A twice-weekly sharing of eco-shwag.
TWO lucky green LA girl winners will win an eco-friendly cookbook for organic baked goodies. Organic and Chic: Cakes, Cookies, and Other Sweets That Taste as Good as They Look‘s got recipes for Red Velvet Love Cake, Vanilla-Bean Butter Cake, Double Ginger Cookies, and more.
Written by Brooklyn custom cake baker Sarah Magid, Organic and Chic will show you how to “create vibrantly colored, highly original, delicious organic cakes and other desserts that are perfect for all kinds of celebrations,” according to the publisher. Of course, you’ll use in-season fruit and organic ingredients with no weird additives and chemicals –
Comment by Tuesday to get into the drawing, which’ll happen Wednesday (more info on freebies here). US addresses only.
Image via Harper Collins
Wow, the cover is good enough to win me over instantly. I would love to know how to keep baking a bit more natural.
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Comment by Rachel (Heart of Light) — June 5, 2009 @ 8:36 am
Sounds great, but how is this interesting? You just use the organic version of ingredients to bake rather than the non-organic. Really, a no-brainer. Why would you need a cookbook to explain that to you?
On the other hand, the green-washing aside, if the book explains how to do the parts of fancy baking that stump beginners, then it’s a good investment.
Comment by sue — June 5, 2009 @ 10:02 am
sue — That’s totally the first thing I thought of when I saw the book! :) Then I remembered that a lot of cake / cookies cookbooks will list ingredients that aren’t easily organic-isable — i.e. calling for Hershey’s Choco syrup, that sort of thing. Also, the cookbook’s more about using fresh, seasonal ingredients — i.e. recipes using fresh fruit instead of a lot of conventional recipes that call for canned, etc.
Creative, experienced cooks can generally work around the conventional recipes — not so the novices….
Comment by Siel — June 5, 2009 @ 10:10 am
Okay, if I’m the lucky winner, do my cakes have to look exactly like the ones on the front cover? If not, put me in the running.
Vanilla bean butter cake….mmmmmm
Comment by Robin — June 5, 2009 @ 11:14 am
yummy-please count me in
Comment by Jenn — June 5, 2009 @ 12:25 pm
please count me in for the draw, as my hubbie would LOVE for me to bake him cakes like that on the cover…LOL… :)
Comment by Lisa Inversin — June 5, 2009 @ 2:22 pm
Happy Friday, Siel! I am a vegan and would really appreciate being entered in your organic cookbook
drawing! The cover of her book is lovely.
Have a wonderful weekend…..Thanks, Cindi
Comment by Cindi — June 5, 2009 @ 3:48 pm
I would love to bake those recipes on the cover.
Comment by Sophia — June 5, 2009 @ 5:26 pm
I’m curious to see what they use for food coloring, and if they recommend non-dairy ingredients. Please count me in!
Comment by Valerie — June 6, 2009 @ 10:54 am
I am dairy-free so if any of the cakes use organic dairy substitutes – I would love the read the recipes.
Comment by treebean — June 6, 2009 @ 11:25 am
Sounds delicious. Count me in.
Comment by Becky — June 6, 2009 @ 3:53 pm
super tasty! i’m in..
Comment by Dana Dickerson — June 6, 2009 @ 3:55 pm
The cover is gorgeous and so vividly colorful!
I am always interested in delicious and healthful recipes.
Please count me in for this drawing, and thank you for offering this book to your readers.
Comment by Gill — June 7, 2009 @ 8:10 pm
please include me in the drawing. thank you!
Comment by lisa — June 8, 2009 @ 8:32 am
Neat! My sister is an up-and-coming pastry artist and I would love to help her balance her environmental consciousness with a profession that she’s passionate about.
Comment by Molly — June 8, 2009 @ 9:10 am
Sounds very deliciously interesting. Please enter me into the drawing for the free book.
Comment by Sandra — June 8, 2009 @ 1:01 pm
Siel, in terms of something like “I remembered that a lot of cake / cookies cookbooks will list ingredients that aren’t easily organic-isable — i.e. calling for Hershey’s Choco syrup,” I think quite a few recipes that call for specific name brands do it because the recipe is created by a larger company that intentionally sticks its own labels in there. There’s nothing special about Hershey’s that you can’t get with other syrups, including just using melted chocolate and cream, both organic — but it does take a little cooking know-how to figure out how to do that correctly, and a book that gave readers that knowledge would be useful.
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Comment by Mary Mactavish — June 9, 2009 @ 10:59 am
Makes me want to drool!
Comment by Krista — June 9, 2009 @ 11:14 am
I love the idea of bringing simplicity back to baking. There are so many ingredients, even IN ingredients, that aren’t close to being food that it’s no wonder we get sick. I’m excited by the idea of fun, yummy treats like Red Velvet Love Cake!
Comment by Kristen — June 9, 2009 @ 11:16 am
My kids love to drool over cookery books. A book with a focus on organic cakes and cookies sounds good to me. Thanks for the give away :-)
Comment by Alison Kerr — June 9, 2009 @ 12:11 pm
that book looks amazing! I love baking and I’m always getting cookbooks as gifts but I’ve never seen one this awesome. Hope I win.
Thanks!
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Comment by taylor — June 9, 2009 @ 12:21 pm
that book sounds great, but you know what sounds better? i’d love a good book on how to bake good, yummy appetizing things without using processed sugar (think honey and agave), wheat or dairy. something with recipes similar to deserts at M Cafe…
Comment by abigail — June 9, 2009 @ 1:08 pm
This blogs make me hungry! These cakes look to pretty to eat!
Comment by Ellen — June 9, 2009 @ 7:29 pm
organice + baked goods= AMAZING. yum i want to try the recipes out!
Comment by haileyrain — June 10, 2009 @ 1:23 am
Rachel (heart of light) and Robin are the lucky winners! Happy organic baking, everyone :)
Comment by Siel — June 11, 2009 @ 6:56 pm
I love to bake and would really like to learn more about organic baking. I bake a lot for other people, but not much for myself (because a lot of food allergies). Thanks!
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Comment by Jess — June 16, 2009 @ 1:52 am