Gooseberry Patch Keepsake Cookbook Giveaway

By Shannon Gurnee
In Book Review
November 6, 2010
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With the holidays just around the corner, there are parties to go to, get togethers to host, and recipes to prepare and serve.  The Gooseberry Patch Keepsake Cookbook is a great resource when it comes to preparing holiday recipes for family and friends.  The cookbook would even make a fantastic gift for a friend or loved one!  200 time-tested, classic family recipes are separated into the following categories: (1) Munchies & More, (2) Company’s Coming, (3) Fast Family Suppers, (4) Breakfast & Brunches, (5) Savory Sides & Salads, (6) Soups & Sandwiches, (7) Bountiful Breads, (8) Blue Ribbon Desserts, and (9) Gifts from the Kitchen.  Plus, you can add your favorite recipes on recipe pages in the back of the cookbook!

The Gooseberry Patch Keepsake Cookbook speaks to the culinary sandwich generation – readers who grew up with the recipes of our moms and grandmothers, foods like chicken pot pie and mac and cheese, and today are creating new family food traditions with foods like quiches and fajitas that weren’t on the menu a generation ago.  The Keepsake Cookbook spans the generations with classic and contemporary recipes collected from the Gooseberry Patch online community.

The Keepsake Cookbook is a must-have for every kitchen.  The perfect gift for a shower, wedding, holiday, college graduation, or new home, the cookbook presents everyday, weekend, and special occasion tried and true recipes in an easy-to-use format.  Photos, tips, and quotes bring each recipe to life, as if the recipe contributor was in the kitchen sharing stories.  Each recipe is introduced with a banner heading that calls out a suggested use: make-ahead, kid-friendly, suitable for feeding a crowd, quick and easy, holiday, or slow cooker.  The Keepsake Cookbook includes 50 blank pages for adding personal recipes to create a family heirloom that can be handed down from generation to generation.

The vibrant on-line Gooseberry Patch community, fostered by Gooseberry co-founders Jo Ann Martin and Vickie Hutchins, contributed their most treasured recipes for the Keepsake Cookbook.  From standards like Easy Chicken Pot Pie and Red Velvet Cake to contemporary dishes such as Fiesta Beef Fajitas and Roasted Veggie Panini, the recipes define today’s American home-cooking.  With almost half of Americans eating dinner at home every night, a book with classic straightforward recipes for feeding a family is the staple of every cookbook shelf.

Jo Ann and Vickie started Gooseberry Patch in 1984 as a mail order business.  They put recipes into their catalog to add interest and found that customers not only held onto the catalogs but also contributed their own treasured recipes.  Early pioneers of social media, Jo Ann and Vickie connected with their community to build their business.  A successful cookbook business was born, with over 200 cookbooks featuring hand-picked, family-friendly recipes.   Today, Gooseberry Patch is serving its third generation of customers, with tens of thousands of followers on Facebook, YouTube, Gooseberry Patch’s blog and Twitter.

Gooseberry Patch Keepsake Cookbook:

Published by Oxmoor House
Pub Date:  9/21/10
420 pages
$27.95 US / $33.95 CAN
Ring binder format
ISBN 10: 0-8487-3361-4
ISBN 13: 978-0-8487-3361-2

MY THOUGHTS

I love this cookbook and everything about it!  There are yummy and easy recipes that make it easy to make food for any occasion!  Plus, I love that you can add your own favorite recipes that you create in your family!  Thanks to Gooseberry Patch and Oxmoor House for a great cookbook!

GIVEAWAY

1 lucky reader on The Mommy-Files will win a copy of the Gooseberry Patch Keepsake Cookbook!!!

WIN IT!!! (MANDATORY ENTRY)

– Tell me in a comment the name of a favorite family recipe you have.

EXTRA ENTRIES:

– Follow The Mommy-Files on Twitter – 1 ENTRY
– Tweet about the giveaway – 1 ENTRY DAILY
– Become a Fan of The Mommy-Files on Facebook – 1 ENTRY
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– Follow me through Google Connect (new on the right side of the blog) – 1 ENTRY
– Subscribe to my blog – 1 ENTRY
– Add my Mommy-Files button to your blog and include the URL – 1 ENTRY
– Comment on any Non-Giveaway post on The Mommy-Files – 1 ENTRY per post comment (no limit)
– Blog about this giveaway and include the URL – 5 ENTRIES

RULES:

– Contest will close at 11:59 p.m. PST on Sunday, November 21st, 2010! Any entries after this time will be deleted!
– Contest open to U.S. residents only.

