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Congratulations to our giveaway winner, Erin who won the KitchenAid Crystal Blue Diamond Blender. The dishes that define her as a cook are dirt bars and macaroni and cheese!
As we crossed into 2015, we knew three things were sure to happen—Maggy’s baby would be born, our mother/grandmother would die, and our book—Three Many Cooks: One Mom, Two Daughters, Their Shared Story of Food, Faith, and Family—would be published. Dashiell Collins Keet was born on January 16th, Della Ruth Skipper died on March 18th, and our book will hit the shelves next week on April 14th.
This book is really the story of who we are, the food and the people we love, and what cooking has come to mean for us and our communities. We have a lot to say about our book, but on this day, we’ll let the video trailer speak for itself. A big, heartfelt thank you to our friends Deb and Rod Smith of SmithBites for so beautifully filming and producing it.
You can buy the book here: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or on IndieBound.
To celebrate the launch of our book, KitchenAid is giving away a Crystal Blue Diamond Blender which is my favorite, most used KitchenAid appliance (Sharon’s is the Pro Line Stand Mixer and Mom’s is the Pro Line Tea Kettle.) We love the Crystal Blue color, particularly because it matches our book jacket! To enter, just tell us: What’s the dish that defines you as a cook? What are you best known for? Giveaway ends Tuesday, April 14 at 12:00 PM EST!
Well, I am definitely most known for making Cook’s Illustrated thick and chewy chocolate chip cookies. I don’t want them to define me…but I think that at this point, they just do! 🙂
I guess I am best known for my friendship breads and goey butter cakes. That’s what I am always making to take to the jr high where I work. I like making different flavored goey butter cakes( I made 3 this week- Red Velvet , Carrot, and Almond Coconut)and since our vice principals birthday is next week…she requested the original one.
Thanks for the chance to win the blender. Mine pooped out 2 months ago and I haven’t replaced it .
I think I am known for homemade bread and from scratch spaghetti sauce
I’m famous for my guacamole!
I’m famous for my dirt bars and macaroni & cheese!
I am probably best known for my love of cheese, so the most epic of meals with that would be Raclette. I am well known for my ability to cook Indian food, so a chana masala would be a close second!
My kids are always asking for my Peach Pie!
My chocolate chip oatmeal cookies and caramelized onion dip get invited to more parties than I do!
The dish that defines me is my mac and cheese, while the dish itself is so delicious and comforting. I have several variations that are always popular. It’s also the requested dish to bring to parties, and it’s the dish I used to teach a friend of mine how to cook.
I think I’m known for my soft pretzel bites!
Thanks for sharing the video. Too sweet to see Maggy cradling baby Dashiell as you gather round the table (to make a video)- so easy, beautiful, precious.
My homemade bread!
Love the video preview! Baby sighting woohoo! Can’t wait to get another Anderson volume on the cookbook shelves!
I’m most well known for 1) any chocolate baked good (these days usually the Angus Barn chocolate pie). 2) Ms. Pam’s cornbread! (From The Perfect Recipe Book). 3) pork tenderloin (a Cooking Light recipe).
my husband and kids love my fried chicken, french fries and chocolate chip cookies.
I’m best known for my pastries, especially apricot or raspberry kolachky.
I didn’t realize this until a church carry-in a couple years ago, but I’m apparently known for bringing homemade bread and rolls. I learned all I know from my mom!
I would say my favorite or best food is my homemade whole wheat bread. I have made a loaf about once a week for probably the last 10 years.
Any cookie or quick bread that I bake.
I love making and my extended family loves my sour cream lime pie
My family loves my chocolate cake… they could eat it breakfast, lunch and dinner.
I am known to make the following meals that are killer:
Strawberry/Feta/Grilled Chicken Salad w/ Poppyseed Dressing
Ahi Tuna and Avocado Lime Dressing
I always get requests for my Italian Sausage Chili!
My favorite thing to make is dessert- cakes, cupcakes, cheesecake, Christmas cookies, etc.
I guess I have become the official rum cake maker since my grandmother-in-law passed away. It is a family favorite and required eating at most family functions. Otherwise, desserts in general are my thing. Thank you for the giveaway.
I am best known for making Martha Stewart’s peanut brittle, people clamor for it! I am best defined as a cook who will take risks but has gotten a little lazy 🙁
I loved the video! My grandboys spend most weekends with us — my spaghetti sauce is their Friday night favorite.
My chunky guac!!!!
I make a rum cake every Christmas and get requests throughout the year to make it for other occasions for my family and friends.
My family has come to love my whole smoked chickens.
my kids love my chicken parmigiana…
I am best known for my salads. It is what people ask me to bring to events.
I’m known for my pear cake.
I’m most known for my baking. My husband loves my granola bars and says they are his favorite thing I make. I also enjoy cooking but it’s the sweets I really get pleasure from the most.
I am probably best known for my baking of treats and making my husband’s traditional Slovak dishes.
I, too, am known nest for my baking. Chocolate chip cookies and pecan pie are common requests!
Double oatmeal cookies!
It would be my chicken pesto pizza 🙂
I am known for my dessert. Not just one,, many. I’m always asked to bring dessert.
Probably the fav is my chocolate bourbon pecan pie!
I am a baker, so depending on the audience, depends on the baked good. Lemon cake, baguettes, rye bread, chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookies. Right now, I am working on perfecting my grandma’s recipes. Thanks for the blog. Love it and I bought the book for the library I work for.
I am defined by my cooking of BURGERS, homemade buns and the eternal quest for the “perfect” patty and accoutrements (hee, hee, I said accoutrements). Lately, I am a big fan of the ground pork combo patty topped with “Piquillo NOT Pimento” Cheese and bacon served on a bacon grease/butter brushed homemade bun. Hello, cardiologists everywhere!!!! But it is sooooo tasty!
my Oso buco is to die for! Been a hit for ever with friends and family. That does not define me, I define me!
I have several things that I make often, but my family knows me best for experimenting with new recipes. If it disappears quickly, I know it was good. If someone says “You can make that again!” I know it was great!
JJ’s World Famous Baked Beans….yep, that’s what my family always requests. No matter the setting or menu (a few exceptions), my baked beans fit in. Fish fry/beans, Cookout/beans, Ham supper/beans, Steak dinner/beans, Cold Cut lunchean/beans. Asian, Italian, and Mexican cuisine/NO beans, just a fabulous fruit salad.
I think sweets are a possibility for defining me! 🙂 Amongst friends, my grandmother’s empanadas are what I am best know for baking and sharing. At home, my mother’s recipe for enchis – a quick version of enchiladas – is always a winner!
I have alot of favorite things that I cook and bake. It all depends on the crowd that I’m feeding.
I’m known as a baker, especially of cookies. It’s a rare day that I don’t have cookie dough balls in my freezer, ready to bake as needed.
I seem to have a reputation for French Bread {I do LOVE to bake}………but I think I should be defined by my love for collecting and trying new recipes! 🙂
Everyone loves my good old southern fried chicken. I don’t fry things very often, but when I do, it’s my chicken, & I have to share with my family who thinks it’s such a treat.
Well, I am someone who is definitely NOT known for my culinary skills (my husband famously says “if you can’t smell burning, we’re having salad”! When I was forced to make something for a work’s buffet and made lemon drizzle cake it went down a storm and everyone said how lovely it was. I have to hang on to this and call it my “specialty” as it is really the only thing I can make with confidence!!
I’m known for a few things – but macaroni and cheese is a top one. Congratulations on the book!