano at gmail dot com
I subscribe via email
jackievillano at gmail dot com
I’d have to say my go-to is hamburgers in the summer.
I’m following with Friend Connect
My favorite go to summer meal is a salad totally loaded with everything!!!! Fruit,veggies, meat, trimmings and fixings!
crapo(at)shaw(dot)ca
I am a follower!
I am an e-mail subscriber! Love it. Thanks.
I follow on Twitter.
Crispy Chicken Salad with craisins & Raspberry Vinaigrette!!
(spjmama at gmail dot com)
Following on google friend connect!
Following on twitter (@raquel226).
(spjmama at gmail dot com)
Following on FB!!
(spjmama at gmail dot com)
I make a fresh salsa with roughly chopped vegetables, corn, lime juice and cilantro. It chills and is so good in the summer.
Public follower on GFC!
I receive emails at this address!
I follow @sentmyway!
My go to meal is a tuna pasta salad. Because I can make it so many different ways, it never gets old.
twoofakind12@yahoo.com
I am a email subscriber.
twoofakind12@yahoo.com
I am a gfc follower.
debbie
twoofakind12@yahoo.com
Love your blog redesign.
My go to summer recipe is either chicken or egg salad sandwiches.
I’m a follower.
I am a fan on FB.
My go to summer recipe is lemon bars. I love the tart and sweet combination.
5 hour ribs on the grill, yum!
I go to summer recipe is grilling hamburgers on the grill.
I am an email subscriber.
Burgers and potato salad
Pimento Cheese Burgers!
I follow via GFC
email subscriber
FB friend
My Go To Summer Recipie is a Pasta with veggies and Zesty Italian dressing mixed in.
Yummy Salad.
I follow on GFC as frugal tumbleweed acres.
I’m an email subscriber.
My ‘go to’ summer recipie would probably be bacon burgers and steak fries! My husband and I both love them!
I blogged about this giveaway!
http://sarahsgiveawayslinkupblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/big-summer-cookbook.html
I am now a fan of make ahead meals for busy moms on facebook!
I now follow you via google friend connect!
My go to summer recipes is BLT sandwiches using tomatoes from our garden
My summer go-to meal is something on the grill-usually hamburgers or steak, sometimes fajitas or kebabs. I’m always looking for new ideas though!
sharonjo at gwtc dot net
I follow you on google friend connect. (sharonjo)
I’m an email subscriber.
sharonjo at gwtc dot net
I follow you on twitter @sharonjo2
I follow you on networked blogs.
Sharon Olivier
I tweeted here: http://twitter.com/sharonjo2/status/20248496012
I’m a facebook fan of Make-Ahead Meals for Busy Moms.
Sharon Olivier
My “go to” summer meal is a chef’s salad.
GFC follower
Email subscriber
One of my go to summer meals is tomato pie.
joosbornenc@yahoo.com
I am a google friend connect.
joosbornenc@yahoo.com
I like you on facebook.
joosbornenc@yahoo.com
I follow you on twitter as southerncooker
joosbornenc@yahoo.com
I LOVE my mom’s recipe for a frozen strawberry pie. All whipped, light and fluffy, it’s PERFECT for summer! Of course, then there’s the fruit pizza with a Rice Krispie Squares crust and a lemon glaze…
I follow you on GFC
I subscribe to you
I have your button on my blog: http://jensunchartedterritory.blogspot.com/
I follow you on Networked Blogs
I’m a FB fan of yours
Daily tweet
http://twitter.com/sharonjo2/status/20305142849
My go-to summer meal is a big bowl full of baked beans, with cornbread on the side!
My go to summer recipe is tacos, easy and my girls love them jk{dot}gorcery{at}gmail{dot}com
I follow via google friend connect jk{dot}gorcery{at}gmail{dot}com
I subscribe via email jk{dot}gorcery{at}gmail{dot}com
button: http://whateverandbeyond.blogspot.com jk{dot}gorcery{at}gmail{dot}com
I follow you on Twitter (@jkgorcery) jk{dot}gorcery{at}gmail{dot}com
My favorite go-to recipe in the summer is cucmber salad. Goes great with anything on the grill!
My “go-to” recipe are pasta salads…they are quick, you can make them ahead and what a great snack!!!!
I put your button on my blog…
http://mygetfittrip.blogspot.com/
I follow with “google friend connect”
I’m a fan on facebook
(Cassandra Carrington Di Mauro)
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/jkgorcery/status/20344918125 jk{dot}gorcery{at}gmail{dot}com
we’re in Florida and with the tempeture and humidity we try to stay with cold meals so this summer I’ve made a lot of cold cut sandwiches. doesn’t heat up the house and saves a little on electricity!!
Daily tweet
http://twitter.com/sharonjo2/status/20394612504
Go to recipe is a big sandwich made on a hollowed out Italian loaf with tons of fixings!
GFC follower
networked blogs follower
FB fan sarah linette
Twitter follower duckybunny
Anything on the grill works
Follow on GFC
Email subscriber
Follow on Networked Blogs
Fan of Make-Ahead Meals for Busy Moms on Facebook. (Cathy Wallace)
Tweet
http://twitter.com/cjwallace43/status/20444750737
Daily tweet
http://twitter.com/sharonjo2/status/20471376482
I’m not the greatest cook, so my best “Summer recipe” is really just to slice up some watermelon and serve it to my kiddos!
Its sad, I know!
Tara
giveawayblogs at gmail dot com
I’m a follower!
Tara
giveawayblogs at gmail dot com
My go to summer recipe is pulled pork sandwiches
I follow you with GFC
I am an email subscriber
I follow you on twitter - HRA3Mom