I received samples from Oxmoor House and Gooseberry Patch to facilitate this review.  The giveaway was sponsored by Oxmoor House and Gooseberry Patch.  All opinions expressed in this post are 100% mine.

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Shannon Gurnee is the author of Redhead Mom formerly "The Mommy-Files", a national blog with a loyal following. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Marriage, Family, and Human Development with a Minor in Business Management. Shannon and her husband, Frank, have a large family with 6 awesome kids and love living on the Central Coast near San Luis Obispo, California, as well as traveling around the world. A full-time Social Media and Professional Blogger, Shannon also serves as a National Brand Ambassador for many well-known companies. Her blog focuses on motherhood, family fun activities, traveling, fashion, beauty, technology, wedding ideas and recipes while providing professional opinions on products, performances, restaurants, and a variety of businesses.

196 Responses to “Gooseberry Patch Keepsake Cookbook Giveaway”

  1. Theresa H says:

    I seem to be the first commenter a lot lately…hope that makes me lucky 🙂

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  6. debp says:

    My favorite recipe at the holidays is cranberry glazed cornish hens.
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  9. Elaine Lund says:

    A favorite family recipe in my house would have to meatloaf and beef stew. And good ole spagetti and meatballs!

  10. Linda Kish says:

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  14. carrie ovard says:

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  16. sam says:

    my family makes these “nonna cookies” from my mom’s grandma….i actually don’t like them at all, but i love that everone knows how to make them EXACTLY and that everyone else loves them, lol
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  27. Terri L says:

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  30. Brooke C says:

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  41. angie says:

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  42. Denise B. says:

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  43. I would love to enter!! Broccoli casserole from my mom!!! Wow, it’s amazing! Thank you for the contest!

  44. Rachel C says:

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  47. DEBIJOT says:

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  58. Susan T says:

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  62. Thanks so much for a great review of our new cookbook. We’re so glad you’re enjoying it!

    For even more Gooseberry Patch goodies, visit our blog at http://www.gooseberrypatch.typepad.com or find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/gooseberrypatch

    Hope to see you there…and good luck to all who enter! 🙂

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  67. katklaw777 says:

    My favorite family recipe is a Polish one that my family makes for family gatherings.
    We call them Cheese Blintzes. They are a homemade crepe, stuffed with a ricotta cheese filling, then rolled into a bundle and baked. We put Lingonberry Sauce and sour cream on them. YUM!!!

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  70. Shelley says:

    I have so many favorite family recipes…but if I had to choose, it would be either my mom’s beef stew or my chili 🙂

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  74. nan lara says:

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  86. Cee says:

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  110. bonnie w says:

    I love my mother-in-law’s Green Rice casserole. (broccoli, cheese and rice dish)

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  113. A favorite family recipe of mine is Strawberry Dream.

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  125. Theresa D says:

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  132. Ed Nemmers says:

    My Mother’s Vidalia Onion Pie!

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    My “family” recipe pretty much originates with me as we haven’t had alot of “prized” family recipes passed down; but it is our Apple Dumpling recipe.

    My grandma also has a great Chocolate Cookie recipe that I will pass down through my family.

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  141. amber p says:

    My favorite family recipe is for slow-cooker beef pot roast. Extremely easy, but perfect!

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  148. Christine Holliday says:

    My favorite family recipe is pot roast made with cream of mushroom soup, onions, celery, potatoes, carrots, and of course browned roast.

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  152. corrie says:

    mine is from a 2005 taste of home cookbook. its cheesy scalloped potatos with carrots its really good.

  153. Renee G says:

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  155. Sharon says:

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  157. Rosey says:

    Homemade Noodles and Beef is a favorite recipe in our house.

  158. Pamela S says:

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  161. Shannon says:

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  165. Sand says:

    My mom’s Dirty Rice is the most favorite family recipe.

  166. Gianna says:

    Italian Apple Pie.

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  169. Charlene Kuser says:

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  172. Veronica Garrett says:

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